IMMIGRATION CONTROL MEETING (800 wds) The CIA discovered that Mexico has invented a portable ladder that extends two feet higher than the new 900 mile long, fifteen billion dollar US/Mexico border fence. That news meant that someone or some office might be held accountable for a wasted fence – or worse, lunacy – so an […]

View historical records Buxton- Hollis Historical Society, 8 River Road (Route 112), Buxton, a non-lending library, offers local historical and genealogical resources. It’s open 1- 4 p.m. the first Friday and first and third Saturdays monthly through October. The society can be reached at 747-3131. Libby book signing Local author Jim Libby will sign copies […]

Westbrook’s new superintendent is already demonstrating how he differs from his predecessor. As Reza Namin begins the process of developing a strategic plan for the district, he says closing schools is not how he expects to save money. School officials revealed at a joint workshop between the School Committee and the City Council in February […]

Westbrook’s new superintendent is already demonstrating how he differs from his predecessor. As Reza Namin begins the process of developing a strategic plan for the district, he says closing schools is not how he expects to save money. School officials revealed at a joint workshop between the School Committee and the City Council in February […]

After months of hearings and deliberation, the Westbrook Zoning Board of Appeals is scheduled to make a ruling Wednesday on whether to uphold or overturn the code enforcement officer’s decision regarding Pike Industries’ right to operate and expand on its Spring Street quarry. At its last meeting on the issue June 10, the board indicated […]

Yard sale/strawberry festival – Saturday, July 25, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Peoples United Methodist Church, 310 Broadway, South Portland. Find great bargains at the trash and treasure tables and enjoy strawberry shortcake. Nonprofit organizations can send notices of their yard-sale-type fundraisers 10 days in advance to ajbob@maine.rr.com.

Plowman excels Lawrence Academy in Groton, Mass., has congratulated junior Elizabeth Plowman, who earned academic honors for the spring trimester. Plowman is the daughter of Bonny and Stephen Plowman of Gorham. Clark graduates Grant S. Goodrich and Kirsten A. VanWyck, both of Gorham, received bachelor of arts degrees in commencement exercises in May at Clark […]

Denise Holmes lives on a Gorham corner notorious for traffic accidents. Cars have landed on her lawn and slammed into two apple trees well off the road. “I mow the lawn, and I’m always looking over my back,” Holmes said. “Almost every week there’s some type of accident.” Now the state is studying ways to […]

KNOWLTON MACHINE CO. In 1864, John J. Knowlton, his brother Daniel and brother-in-law Maurice Hodgkins established a small machine shop at Saccarappa, which is now Westbrook. The business prospered, and around 1873 a two story brick building was built on the banks of the Presumpscot River. A water wheel, on what is now Dana Street, […]

Just weeks after retiring as superintendent of Westbrook schools, Stan Sawyer has already found a new job. Starting in the middle of August, Sawyer will be working part-time as a consultant for the school construction and facilities division of the Department of Education. “It deals with three areas that I find very interesting. One is […]