Kathy Poirier of Pierce Street said she’s been talking to people about building a skateboarding park in Westbrook for at least 10 years, and she knows other people who’ve been talking about it even longer. It appears as though it’s finally going to happen. Through a combined effort of the city, community businesses, residents and […]

On May 20, Westbrook kids and their parents enjoyed Kids’ Day America. The event, which was sponsored by New England Chiropractic, featured health and safety demonstrations geared to kids. Here, a group of children learn about dental health at a demonstration inside St. Mary’s Church hall. Staff photo by Melissa Foulke

My brother loved mayflowers I have just come across an article my brother, Raymond Calvary Blanchard, Jr., wrote in August 1969 in the Local 3628 News, United Steelworkers of America, in St. Louis. He worked in St. Louis for the American Can Co., and was editor of their newsletter. He had sent a copy to […]

A former Gorham tax clerk will face an arraignment hearing next month in Superior Court in Portland. An arraignment hearing has been set for 11 a.m. on June 6 for Laura Anderson, 32, of Arundel. Anderson was indicted earlier this month by a Cumberland County grand jury on charges of theft and aggravated forgery. Anderson […]

Much has been written lately about teen pregnancy and sex education in Westbrook. Some fictions are not worth rebutting. Others however, need correction, particularly when they originate from persons in authority in the Westbrook School Department and thus carry added weight and dangers. Failure to speak the truth about teen pregnancy in Westbrook is putting […]

Enjoying friends at Birchwoods Since my cousin, Betty Cleveland Stearns, has moved to Birchwoods at Canco, I have enjoyed seeing some of my friends there. One of them, Viola Everett Hilton, was in fact a neighbor of my cousin, when the Everett family were neighbors of the Cleveland family on Portland’s Prospect Street. At one […]

Maine families have the unique opportunity to host Japanese students for a month-long international exchange this summer. Families are needed to host Japanese exchange students, ages 12 to 18, for four weeks as part of a two-way exchange program sponsored by the Maine 4-H program. The Japanese youth will stay with their American host families […]

Memorial Day plans George Gerrish, commander of Gorham Memorial Post 10879 of the VFW, said that two parades – one in the village and one in Little Falls – are planned as usual in Gorham for Memorial Day. Those wishing to march in either or both parades should contract Gerrish at 727-6965 or Don Veilleux, […]

Gorham’s budget, which was passed last week, will increase the town’s tax rate by about 1 percent. Gorham Town Manager David Cole said Monday that the estimated tax rate would be $19.72 per $1,000 of assessed value, up 22 cents over the present $19.50, or a 1.1 percent increase. “Not a bad outcome,” Cole said. […]

Gorham’s budget, which was passed last week, will increase the town’s tax rate by about 1 percent. Gorham Town Manager David Cole said Monday that the estimated tax rate would be $19.72 per $1,000 of assessed value, up 22 cents over the present $19.50, or a 1.1 percent increase. “Not a bad outcome,” Cole said. […]