The Westbrook American reported in its issue of Wednesday, Feb. 1, 1956, that U. S. District Attorney Peter Mills was the guest speaker at that week’s meeting of the Kiwanis Club.

This building was located on Main Street opposite Church Street and was referred to as the Green Block as the Green Bros. Realty Trust of Boston owned it for many years. The first floor was occupied by various businesses while the upper floors were divided into rooms and apartments. This building was the first of […]

Gorham Middle School Principal Dennis Duquette updated the Gorham School Committee last week on the eighth grade plans to visit Washington D.C. in May. Duquette said 131 students had signed up for the three-day trip. The round-trip airfare is $699 per student. Last year, 180 students went to Washington D.C. on the bus. Parents voted […]

Mailhot, Laverriere engagement Marc and Kathleen Mailhot of Westbrook have announced the engagement of their daughter, Allison Kathleen Mailhot, to Joshua James Laverriere of Arundel. The bride-to-be graduated from Westbrook High School in 2002 and also graduated from Headhunters in Portland. She is currently employed at Hair Excitement. Laverriere is the son of Norman and […]

February 1981 South Portland beat Westbrook 61-54 in high school boys’ basketball in Westbrook, and with 26 police officers standing by there was no after-game fighting. Fights had been predicted. Three weeks earlier, in South Portland, it was Westbrook 60, South Portland 58. In high school girls’ basketball, it was Westbrook 73, South Portland 60. […]

Frederick Robie Summersides is pictured with Babe Ruthat sping training in Florida. Summersides was a name long connected to Gorham, as a high-ranking officer by that name had served in the Civil War. Photo courtesy of George Watson, Gorham Historical Society archivist. Gorham remembered 0201

Arthur Gordon was known as a hard worker who took an active role in his community and as a gentleman. The former Westbrook city councilor and Maine senator died on Saturday at his home on Duck Pond Road surrounded by his family and his snow-covered, sleeping garden. He was 81 years old. “He worked very […]

Westbrook has extended a moratorium preventing the construction of homes on so-called “paper streets” in order to give the city enough time to consider proposed changes to city ordinances. City Administrator Jerre Bryant said the original six-month moratorium, which was set to end Feb. 11, has now been extended another 90 days. Bryant added he […]

While there has been a big push to get Maine drivers to buckle up in recent years, there is one group that is exempt. Since school buses are not required to be equipped with seatbelts for passengers in Maine, kids riding to school each day do not have to buckle up. In the recent fatal […]

Historians to hear Labrecque Jan Labrecque of North Gorham will speak when the Gorham Historical Society meets at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 13, in the operations center of Gorham Savings Bank off Gray Road. Labrecque is a former legislator from Gorham. Her topic will be historic houses in Gorham. “It will be an insight […]