The Maine Turnpike Authority is considering reversing last month’s decision to keep one lane of the Stroudwater Street bridge open during reconstruction. The Authority is reconsidering its decision after Portland officials expressed concern that keeping one lane open for 18 months would cause more traffic problems than closing the bridge for a year. Last month, […]

Although a majority of voters opposed a council vote that merged Gorham’s emergency dispatching services, the referendum fell 487 votes short Monday of the number required for a valid election. Gorham voters cast 959 “yes” votes to 796 “no” votes, but the 1,758 vote total didn’t meet the required 2,245 votes for a valid referendum. […]

Westbrook-Warren Sunday school starts Sunday School at Westbrook-Warren, UCC, will hold a Rally Day picnic 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, at Wassamki Springs, Saco Street, Scarborough. Everyone is invited to pack a lunch and join the fun for a real old-fashioned church picnic. There will be games to play, ice cream […]

Tasha Rinaldi drove past several gas stations in Westbrook Friday evening before she found one selling gas at a price she thought she could afford. “It was $3.39 at Big Apple and $3.69 at Cumberland Farms, so here was the cheapest,” she said of LeClerc’s Citgo on Main Street in Westbrook, where she had to […]

Tasha Rinaldi drove past several gas stations in Westbrook Friday evening before she found one selling gas at a price she thought she could afford. “It was $3.39 at Big Apple and $3.69 at Cumberland Farms, so here was the cheapest,” she said of LeClerc’s Citgo on Main Street in Westbrook, where she had to […]

Gorham boy displays art at Gorham Grind A young artist, Logan Marshall, 12, of Gorham is currently exhibiting 20 pieces at a local coffee shop, the Gorham Grind on South Street. His show entitled “A Boy’s Brain” features imaginative characters rendered in ink on white paper. The exhibit, which began on Sept. 1 and continues […]

Westbrook Memorial Post 197 of the American Legion will hold a special election on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at the post home at 300 Conant St. to decide whether the post will continue to allow smoking in the building. Voting will be between noon and 7:30 p.m., and only legionnaires are allowed to vote. “This vote […]

Westbrook Memorial Post 197 of the American Legion will hold a special election on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at the post home at 300 Conant St. to decide whether the post will continue to allow smoking in the building. Voting will be between noon and 7:30 p.m., and only legionnaires are allowed to vote. “This vote […]

Westbrook Memorial Post 197 of the American Legion will hold a special election on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at the post home at 300 Conant St. to decide whether the post will continue to allow smoking in the building. Voting will be between noon and 7:30 p.m., and only legionnaires are allowed to vote. “This vote […]

Fern Lane was the proprietor of Lane’s Westbrook Shoe Store at 844 Main St. when this photo was taken in 1957. The Lane family also owned Lane’s City Hall Shoe Store on Congress Street in Portland. The Westbrook Store closed in the early 1960s. This building and the adjacent Parker’s Dress Shop at 846 Main […]