Vermont sculptor Miles Chapin poses next to his “Cascade” after an Oct. 13 dedication ceremony in downtown Westbrook. Through a donation from the Warren Memorial Foundation, Westbrook Arts & Culture hired Chapin to create the piece. As a youth Chapin, whose grandparents and great-grandparents lived in the city, was fascinated by the movement of water. […]

A rear view of the University of Southern Maine Art Gallery on the Gorham campus depicts the building under renovation in 2014. The University of Southern Maine Art Gallery on the Gorham campus is pictured Tuesday. The town’s Civil War monument is in the foreground. GORHAM — The national historical recognition of the University of Southern […]

Those of us who have been around Westbrook a while all know that the federally backed downtown Urban Renewal project of the 1970s had some drawbacks. But in response to a Sept. 6 letter in the American Journal (“Urban Renewal Was Disaster for Westbrook”) it’s unfortunate that still to this day viewpoints exist which refuse […]

Andrew McLean Age: 33 Residence: Gorham Party affiliation: Democrat Family: Married Occupation: Law student, University of Maine School of Law Education: Bachelor’s degree, Plymouth State University; master’s degree in public policy and management, Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine; law degree expected 2020 Political/civic experience: House of Representatives, 2012-present; Maine Commission for […]