Did you know that 34 to 50 percent of people over 70 have a tendency to get the side effects of confusion and physical decline when hospitalized for even a very short time? Many of us have grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles, and neighbors who may well be hospitalized and need mental and physical stimulation. […]

The following births occurred recently at Maine Medical Center: Tyler Daniel Reynolds was born April 2, 2005, to Dan and Peggi Reynolds of Gorham. Grandparents are Carolyn Vail of Westbrook and Gordon and Brenda Reynolds of Gray. Great-grandparent is Lucia Reynolds of Brunswick. Troy Matthew Statczar II was born April 12, 2005, to Troy and […]

A wood stove caused a three-alarm fire that destroyed a home on Spiller Street in Gorham Saturday morning, according to the fire chief. Gorham Fire Chief Robert Lefebvre said the fire at 44 Spiller St. was an accidental one, which started when wood stacked near the stove caught on fire. No one was injured in […]

The City Council’s Finance Committee opened debate on the school budget at a meeting Monday night – the most heavily attended this year. The meeting room was full to capacity as School Superintendent Stan Sawyer presented the $26.6 million school budget to the committee. The meeting lasted until close to 11 p.m. and ended with […]

The Westbrook School Committee approved its proposed $26.6 million budget last Wednesday night. The committee voted, 5-1, to approve the budget and send it on to the City Council for final approval. Chairman Colleen Hilton and committee members Jay Casavant, Don Perkins, Cheryl Roma and Mary Hall voted in favor of the budget. Committee member […]

A resolution passed by the City Council in September pledging 100 percent of all new state funding to tax relief has been looming over the budget debate in Westbrook. Now that the council is faced with city and school budgets that propose to use at least some of that additional funding, councilors have different opinions […]

Leona Glidden points to a box overflowing with donated gift certificates as evidence that the Together Days auction will be another great success this year. Glidden, who is organizing the auction for the second year in a row, said 149 businesses have donated items to the auction this year, a significant increase over the 120 […]

Feeling pressure from their local hospitals, House Democrats voted this week to repeal the so called tax-and-match program designed to draw down millions in federal Medicaid dollars. Admitting it was a purely political move, Rep. Hannah Pingree, D-North Haven, the co-chair of Health and Human Services, made a motion on the House floor Monday to […]

Cutline: Janet and Philip Thiboutot, Gignac wed Janet Thiboutot and Philip Gignac were married on May 1 at their home in Portland. The wedding was followed by a family reception. The bride is the daughter of Leo and Mildred Thiboutot of Lecanto, Fla. The groom is the son of Louis H. Gignac of Iron Mountain, […]