GORHAM – Gorham High School football player Branden Denis, who celebrated his team’s victory on Friday, lost his life tragically less than 48 hours later as a passenger in a car crash that has left family, schools and the community grief-stricken. After Gorham’s victory on Oct. 17 over the Oceanside High School Mariners, Denis was […]

WESTBROOK – Westbrook’s My Place Teen Center has seen an unprecedented surge in daily attendance and meals served this year. A quick look at the numbers, said Donna Dwyer, the executive director, shows that the center is on track to serve more than 17,000 meals this year, up from 14,000 in 2013. That’s 50-70 meals […]

Oct. 25, 1989 Citing downtown traffic concerns, the Gorham Planning Board denied a request last week by Peoples Heritage Bank to convert the former Gorham Federal Regional Credit Union at the corner of Main and Elm streets into a branch office. The board objected to three different plans for a drive-in window, all of which […]

Oct. 25, 1989 Citing downtown traffic concerns, the Gorham Planning Board denied a request last week by Peoples Heritage Bank to convert the former Gorham Federal Regional Credit Union at the corner of Main and Elm streets into a branch office. The board objected to three different plans for a drive-in window, all of which […]

STANDISH – A pair of sidewalk construction bonds and another pair of term limits charter amendments are set to appear before Standish voters Nov. 4. If approved, the four referendum questions would authorize about $180,000 in spending on sidewalk construction projects in Standish Corner and Steep Falls, and impose strict term limits on the majority […]

WESTBROOK – The Westbrook school administration will not move forward with a proposal to switch financial software systems to the same one used by the city. School officials said at an informal, if somewhat testy, meeting Tuesday they were not “comfortable” with the plan. The city of Westbrook, which will begin to develop the 2015-16 […]

Two brothers convicted of hiring 10 or more undocumented aliens at Westbrook’s Fajita Grill restaurant within a 12-month period were sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court. According to a press release issued by U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II, Guillermo Fuentes of Westbrook will serve 37 months in prison, to be followed by two years […]

Following an announcement that the Westbrook/Gorham Community Chamber will no longer organize “Halloween on Main Street” after this year, public interest has led the group to reassess its approach to finding a worthy replacement for the long-running event. Two weeks ago, chamber President Andrew Cook said the chamber board had made the decision not to […]

Following an announcement that the Westbrook/Gorham Community Chamber will no longer organize “Halloween on Main Street” after this year, public interest has led the group to reassess its approach to finding a worthy replacement for the long-running event. Two weeks ago, chamber President Andrew Cook said the chamber board had made the decision not to […]

GORHAM – Gorham voters on Tuesday, Nov. 4, will choose three School Committee members from a field of four candidates, including two incumbents. Incumbents Dennis Libby, School Committee chairman, and Sara Nelson are facing challengers Forrest Genthner and Suzanne Phillips. School board member Kathy Garrard is not running. The three available openings on the seven-member […]