In November, Councilor John O’Hara proposed bringing back contract zoning to Westbrook, something the administration has been reluctant to do. Contract zoning is used when a particular project doesn’t fit into a desired zoning area. The practice allows development of a type not normally allowed in a certain zone so long as it is sufficiently […]

The following births occurred recently at Maine Medical Center: Miranda Adrienne Dunbar was born January 10, 2006 to Richard and Donna Dunbar of Gorham. Grandparents are Bernard and Sylvia Roy of Edgewater, Fla. and Alfred, Armand Cunningham of Limington and Scott Dunbar of South Portland. Great grandparent is Anne Dunbar. Hunter Gage Martin was born […]

Connolly performs at teen center benefit Heather Connolly, who is with the New York Metropolitan Opera, will be the featured guest in a talent show hosted by Trinity Lutheran Church, 612 Main St., at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25. The proceeds will be donated to the Mission Possible Teen Center. Connolly is the daughter […]

For the past nine years, Westbrook first graders have been on the receiving end of the Reading is Fundamental (RIF) program. RIF is a nationwide group that has been promoting literacy in young people and their families for forty years. A locally funded grant from Sappi Fine Paper Company provides four brand new quality books […]

High winds caused havoc in Buxton, Gorham and Westbrook on Friday. In Westbrook, a tree limb downed power lines, shutting down New Gorham Road to traffic. On Lincoln Street, winds uprooted an evergreen tree that fell on the home of Wayne and Gail Price at 2:50 p.m. “It shook the house,” Wayne Price said. The […]

Info box: For information about plans for the new junior high school, contact RenA?© Daniel at 854-6843, John O’Hara at 854-9309. On Feb. 15, the Wescott Junior High School Building Committee provided an opportunity for Westbrook residents to learn about and weigh in on the new junior high school project. The meeting was intended to […]

100s Day at Jack Memorial School The students and staff at Jack Memorial in Buxton decided to celebrate “100s Day” by collecting cans of food to see what 100 cans looked like. By the time the school was finished, they had collected more than 5 times 100. Food items collected were sent to the Buxton […]

These re-enactors played an Indian tribe at a celebration in 1886 commemorating the 150th anniversary of the settling of Gorham. The first settlers, the Phinney family, paddled to Gorham in May of 1736. Photo courtesy of George Watson, Gorham Historical Society archivist. (1886 Indians)

These re-enactors played an Indian tribe at a celebration in 1886 commemorating the 150th anniversary of the settling of Gorham. The first settlers, the Phinney family, paddled to Gorham in May of 1736. Photo courtesy of George Watson, Gorham Historical Society archivist. (1886 Indians)

Elizabeth Lamontagne will represent Gorham in the Cumberland County Spelling Bee on Tuesday, March 7, at Harrison Middle School in Yarmouth. Lamontagne, daughter of Terry and Fred Lamontagne of Tannery Brook Road, won the Gorham Middle School title in a two-hour spelling bee on Valentine’s Day in the school’s auditorium. Lona Tassey, Gorham’s bee master, […]