Bravo to Bette Chaplin for her remarks (“Appalled Watching Council”, AJ Opinion, 8/24). As a proud Westbrook homeowner, I am equally appalled at the frivolous leadership of some city councilors who must have received their training from the Robin Hood School of Civil Servants. They’re good at working people but clearly not good at working […]

The following births occurred recently at Mercy Hospital: Jacob Allen McPherson was born July 12, 2005, to Renee and Mark McPherson of Windham. Grandparents are Laurie and Steve Martin of Gorham, Katie and Terry Saunders and the late Rodney McPherson of Windham. Great Grandparents are Vincent and Barbara Marcisso of Westbrook and Catherine Martin of […]

The following births occurred recently at Mercy Hospital: Jacob Allen McPherson was born July 12, 2005, to Renee and Mark McPherson of Windham. Grandparents are Laurie and Steve Martin of Gorham, Katie and Terry Saunders and the late Rodney McPherson of Windham. Great Grandparents are Vincent and Barbara Marcisso of Westbrook and Catherine Martin of […]

Last week my car broke down at the intersection at Vallee Square. I don’t know the people that helped push my car, but I want to thank them. I did know Cliff Plummer, but the others I did not know, and at a time like that you don’t think to ask until after they’re gone. […]

Trio honored Three University of Southern Maine students from Westbrook received awards at the university’s annual Recognition Day last spring. Hadje A. Esmiller, an accouting major, has been awarded the George D. Woodward Accounting Scholarship. He is a 2003 graduate of Westbrook High School and the son of Alex and Loreta Esmiller. Angelica Kimball, a […]

Trio honored Three University of Southern Maine students from Westbrook received awards at the university’s annual Recognition Day last spring. Hadje A. Esmiller, an accouting major, has been awarded the George D. Woodward Accounting Scholarship. He is a 2003 graduate of Westbrook High School and the son of Alex and Loreta Esmiller. Angelica Kimball, a […]

The Gorham Town Council recently voted to close our existing dispatch facility and to start using the Cumberland County Dispatch Center to handle our dispatching needs. We voted to do this based upon the recommendations of both the Gorham fire chief and the Gorham police chief, as well as the town manager. A citizen initiated […]

The city has decided to reject both proposals it received for Saccarappa Park. The decision leaves the future of the riverfront park in question. The downtown park has been at the center of controversy for two years since the city cleared the park to build the Riverwalk. On Aug. 1, the city received just two […]

Editor’s note: This is the first in an occasional series on historic local crimes. As a child, Diane Morton of White Rock feared the man jailed for killing her grandfather would return to kill her and her family. “I was scared to death as a kid he would get out and come after us,” she […]

As Mainers prepare to celebrate Labor Day next Monday, the average wage is up and so is the number of people employed. Defying logic, the unemployment rate also has risen as the number of people looking for work outpaces the number of new jobs that have been created. Statewide the average wage is $31,897 and […]