Feb. 3, 1982

A Dixon Bros. delivery truck loaded with 1,300 gallons of range oil was hit in the rear by a Shaw Bros. Construction Co. trailer on Main Street in downtown Gorham. About 300 gallons of its load leaked before it was pumped out by a private oil-spill cleaning truck. Dixon driver Allan Damon of West Buxton said he stopped to avoid a car that slowed suddenly ahead. Dwight Webb, driver of the following tractor trailer, was unable to stop. Webb was towing a lowbed trailer carrying a hydraulic power shovel, a load he estimated weighed about 20 tons.

Scott Paper Co.’s S.D. Warren Division started up its new biomass boiler in Westbrook. The boiler has been sold for $91.5 million to Connecticut Bank and Trust Co., acting as owner trustee for General Electric Credit Corp. Warren will operate the boiler and buy all of is cogenerated steam and electricity. After 25 years, Scott can renew the steam and electricity purchase contracts or buy back the boiler plant.

The leak at the Cornelia Warren outdoor swimming pool, which raised the city’s water bill to $7,773 last year, will be one of the first issues facing whoever succeeds Bruce Doughty as Westbrook’s next recreation director next year.

The Gorham school system has been awarded a grant of $30,000 by the state in order to upgrade the education program for mentally and behaviorally handicapped students This grant is $23,000 less than the $53,000 requested.

Starting July 1, Gorham will be responsible for maintaining 11.94 miles of road that were previously kept up by the state, due to the scrapping of the State Aid Roads Program, the Town Road Improvements Program and an annual appropriation for plowing the state roads in Gorham. Beginning this summer, the state will instead allocate a lump sum of at least $50,000 to be used for the improvement of the roads.

Jan. 29, 1992

The owner of a Gorham day-care center has named the Gorham School Department in a lawsuit after she was told that school buses from White Rock School would no longer be allowed to deliver children to her business because of traffic problems.

Susan Duchaine, who owns Cradles and Crayons with partner Robin Dahms, was told by the school department three months ago that because of the safety issues involved, the practice of school buses making left-hand turns into the driveway of her business would be discontinued.

A man ordered out of a Bridge Street, Westbrook, building at 12:40 a.m. was back there walking on the roof at 1:30 a.m. Police charged him with criminal trespass and disorderly conduct.

Another man was arrested there on the same charges, and a third was taken to the police station for disorderly conduct.

An extremely drunk woman was given a ride from Bridge and Brown streets to a Brown Street house at midnight. At 12:45 a.m. police received a phone call from Buxton asking about her. She had passed out, but was being cared for. Twenty-four hours later, the woman was involved in a loud party at the Bridge Street address and was warned. Police were called back at 1 a.m. and took her to the Cumberland County Jail.

A crew from the Irwin Co., Gorham, donated time recently to help members of the Children’s Theater of Maine clear out old props and scenery from the old Westbook High School. The act was symbolic, as well as practical, according to Damon Kiely, assistant to the executive director. The Children’s Theater had been paying Wesbrook $1 year to lease the main floor, which they intended to renovate as a headquarters for their theater productions.

More than 80 Gorham Cub Scouts of Pack 74 competed with their hand-made wooden race cars in the annual Pinewood Derby Jan. 18 in the Robie Gym. About 200 spectators visited the all-day event as scout groups raced the cars they built from a block of wood, nails and four wheels. The boys carved, sanded and painted their creations. Overall best design was Brett Vowles, with a shark-shaped racing car.

Westbrook High school’s wrestling team, led by captain Brian Walch, has finished the regular season with a 12-4 record. They defeated Biddeford and Noble Jan. 18, but came in behind the host Sanford team seeded tops in the SMAA.

Charles Henderson and Burton Babbidge were reappointed to the Westbrook Planning Board by Mayor Fred Wescott. Both are longtime members. Henderson, a Republican, represents Ward 2. He has been chairman 23 years. Babbidge, a Democrat is

an at-large member.