With a blanket of snow on the ground, a large gathering of children and adults braved freezing weather at the Gorham Municipal Center Sunday to watch the Christmas tree lighting, sing Christmas carols and visit with Santa. Vocalists from the Gorham High School Chamber singers, directed by Darrell Morrow, sang Christmas carols, opening up with […]

Warren Furniture Company Warren Furniture Company occupied this building on Main Street at Bridge Street for many years. This building was built in 1890 by Lewis W. Edwards to replace a large wooden building in which Mr. Edwards had a store and a meeting hall. The hall which was located on the Bridge Street side […]

The Westbrook American reported in its issue of Nov. 30, 1955, that Esther Young, a student at Nasson College in Springvale, spent Thanksgiving and the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Young of Gray Road.

Seniors meal – Wednesday, Nov. 30, noon, St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 299 Main St., Gorham. Home cooked meal. Donation, $3.50. Church luncheon – Thursday, Dec. 1, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. $3. Pancake breakfast – Saturday, Dec. 3, 7-9 a.m., West Baldwin Church, Route 113, West Baldwin. Pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, coffee, […]

Seniors High Honors: Alex Baillargeon, Katherine Dunton, Alexandra Stauble. Honors: Christine Baldwin, Bailey Bedell, Jill Bernier, Jenifer Blais, Spencer Carson, Adam Cote, Karen Curtis, Elizabeth Doyon, Rose Forrester, Alexander Kimball, Dana LeBel, Rebecca McIntire, Amanda Mears, Amy Nesselrode, Kyle Nunley, Gregory Perreault, Victoria Pettingill, Everett Reichert, Denis Sapranov, Amanda Simoneau, Susanna Stauble, Kimberlee Willey. Juniors […]

With the holiday season fast approaching, many local agencies are working to make sure less fortunate families are not left out when it comes to gifts. All throughout the region, people are working to make sure no family is left out this holiday season. From the Toys for Kids program in Westbrook to South Portland’s […]

While British author J.K. Rowling took five years to write her bestselling first novel, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” a Westbrook couple is hoping to beat that time for the completion of their first novels by a wide margin – Four years and 11 months to be exact. Lanna Lee Maheux-Quinn and her husband, […]

Dale B. Nason, 49, of Buxton was sentenced last week in federal district court to serve two months in jail for his role in falsifying fire extinguisher tests, according to U.S. Attorney Paula D. Silsby. Nason owns Statewide Fire Protection on River Road in Buxton. U.S. District Judge George Singal also imposed a term of […]

Janet and kids cutline Prides Corner Principal Janet Crawford with two of her students, Lauryn Fagan, center, and James Littlejohn, right.

Janet and kids cutline Prides Corner Principal Janet Crawford with two of her students, Lauryn Fagan, center, and James Littlejohn, right.