Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers have staked out tough, hard-to-bridge positions, and the gaps keep alive the threat of an Israeli ground invasion.

GORHAM – With town councilors delaying any decisions this week, the fate of two dinosaur Gorham school buildings remains undetermined. Tuesday’s Gorham council agenda had called for approving $175,000 to demolish the vacant White Rock School building and to clean up the 10-acre site. The council also was scheduled to name a building committee for […]

GORHAM – With town councilors delaying any decisions this week, the fate of two dinosaur Gorham school buildings remains undetermined. Tuesday’s Gorham council agenda had called for approving $175,000 to demolish the vacant White Rock School building and to clean up the 10-acre site. The council also was scheduled to name a building committee for […]

WESTBROOK – In an effort to get some surplus city property back on the tax rolls, Westbrook is soliciting bids for two small downtown house lots. According to Bill Baker, Westbrook’s assistant city administrator for business and community relations, the city is looking for bids for two adjacent, .19-acre lots located between Haskell and Rochester […]

WESTBROOK – In an effort to get some surplus city property back on the tax rolls, Westbrook is soliciting bids for two small downtown house lots. According to Bill Baker, Westbrook’s assistant city administrator for business and community relations, the city is looking for bids for two adjacent, .19-acre lots located between Haskell and Rochester […]

Nov. 18, 1987 A leftover load of wet concrete was dumped into Westbrook’s Spring Street sewer, though no one knew about it until a TV camera towed through the sewer to inspect the condition showed the solidified concrete. It is 21 feet down, at a point in the sewer near Union Street where the sewer […]

WESTBROOK – Westbrook’s growing culinary scene is about to get a bit brighter. On Friday morning, the Westbrook Community Center will open the Starlite Cafe?, a joint operation between the privately owned Starlite Catering and the community center. The cafe?, which will be open whenever the center is open, features an updated kitchen, a serving […]

‘Peabody Pew’ holiday classic The Buxton-Hollis Dorcas Society is sponsoring its annual production of the holiday classic “The Old Peabody Pew” at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 2, in the Tory Hill Church, intersection of routes 202 and 112, in Buxton Kate Douglas Wiggin wrote the romantic play that has become a classic at the […]

Trinity celebrates 130th Trinity Lutheran Church, 612 Main St., Westbrook, is celebrating its 130th anniversary on Sunday, Nov. 18, with music and memories at the 10:30 a.m. worship service. In the fellowship hall there will be refreshments and a display of the many ministries of the church. Trinity was founded in 1882 as The First […]

WESTBROOK – The proposed new Westbrook Comprehensive Plan – two years in the making – will face a Planning Board public hearing next week. The Maine State Planning Office requires that communities update their comprehensive plan about every 10 years. The new plan does not call for any major changes from the one adopted in […]