The Westbrook American reported in its issue of Wednesday, March 24, 1956, that Austin Alden and Walter H. Johnson were new selectmen and Kenneth H. Morse was elected chairman of the board of selectmen.

Maple Sap #1 Bob Parsons of Parsons Farm in Gorham stokes the firebox for an evaporator, which boils down raw maple sap into syrup at last year’s Maine Maple Sunday. Once again, sugarhouses around the state will be open for demonstrations for Maine Maple Sunday this Sunday, March 26. File photo by Robert Lowell Maple […]

Ledoux on duty Derek Ledoux, 20, graduated Navy basic training on March 10 at Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Ill. Ledoux, who graduated from Gorham High School in 2004, is the son of Arty and Wilma Ledoux, who traveled to Illinois for the ceremony. They spent time with their son over the […]

Info box: The Saccarappa Park development committee will meet with the mayor’s economic development committee Thursday March 23 from 7 to 9 a.m. at City Hall. Pull quote: “On the third attempt, I think we may have gotten it right,” Erik Carson, Westbrook director of economic and community development. In the city’s latest effort to […]

Ernest J. Bragdon was a politician from Gorham. He once ran for sheriff of Cumberland County but there is little information available about him. His campaign literature read “If you want to compromise with the saloon; if you want to give it a little longer lease of life, don’t vote for me;” “For, if elected […]

A golden anniversary William J. and Phoebe (Dow) Harmon will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in April. They were married on April 9, 1956, in the home of Rev. Henry Clark in Buxton. Her parents were Alton and Eva Dow of Buxton. Born in Buxton, she graduated from the Samuel D. Hanson High School in […]

A golden anniversary William J. and Phoebe (Dow) Harmon will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in April. They were married on April 9, 1956, in the home of Rev. Henry Clark in Buxton. Her parents were Alton and Eva Dow of Buxton. Born in Buxton, she graduated from the Samuel D. Hanson High School in […]

The Maine Residents Property Tax and Rent Refund program was revised this year to make more households eligible and to raise the amount of the refund. A household earning the Westbrook median household income of approximately $38,000 and paying property taxes of $2,700 may be eligible for a $590 refund from the Maine Residents Property […]

The Fund’s Westbrook area volunteer leaders are currently seeking committee members and host families to ensure that summer 2006 is special for New York City children. Each summer, close to 5,000 children, ages six to 18, enjoy two-week vacations with volunteer host families in suburban and small town communities across 13 northeastern states from Maine […]

Did you know that if you applied for a Homestead Exemption, your property taxes were reduced by more than $200 this year? Residents can check to see if they are receiving a Homestead Exemption by looking at the “current billing information” section on their tax bill. Any homeowner whose principal residence is in Maine, may […]