The Gorham School Committee on Wednesday, in a 6-0 vote, approved Heather J. Perry, 41, as the town’s new school superintendent. Perry, who is superintendent at Regional School Unit 3, will succeed Ted Sharp, who is retiring on June 30 after 11 years. Perry will begin her duties in Gorham on July 1. “I’m very […]

Feb. 14, 1990 Aldermen Don Richards and Francis Donahue, the latter a retired Westbrook policeman, put Westbrook Police Chief Ronald Allanach over some policy bumps Thursday. Allanach and the new City Council gave 31?2 hours to the task of reviewing a proposed police policy manual and never got out of Chapter 1. There are 13 […]

Feb. 14, 1990 Aldermen Don Richards and Francis Donahue, the latter a retired Westbrook policeman, put Westbrook Police Chief Ronald Allanach over some policy bumps Thursday. Allanach and the new City Council gave 31?2 hours to the task of reviewing a proposed police policy manual and never got out of Chapter 1. There are 13 […]

By Robert Lowell rlowell@keepmecurrent.com Public safety officials will not issue any summonses in connection with a carbon monoxide response at a Gorham apartment house at 147 Plummer Road that hospitalized six people on Monday. The apartment building reopened Tuesday. Gorham Fire Chief Robert Lefebvre said on Wednesday that the property owners, Peter and Donna Bolling […]

The Standish Town Council has renewed Town Manager Gordon Billington’s contract through early 2018, when he is expected to retire. In a 6-1 vote Tuesday night, the council approved the three-year contract, which includes a new, 12-month guaranteed severance package, as well as protections from council attempts to reduce his salary. Councilor Wayne Newbegin voted […]

The Standish Town Council has renewed Town Manager Gordon Billington’s contract through early 2018, when he is expected to retire. In a 6-1 vote Tuesday night, the council approved the three-year contract, which includes a new, 12-month guaranteed severance package, as well as protections from council attempts to reduce his salary. Councilor Wayne Newbegin voted […]

The RadioShack bankruptcy is set to claim the national electronic retailer’s Standish location, but leave the Windham location unaffected. On Feb. 5, the RadioShack Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company has since posted a list of 1,784 stores across the country slated for potential closure. The Standish store, located in the Standish Colonial […]

Mystery donor aids dance school An anonymous donor on multiple occasions has left a bag of returnable bottles and cans at the front door of the Centre of Movement, which is raising money to forestall public fire officials from shuttering the school this spring. Vicki Lloyd, owner director of the Centre of Movement, doesn’t know […]

After 27 years in New Hampshire, Westbrook’s own Rebecca Albert is returning to take the helm at Walker Memorial Library. When Albert, 53, was growing up in Westbrook, her grandfather, and then father, owned The Men’s Shop on Main Street, a well-known clothing store. Her large and tight-knit family lived in Westbrook and the surrounding […]

With more snow likely on the way, public works crews have already plowed multiple storms this winter, eating through road salt supplies in both Gorham and Westbrook. Robert Burns, director of Gorham Public Works, said on Monday that Gorham had received 86 inches of snowfall this winter, already eclipsing the 10-year average of 84 inches […]