Seniors’ schedule Westbrook Senior Citizens will meet at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 2, at Mill Brook Estate, 300 East Bridge St. Jack Kazenski and the 60 Plus Band will entertain. The seniors are planning two trips. They will travel to Foxwoods on Wednesday, March 11. They will go to Indian Head in Lincoln, N.H., […]

Garrard on dean’s list Meghan Garrard was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Simmons College in Boston, Mass. Garrard is a freshman. Bentley president’s list Bentley University in Waltham, Mass., announced five students from Gorham were named to its president’s list for extraordinary academic achievement for the fall semester. They are […]

Central Maine Power reported at noon Monday that more than 129,000 customers were without electricity following the storm that slammed Maine Sunday. At midday, outages reported in the Portland service area included 82 roads in Buxton; Gorham, 50; South Portland, 18; Scarborough 15; Westbrook, 21; and Windham, 115. Windham dispatch said the town’s emergency shelter […]

Four communities and state highway officials are collaborating on a $1 million study to improve transportation between South Portland and Gorham. “It’s as bad as any place in the state,” Gorham Town Councilor Burleigh Loveitt said of the congestion on roads in the region. The committee will consider solutions to alleviate the problems, including road […]

When Windham Historical Society recently presented a free program on the Cumberland & Oxford Canal, more than 200 people attended. This was a unique and welcome surprise for the society. So many at the first presentation, the society held a second program. Many of the people who attended could be categorized as senior citizens and […]

Westbrook has chosen an educator with a reputation for helping to turn around a Massachusetts school district with a high dropout rate as its new superintendent of schools. The School Board voted unanimously Monday to select Dr. Reza Namin, 49, who has a doctorate in math and science education, as the replacement for Superintendent Stan […]