Cutline (farm 7) – In his barn office, Gorham farmer Eddie Benson checks milk production records online in selecting bulls to improve genetics for his herd of Holstein cows. Staff photo by Robert Lowell (farm 8) – Ryan Day puts a milking unit on one of Eddie Benson’s high producing Holsteins. Benson markets bulls overseas. […]

I write today to share with you my views on the upcoming referendum question known as TABOR (the Taxpayer Bill of Rights). It is no easy task to sift through the mountains of data and opinions on this subject before us. The theories are complex, the explanations at times confusing and too often the views […]

Construction of a nearly $1 million water main extension on Fort Hill Road in Gorham is under way as part of a 7-mile highway reconstruction. “Its making good progress,” said Rico Spugnardi, water district development engineer. Gorham contractor R.J. Grondin & Sons is reconstructing Fort Hill Road (Route 114) from the University of Southern Maine […]

The Westbrook Republican City Committee will meet Sunday in the training room on the first floor of the Public Safety Building, with light refreshments and a social time at 6:30 p.m. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. For more information, call Bill Holmes at 854-4051 or Jo Ann Calderbank at 856-6568.

Erica and I are proud to support Phil Bartlett. We urge the citizens of Westbrook, Gorham and Scarborough to re-elect Phil to the Maine Senate. Anyone who knows Phil appreciates his hard work and humble nature, two signs of a good Maine upbringing. Phil grew up in Gorham, graduating from Gorham High School in 1994. […]

Rick Wickham of Westbrook Rescue talks with Sen. John Kerry at the Westrbook Fire Station on Main Street during Kerry’s stop in the city Saturday. Kerry joined fellow his Democrats, Gov. John Baldacci and U.S. Rep. Tom Allen, to discuss local issues, including the Taxpayer Bill of Rights and new fire grant programs with firefighters. […]

While more serious crimes are making their way northward into smaller New England towns like Westbrook, fewer people are wanting to become police to fight them. Westbrook, along with communities all over the United States, has seen a severe drop in the number of new recruits to the police department in the last 20 years. […]

I awoke this weekend to a beautiful blue sky, sun-filled day. The kind of fall weekend we hope to get but rarely do. Eager to get outside to enjoy it. I was stopped in my tracks once my senses were hit with a repulsive, nauseating, pungent odor making its way from Mr. Randall’s farm on […]

With milking done as darkness settled, cows nestled down in sawdust beds Monday night in the barn at Kay Ben Farm in Gorham. Coyotes howled in the distance when the barn lights were shut off at 7, ending a typically long day at the farm on Plummer Road in White Rock. “You have to work […]