Most of the time, when 15-year-old Emmanuel Young is out past 9 p.m., he’s not playing in a sports game or walking home from work. He’s doing what he said most kids his age do – “just hanging out.” They walk around the schools or sit in the park. He said sometimes the police approach […]

183/183b/183C The photo on the left shows Westbrook’s first motorized fire truck (circa 1916) in front of the old wooden fire station that was built in the 1890s to house the Presumpscot Hose Co., one of two organized fire companies in the city. Valentine Hose Co. occupied a station on Mechanic Street. The building was […]

Friends and former co-workers of Ken and Belinda Taylor, the Westbrook couple who died as a result of murder-suicide in late April, are rallying in support of their children. A dance marathon on Saturday and a golf tournament in June will raise money to support the girls. Jennifer York, Belinda Taylor’s 24-year-old daughter, is in […]

Friends and former co-workers of Ken and Belinda Taylor, the Westbrook couple who died as a result of murder-suicide in late April, are rallying in support of their children. A dance marathon on Saturday and a golf tournament in June will raise money to support the girls. Jennifer York, Belinda Taylor’s 24-year-old daughter, is in […]

Friends and former co-workers of Ken and Belinda Taylor, the Westbrook couple who died as a result of murder-suicide in late April, are rallying in support of their children. A dance marathon on Saturday and a golf tournament in June will raise money to support the girls. Jennifer York, Belinda Taylor’s 24-year-old daughter, is in […]

Bill and Nina Stinson of Limerick not only remember one of the biggest police shootouts in Maine history, when it happened 50 years ago, they were there. On May 14, 1959 – a date etched in the history of Maine’s law enforcement community – Westbrook’s young, popular police chief, Pierre Harnois, was gunned down by […]

A rare disease that claimed the life of a Gorham woman in March has also left other victims – her devastated family and friends who are searching for answers. Ann Michaud was diagnosed in February with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, a fatal brain disorder. Surrounded by her family, Michaud died at 52 on March 24 at home. […]

The Old Gray Goose.jpg The Old Gray Goose, a country dance band, is presenting this year’s roundup of Maine’s champion fiddlers at the Downeast fiddle jamboree, held on May 22 and 23 at the Saco River Grange Hall in Bar Mills. Bluezberry jam.jpg After months in the studio recording and mixing, Bluezberry Jam is releasing […]

Can it be true? President Obama has said he wants to close down the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. Sure enough, the 2010 budget cuts $90 million out of the project’s budget. Earlier, most of the workers were laid off, and there was talk of putting barriers in front of the tunnel entrance. Now, as […]

Gorham school officials will discuss the proposed school budget with the Town Council in a workshop at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19, in the Gorham Municipal Center, 75 South St. The School Committee on April 29 unanimously approved a $30.2 million budget that includes $535,572 in federal stimulus money. Without the stimulus, this year’s […]