WESTBROOK – For most kids, starting off the year in a new school can be a daunting experience. There is a new building to learn, new teachers to meet and the pressure of being labeled “the new guy.” For a new principal, it can be much the same experience: Learning a whole new group of […]

GORHAM – The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigated the third arson in Gorham in the past week after an abandoned house burned Sunday morning. According to the Maine Department of Public Safety, Sunday’s fire, which occurred shortly before 7 a.m at a house on Great Falls Road, follows fires early Saturday morning at a […]

WESTBROOK – A Maine-based online food and travel program is beginning its second season next month with a show on various eateries in Westbrook. Food Coma TV is a collection of short films released as a series online at www.foodcoma.tv, and hosted by Joe Ricchio, food editor at Maine magazine. The show is based on […]

Digital photo class signup James A. Murray will be offering an introductory digital photography class on Thursday, April 12, 6- 7:30 p.m., at the Walker Memorial Library. Murray will provide students with the opportunity to learn basics in camera operation and picture composition. This one-session class will present the elements and principles of design that […]

Goham teen receives distinguished award Lulama Moyo Hawkes of Gorham on Feb. 25 was named the Distinguished Young Woman of Maine and awarded $1,400 in cash scholarships during a statewide scholarship program for high school girls held at Lewiston Middle School in Lewiston. Moyo Hawkes was one of six high school senior girls from Maine […]

WESTBROOK – The Westbrook School Committee made the closing of Prides Corner Elementary School official last week, voting 6-1 during its meeting on March 14 to shutter the 60-year-old school and reconfigure the three remaining elementary schools. “It’s always felt like home, and I hope I’ve maintained that warmth,” School Principal Janet Crawford told the […]

WESTBROOK – Local educators will be attending a conference on educational innovation in Massachusetts this week, and a program at Westbrook High School will be on display. “Other schools have been inquiring about it,” Gousse said. Westbrook will be joining Deer Isle-Stonington High School and Hall-Dale Middle/High School of Farmingdale in the conference, titled High […]