Library hosts National Library Workers Day Karen Valley, director of Westbrook’s Walker Memorial Library, did a beautiful job of organizing an open house for National Library Workers Day. From 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on April 4, there was tea and refreshments in the first floor of the library, with 200 guests present. There were […]

April 1981 Westbrook’s City Council refused to change the junior high school to make room for the sixth grade, and refused to close Forest Street School, changes which had been sought by Superintendent Carl Knowlton. Scarborough’s school board voted 4-1 to close the student smoking area in the high school, and to ban student smoking […]

Federal and local law enforcement agencies are investigating an explosion that destroyed a mailbox on Buck Street in Gorham on April 4. A police robot took apart another bomb found in an adjacent mailbox the following morning. The Gorham police have sent evidence to the state’s crime lab in Augusta. Gorham Police Chief Ron Shepard […]

photo: 0413DAR.tif cutline: (From left) Eric Favreau, Kristina Dumas, MacGregor Sargent, Heidi Morin and Jillian Martins. Courtesy photo. At the annual DAR Good Citizens Tea, the Rebecca Emery Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented awards to high school seniors Eric Favreau of Bonny Eagle High School, Kristina Dumas of Thornton Academy, MacGregor […]

Freeman excels at Lamar Ashley Freeman has been named to the dean’s list at Lamar Community College in Colorado. She is the daughter of Harold and Ora Freeman. Schmidt on dean’s list Ian E. Schmidt has been named to the dean’s list at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., for the fall semester. Schmidt is […]

The following births occurred recently at Mercy Hospital: Benjamin William Doyle was born February 20, 2006 to Christine and Paul Doyle of Westbrook. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. William Doyle of Raymond and Mr. Carl Zucatti of Hazleton, Pa. Alleana Elizabeth Driscoll was born February 22, 2006 to Amanda Moore and Mark Driscoll of South […]

The state’s move to require high school juniors to take the Scholastic Aptitude Test instead of the Maine Educational Assessment is a good idea that will have far reaching benefits. Unlike the MEAs, which only matter to the schools, the SATs can have an effect on students’ futures, especially those who are going off to […]

The state’s move to require high school juniors to take the Scholastic Aptitude Test instead of the Maine Educational Assessment is a good idea that will have far reaching benefits. Unlike the MEAs, which only matter to the schools, the SATs can have an effect on students’ futures, especially those who are going off to […]

This is a view looking east on Gorham’s elm-clad Main Street before cars became popular. The sign on the right says Jose’s Stables, which was at the corner of Elm and Main streets where Norway Savings Bank and C.E. Carll Insurance Agency are now located. Photo courtesy of George Watson, Gorham Historical Society archivist. Gorham […]

The Westbrook School Department has been talking a lot about teenage pregnancy lately. We’ve been told that there is “a 14 percent increase” and “that’s why 2 and 13 year olds need to be taught about condoms.” Well, anyone can look at a stack of numbers and pick out one or two that tell their […]