Casco Bay Band concert The Casco Bay Concert Band will present a concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 2, in the Performing Arts Center at Gorham High School on Morrill Avenue. The concert is entitled “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue.” Tickets are $7; $6, seniors; students and children, free. There will […]

A study has recommended sweeping changes for the Gorham Fire Department, including new fire stations, pay hikes, and sprinkler systems for new homes. And it revealed some dissention in the ranks. Mike Phinney, chairman of the town council, said the study made recommendations to upgrade the fire department, but the council would look at the […]

The Star Theater stood on Main Street at the corner of Central Street for many years. The theater closed in the early 1970s and was eventually demolished as part of the Urban Renewal Project. A new building was built on the site and is presently occupied by Martini Lane Beverage and Redemption store. The portion […]

When photographer Tanja Hollander walked into the Dana Warp Mill, she thought right away the space was perfect for the Bakery Photographic Collective. “When we walked into that space it was like we knew,” she said. “It’s big. It’s beautiful. It’s inspiring. It made us want to be there. The arrival of companies like the […]

Congin School art teacher Lynne Shulman is one of 14 nominees for the 41st Maine Teacher of the Year award, the latest in a long line on nominees from Westbrook. Along with 13 other nominees, Shulman was honored by Gov. John Baldacci in a ceremony at the State House in Augusta earlier this month. “I’m […]

The Westbrook Republican City Committee invites all Westbrook Republicans to attend their next meeting, Sunday, March 19 at 7 p.m. in the cafeteria at Wescott Junior High. Refreshments will be served. For further information contact Bill Homes at 854-4051 or Jo Ann Calderbank at 856-6568.

Over the objections of the City Council, the city administration is going to ask the Maine Department of Transportation whether it would be possible to add a signalized intersection to the Westbrook Arterial. If the state approves the intersection, which would be located in the area of the Saunders Brothers mill, it could be the […]