WESTBROOK – A drop in students enrolled in acting classes – Acorn Productions’ main revenue source – is seen as the primary reason the theater group will leave its Dana Warp Mill space in Westbrook after 71?2 years. Michael Levine, Acorn’s founder, said Tuesday that the organization has been operating under a revenue model based […]

WESTBROOK – A drop in students enrolled in acting classes – Acorn Productions’ main revenue source – is seen as the primary reason the theater group will leave its Dana Warp Mill space in Westbrook after 71?2 years. Michael Levine, Acorn’s founder, said Tuesday that the organization has been operating under a revenue model based […]

WESTBROOK – Portland Ballet will perform “Bolero to Bayadere” Saturday at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center, which combines classical and contemporary dances, and marks choreographer Joseph Jefferies’ debut with the company. Slated as “an evening of audience favorites,” the shows, at 2 and 8 p.m., will combine Jefferies’ contempory work of “Bolero” with scenes from […]

WESTBROOK – Portland Ballet will perform “Bolero to Bayadere” Saturday at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center, which combines classical and contemporary dances, and marks choreographer Joseph Jefferies’ debut with the company. Slated as “an evening of audience favorites,” the shows, at 2 and 8 p.m., will combine Jefferies’ contempory work of “Bolero” with scenes from […]

GHS state drama champ The Gorham High School production of “Mother Hicks” won first place at the Class A state finals of the one-act play festival over the past weekend in Camden. The school had previously won this year’s regional drama competition. “Mother Hicks,” directed by Eileen Avery, is the story of an eccentric woman […]

Student art exhibit at Mary Brooking studio Painting students of Mary Brooking will display their work in an exhibit opening on Saturday, March 29, at Mary Brooking Studio in Westbrook. Brooking teaches her acrylic landscape painting course, “The Sky is Not Blue,” at the Westbrook Community Center, and has recently opened the studio at 863 […]

March 29, 1989 The American Journal has been reliably informed that the Ross Grant site near Mosher’s Corner in Gorham is being considered as the site of a regional stump dump, one of two that would serve Cumberland County. The source said negotiations have been held between Ross Grant officials and staff members of the […]

March 29, 1989 The American Journal has been reliably informed that the Ross Grant site near Mosher’s Corner in Gorham is being considered as the site of a regional stump dump, one of two that would serve Cumberland County. The source said negotiations have been held between Ross Grant officials and staff members of the […]

March 29, 1989 The American Journal has been reliably informed that the Ross Grant site near Mosher’s Corner in Gorham is being considered as the site of a regional stump dump, one of two that would serve Cumberland County. The source said negotiations have been held between Ross Grant officials and staff members of the […]

WESTBROOK – After releasing an initial proposed budget of $34.8 million for fiscal year 2014-15, the Westbrook school administration will look to trim roughly $600,000 before sending the budget to the City Council – but trimming could still leave the budget with a $1.9 million increase from this year. On Monday, Superintendent of Schools Marc […]