Gorham voters in November could face deciding whether to borrow $2.6 million in three separate local referendum questions. “We’re setting ourselves up for failure with three referendums,” Town Councilor Matthew Robinson cautioned town councilors in a workshop session Tuesday. Earlier this month, the panel approved a measure to ask voters in a November referendum to […]

Gorham voters in November could face deciding whether to borrow $2.6 million in three separate local referendum questions. “We’re setting ourselves up for failure with three referendums,” Town Councilor Matthew Robinson cautioned town councilors in a workshop session Tuesday. Earlier this month, the panel approved a measure to ask voters in a November referendum to […]

Westbrook school officials confirmed for parents Tuesday that an enrollment increase will be countered with two portable classrooms – at least temporarily. A group of approximately 30 parents attended a public meeting at Canal Elementary School, as Superintendent of Schools Marc Gousse laid out the plan to add one portable there and one more at […]

Westbrook school officials confirmed for parents Tuesday that an enrollment increase will be countered with two portable classrooms – at least temporarily. A group of approximately 30 parents attended a public meeting at Canal Elementary School, as Superintendent of Schools Marc Gousse laid out the plan to add one portable there and one more at […]

With the help of a $100,000 federal grant, Steven Bibula has found a niche marketing food specialties to consumers. A man with big-city roots is an unlikely candidate for raising goats, chickens, pigs and fruit in Gorham. Yet, on Tuesday, Steven Bibula, assisted by his wife and three children, were busy rounding up three goats […]

With the help of a $100,000 federal grant, Steven Bibula has found a niche marketing food specialties to consumers. A man with big-city roots is an unlikely candidate for raising goats, chickens, pigs and fruit in Gorham. Yet, on Tuesday, Steven Bibula, assisted by his wife and three children, were busy rounding up three goats […]

Gorham House turns 25 Gorham House, a comprehensive senior assisted living and nursing home complex located at 50 New Portland Road in Gorham, celebrated a milestone this month. On July 9, 1990, Joe Brennan, a former Maine governor, spoke at the grand opening of the facility. He commented that the sunshine bode well for the […]

City officials unveiled the fiscal year 2015-16 capital improvement plan Monday, which totals $5.7 million in infrastructure projects. Most notably, the plan will pay for widening and adding signals at the intersection of Spring Street and Eisenhower Drive, fund the city’s share of the Bridge Street bridge project and related streetscape improvements, and fund a […]

When Westbrook resident Al Arsenault started pickling at home in early 2014, his “Sweet-Heat” pickles were a hit with friends and co-workers. Arsenault, 28, who works at Whole Foods Market in Portland, said friends couldn’t get enough. “Friends loved them so much, a bunch of them bought jars from me,” he said this week. “I […]

A fire at an apartment building on Bridge Street Monday, which displaced a dozen tenants, adds to an already long list of Westbrook residents who have lost their homes in the past six weeks. Either by fire or building code issues, more than 50 people living in the city have been displaced, at least temporarily, […]