Westbrook-Gorham Rotary recently heard about Gorham Village Alliance’s downtown revitalization effort. Pictured, from left, are Rotary President Bill Chadwick, Gorham Village Alliance committee member Dan Nichols, Gorham Economic Development Corp. President Tom Ellsworth, and Rotarian / Discover Downtown Westbrook Board Vice President Phil Spiller. Gorham alliance Rotary topic The Gorham Village Alliance recently presented to […]

Laurie Warchol, a member of Buxton’s design standards committee, explains a proposal, April 23, about expanding business commercial zone standards to commercial projects along major roads. Voters will decide the issue at town meeting June 16. BUXTON — Voters in the annual Buxton town meeting in June will be asked to approve a measure applying […]

WESTBROOK – The Presumpscot Regional Land Trust announced this week that many of the popular recreational spots along the Presumpscot River from the Sebago Lake area to the greater Portland area were below the state’s threshold for E. coli bacteria levels throughout the water quality sampling season in 2017.  Between May and September, more than […]

WESTBROOK – How much the city should be contributing to social services organizations in the area, whether new position requests should be supported and if the school budget funded at the right level: those were the main topics of discussion Monday as the finance committee made its final recommendations before first reading of the city […]

The Westbrook American reported on April 30, 1958, that Patricia Cousens and Margaret Hebert, both of Westbrook and Westbrook Junior College, spent their spring break in Bermuda. Westbrook High School junior Irvine Marsters was elected regional vice president of South Western Maine Student Councils at a convention in Sanford.

Sgt. Ted Hatch, left, and Officer Nate Terriault of Gorham Police Department salute April 18 during the funeral procession for a Yarmouth, Mass., officer, Sean Gannon, who was fatally shot in the line of duty. Honoring slain officer Gorham and Westbrook police departments were represented April 18 at the funeral of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, Officer Sean Gannon, who was fatally […]

Tom Smith GORHAM —Tom Smith, a Village Elementary School teacher, steps up in July as the new middle school assistant principal, succeeding the retiring Susie Hanley. The School Committee on April 11 appointed Smith to the assistant principal middle school post. Superintendent Heather Perry said Smith’s appointment will become effective July 1. Smith’s salary will […]