WESTBROOK – After organizational problems kept it from happening last year, a fundraiser that has become a tradition at the Westbrook Regional Vocational Center is returning this month. “I feel like I’m starting the whole thing from scratch,” said Jennifer Ha, a senior who studies marketing at the center as part of DECA, an international […]

WESTBROOK – Dozens of supporters were on hand Wednesday evening for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new home of the Westbrook Historical Society. The society, founded in 1976, has moved twice before Wednesday’s opening at the Fred C. Wescott Building on Bridge Street. Hundreds of artifacts of the city’s history were on display, from clothing […]

WESTBROOK – Westbrook officials are preparing to unveil a proposed 2013 municipal budget that could include some layoffs, though little to no increase in spending is predicted. The City Council will hold a special meeting Monday to get its first look at the budget, followed immediately by a meeting of the council’s Finance Committee, where […]

GORHAM – Gorham Superintendent Ted Sharp is proposing a $32.4 million budget to operate the town’s schools, up from last year’s $31.2 million. If approved, it could hike taxes for Gorham property owners. “This budget represents a $1,205,642 increase in expenditures,” Sharp told School Committee members in a workshop Feb. 29. The proposed budget represents […]

GORHAM – Gorham Superintendent Ted Sharp is proposing a $32.4 million budget to operate the town’s schools, up from last year’s $31.2 million. If approved, it could hike taxes for Gorham property owners. “This budget represents a $1,205,642 increase in expenditures,” Sharp told School Committee members in a workshop Feb. 29. The proposed budget represents […]

WESTBROOK – After U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe’s shocking announcement Feb. 28 that she would not seek re-election this fall, the rapid-fire rate of announcements from politicians across the state about their respective political futures has been so hard to keep up with that by the time you read this article, it may no longer be […]

GORHAM – Recovering from an accident that nearly claimed his life, a longtime Gorham political figure is thanking the community for its massive number of well-wishers. Burleigh Loveitt, 65, has been at Maine Medical Center in Portland since Feb. 16, where he’s undergone several surgeries to repair damage caused when a huge tree smashed down […]

GORHAM – Recovering from an accident that nearly claimed his life, a longtime Gorham political figure is thanking the community for its massive number of well-wishers. Burleigh Loveitt, 65, has been at Maine Medical Center in Portland since Feb. 16, where he’s undergone several surgeries to repair damage caused when a huge tree smashed down […]

Free ecumenical choir festival An Ecumenical choir festival will be held on Sunday, March 11, at 3 p.m. at Cressey Road United Methodist Church, 81 Cressey Road (at Route 25), Gorham. The Gorham Ecumenical Council sponsors this free event with goodwill donations accepted. Bill Jenks directs the choir, and several pastors of Gorham-area churches will […]

WESTBROOK – For 26 years, Micki Meggison has made her mark on the world as an engineer at Sappi Fine Paper in Westbrook. The company operates a mill that has been a fixture in the city for over 100 years, and now Meggison is helping the University of Southern Maine start a new tradition. Last […]