“Survivor” fans of Gorham’s Dan Foley cheered as he survived the April 8 episode of the TV show, but since the show aired, he’s been jeered, as well. Foley last week narrowly survived being voted off the reality CBS show by fellow contestants. “I live another week,” Foley told his followers at a viewing party […]

The owners of the former Full Belly Deli are opening a similar restaurant on Main Street in Westbrook. According to owner David Rosen, who closed the original Portland location earlier this year, Rosen’s Deli will open in mid-May at the former home of Blue Burrito, 652 Main St. Rosen, who operated the Portland deli for […]

Buxton police have charged Jamie Vandergraff with the April 2 robbery of the Hannaford Supermarket in Buxton. Vandergraff, 23, of Scarborough, was arrested April 4 on a charge of robbing the Hannaford store in Westbrook on March 31. On Thursday, April 8, Buxton police served an arrest warrant to Vandergraff in Cumberland County Jail, where […]

Westbrook School Department’s $34.1 million fiscal year 2015-16 budget is in line to be tentatively approved this week, heading for first reading on Wednesday, April 8, after the American Journal’s deadline. On Monday, members of the Westbrook City Council received a presentation from Superintendent of Schools Marc Gousse, outlining the final budget and the challenges […]

A male juvenile was arrested on Tuesday and charged with arson in a fire that extensively damaged a residence at 61 Valley View Drive in Gorham. Five people were home but made it to safety. ??“Nobody has been hurt,” acting Gorham Police Chief Lt. Christopher Sanborn said at the scene. Sanborn said Gorham Officer Dean […]

Portland Ballet is returning to the Performing Arts Center in Westbrook with the debut of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” With shows on Friday and Saturday, April 10-11, the organization will showcase its adaptation of a Shakespeare classic with dance rather than words. The Friday show is at 8 p.m., and the Saturday show is at […]

April 11, 1990 Mayor Fred Wescott may veto the Westbrook City Council order accepting 11.2 acres of Mill Brook valley land from the developers of the proposed Woodbury Estates housing. He said Monday that he thinks the Maine Department of Environmental Protection ought to review that development. Its 16 house lots are at the top […]

April 11, 1990 Mayor Fred Wescott may veto the Westbrook City Council order accepting 11.2 acres of Mill Brook valley land from the developers of the proposed Woodbury Estates housing. He said Monday that he thinks the Maine Department of Environmental Protection ought to review that development. Its 16 house lots are at the top […]

Gorham town councilors took their discussion about filling the vacant police chief position behind closed doors on Tuesday after accepting an independent report that outlined issues in the police department. Police have been without a chief since Nov. 4, when Ronald Shepard, now a town councilor, retired and his second in command, Lt. Christopher Sanborn, […]

Westbrook’s My Place Teen Center, which serves hundreds of at-risk youth, is in danger of losing all its funding from the city. While My Place Teen Center is a private nonprofit organization, the city has historically provided it annual funding as part of the social-services budget. Things went awry after a recommendation was made this […]