The three-year contract dispute between the city and the police union could soon be at an end. While police and city administrators declined to discuss the negotiations or any details that might be included in a possible contract, the police union was scheduled to meet this morning, Oct. 19, to consider a proposed contract. It […]

Monday, Oct. 17-Sunday, Oct. 23 WMPG Community Radio Beg-A-Thon, visit the station, learn about volunteer opportunities, donate money, and listen at 90.9 or 104.1 FM, 780-4424. EXHIBITS/ARTIST’S LECTURES Continuing through Monday, July 31 Cartographic exhibit, “The Changing Peninsula: Two Centuries of Portland Maps and City Views,” 12:30-4:30 p.m., Tuesdays; 12:30-4:30 and 6-8 p.m., Wednesdays & […]

Gorham Town Manager David Cole said construction, transforming the former Shaw School into a municipal center, began this week and a groundbreaking ceremony will be at 4 p.m. today, Oct. 19. The Gorham Town Council awarded the construction bid earlier this month to Arthur Dudley of Standish. Cole said the town had received six bids […]

October 1980 Donald and Julie Larrabee and Donald Jr. are back in the family home on the River Road, South Windham, after five years in Iran. An engineer, he has been employed by oil companies, chiefly building electric power lines. They fled the country’s violence shortly before the Shah went into exile. Martial law and […]

This aerial photo of Cumberland Mills was taken in the early 1950s. The upper part of the photo shows a portion of the S. D. Warren Company. Prominent in the photo is the Warren Congregational Church, built in 1869 on Cumberland Street at Warren Avenue. The building to the rear of the church was demolished […]

Attorney General Steven Rowe, AARP Maine and TRIAD joined together today to warn senior consumers about potential fraud and identity theft by scam artists hoping to take advantage of the new Medicare-Part D prescription Drug Benefit. Beginning on Jan. 2, the new, voluntary benefit will become available to Maine seniors with Medicare. This coverage will […]

The Westbrook Historical Society’s Oct. 5 Meeting Jana Gordon introduced the speakers at the Historical Society’s Oct. 5 meeting. Judi Beverage of Yarmouth and Kathy Gowen of Westbrook presented a fascinating program, showing clothing worn by ladies in the 1800s. Both ladies were wearing handsome dresses with hoop skirts; Kathy wore a large hat, and […]

The Maine Department of Transportation will host a public informational meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, at Gorham High School on a referendum to reconstruct a portion of Libby Avenue and all of Brackett Road. The referendum will be on the Nov. 8 ballot in Gorham. Voters will decide whether they want to borrow […]

The Maine Department of Transportation will host a public informational meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, at Gorham High School on a referendum to reconstruct a portion of Libby Avenue and all of Brackett Road. The referendum will be on the Nov. 8 ballot in Gorham. Voters will decide whether they want to borrow […]

The City Council decided Friday to spend $10,000 on a consultant to lead a committee on paper streets, reversing a decision councilors made earlier in the week. At a special meeting held Friday morning, Council President Jim Violette moved to reconsider his vote against the proposal, saying he changed his mind after hearing from residents […]