Endowment renews photographer’s ties to MFA That headline in the Feb. 2 Living/Arts section of the Boston Herald refers to the endowment for the curator of photography recently presented to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts by Estrellita Karsh, widow of the famous photographer, Yousuf Karsh. Karsh, born in 1908, left his native Armenia for […]

Mayor Bruce Chuluda has asked the Westbrook School Department to limit spending growth to 4 percent over last year’s budget. However, a preliminary budget released by the School Department is over $400,000 higher than the limit requested by the mayor. Last year, the school system received about $2 million more from the state than it […]

I am writing this piece to ask the question is Westbrook becoming over developed in certain areas? It seems to me everywhere you go in Westbrook, you see houses jammed in between other houses. We have seen housing developments in places where there used to be woods and fields. But still our roads and infrastructure […]

I am writing this piece to ask the question is Westbrook becoming over developed in certain areas? It seems to me everywhere you go in Westbrook, you see houses jammed in between other houses. We have seen housing developments in places where there used to be woods and fields. But still our roads and infrastructure […]

Three Limington men are facing charges of theft after being arrested in Gorham last week. Gorham Detective Lawrence Maxfield-Fearon arrested the three suspects on Feb. 7 on charges of theft of building materials during the past year from a construction site in Gorham. Maxfield-Fearon said a 52-year-old man and his two adult sons, all of […]

February 1981 U. S. Representative David Emery, speaking in Westbrook, said nuclear war is “unthinkable,” and went on to describe some aspects of today’s nuclear bombs, including a bomb with half the power of the Hiroshima bomb intended to knock out limited targets such as an airfield. Emery’s audience pressed him to work in Congress […]

Clint Kimball’s Meat Market was a fixture on Main Street in Gorham until approximately 1970. Photo courtesy of George Watson, Gorham Historical Society archivist. Gorham remembered 0215

This is long overdue but needing to be said, many, many thanks to the crew at Sullivan Tire in Westbrook. They bailed me out in my time of need. It was the Saturday after Thanksgiving and my only responsibility was to get my daughter, the bride and her long white formal wedding gown to Kennebunkport […]

Buxton students on SMCC dean’s list Fifteen students from Buxton have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland. They are: Kimberly Cressey, Shawn Franck, Jaime Frasca, Joline Gagnon-Frizze, Brad Gaumont. Chad Havu, Timothy Hubley, Matthew Maclean, Ryan Mater, Jenna Philpot, Eric Randall, Hidi St. […]

Assistant House Majority Leader Robert Duplessie, D, Westbrook, has authored a bill to allow wine to be shipped from in-state or out-of-state wineries directly to the home of Maine residents. “This more progressive, open-minded approach would be a win for responsible wine consumers and our local farm wineries,” said Duplessie. Current state law limits the […]