Following passionate pleas Monday to preserve the Gorham Historical Society, members averted a potential collapse of the group. The historical society, plagued in recent months by lack of filled leadership positions and dwindling meeting attendance, rallied when a large turnout backed continuing the organization. Then membership elected a new slate of officers. They chose […]

With about six weeks until Election Day, the final list of candidates for open municipal seats in Westbrook is set, and candidates have begun the campaign push. Monday, Sept. 26, was the deadline for candidates to submit nomination papers, and City Clerk Angela Holmes was quick to solidify the list of candidates for the eight […]

Two Gorham businessmen teamed up Saturday to complete an unusual mission. Eddie Benson of Benson Farm Earth Products in Gorham called Paul Smith, a Gorham contractor. “I’ve got a job for you that you’ve never done before,” Smith said Benson told him. Benson wanted a 90,000-pound, dead whale –  longer than a Gorham school bus […]

Bruce Doughty, a longtime member of the Westbrook business community and the city’s first recreation director, was remembered this week as a kind supporter of community organizations who was always willing to help fellow residents. Doughty, 72, died at his home Saturday, Sept. 24, after a battle with cancer. He was well-known in the community […]