Use photo-Chuluda There will be an inaugural gala to celebrate Mayor Bruce Chuluda’s second term on Feb. 11 at the Centurion Banquet Center on Larrabee Road from 6 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Tickets are $50 per person, and include hors d’oeuvres, a buffet dinner with prime rib and lobster newburg and dancing to the music […]

Robie Hall opened in 1898 as a dorm at the Gorham Normal School, now the Gorham campus of the University of Southern Maine. Frederick Robie of Gorham, a former Maine governor, contributed $2,000 towards construction of the building, which bears his name. The building still serves as a dorm. Photo courtesy of the Mike Sanphy […]

Idexx has announced plans for a $100 million expansion that would bring 500 more jobs to Westbrook. In exchange, the company is asking for tax breaks from the city and state. The deal could be likened to a prenuptial agreement, which still has to be approved by the Westbrook City Council. “This cements their relationship […]

A wrecker tows a Gorham School bus after it went off Libby Avenue near the intersection with New Portland Road about 12:45 p.m. during Monday’s storm. Paul Kelly, business manager at the Gorham School Department, said no children were on the bus and the driver was not hurt. Kelly said the tail end of the […]

A wrecker tows a Gorham School bus after it went off Libby Avenue near the intersection with New Portland Road about 12:45 p.m. during Monday’s storm. Paul Kelly, business manager at the Gorham School Department, said no children were on the bus and the driver was not hurt. Kelly said the tail end of the […]

The first photo shows the old Prides Corner School, which was built in 1869 on Bridgton Road at Pride Street and served the area for eighty-two years. In 1951, a larger and more modern school was built on a twelve-acre site on Pride Street, a short distance from this building. The school building was later […]

The following is the text of a speech given by Idexx Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Ayers announcing Idexx’s expansion last week. Good morning and let me welcome everyone here to Idexx Laboratories. We are here today to mark a watershed moment in the history of Idexx, and, we believe, a milestone for the city of […]

The following is the text of a speech given by Idexx Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Ayers announcing Idexx’s expansion last week. Good morning and let me welcome everyone here to Idexx Laboratories. We are here today to mark a watershed moment in the history of Idexx, and, we believe, a milestone for the city of […]

Last week the kids at the Mission Possible Teen Center got to do something they rarely get to do-help someone else. With a donation of $200 from Westbrook Business Network International and Kiwanis, teens from Mission Possible purchased toys and winter clothes for the preschoolers at the Westbrook Head Start center. The idea came from […]

Last week the kids at the Mission Possible Teen Center got to do something they rarely get to do-help someone else. With a donation of $200 from Westbrook Business Network International and Kiwanis, teens from Mission Possible purchased toys and winter clothes for the preschoolers at the Westbrook Head Start center. The idea came from […]