AUGUSTA — Faced with the possible repeal of a 6-year-old law that requires schools to move to a proficiency-based diploma for all students, superintendents at area schools said they’ll stay the course and continue implementing a proficiency-based curriculum no matter what the Legislature decides. This week the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee is set to take […]

Angela Gospodarek, a Gorham Middle School science teacher, spoke last week at the National Science Teacher Association’s National Conference in Atlanta, Ga. Gospodarek honored Angela Gospodarek, a Gorham Middle School science teacher,  was one of 10 National STEM (science,technology, engineering and math) Scholars in the United States selected to speak last week at the National […]

The Westbrook American reported on March 26, 1958, that the 71-year old Brown Street School in Westbrook was destroyed in a fire and the 73 students resumed classes at Bridge Street School. A Hiram woman wrote to the paper that she was resubmitting a contest entry in a different format because she had dropped the […]

Community meal – Thursday, March 22, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Meatloaf, $5. Free dinner – Thursday, March 22, 5:30-6:30 p.m., St. Peters Episcopal Church, 678 Washington St., Portland. Chowder luncheon – Friday, March 23, and every Friday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave., Portland. Bowl of haddock […]

This building once stood on Main Street between T.D. Banknorth and Bank of America. When this photo was taken, Maurice Gleckman was the manager of the Westbrook Hardware Store at 837 Main Street; Riverside Apartments were on the second floor; Stephen Boothby was the manager of the Westbrook Community Federal Credit Union at 841 Main […]

Good riddance to the prospective buyer of Saddleback ski area in Rangeley, Sebastian Monsour, who once had the whole state excited about the resort’s reopening, but has instead left us feeling like dupes and dopes. An excellent piece of reporting by WCSH Channel 6 last week revealed that Monsour, who hails from Australia, was merely […]

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