In unmarked cars, Westbrook police patrolled the city Saturday night in search of underage drinkers. Officers stopped Corrie Brown, 18, of Gorham and cited her for illegal transportation of alcohol by a minor. A large amount of alcohol was seized that police suspect would have made it into the hands of other minors. After that, […]

Gorham police arrested a 54-year-old resident of Friendly Village trailer park at 4 a.m. Monday after a standoff. Lt. Chris Sanborn of Gorham police said Paul Curran of Evergreen Drive was charged with disorderly conduct, terrorizing, aggravated criminal mischief, obstructing government administration and creating a police standoff. Police said Curran interfered with police while handling […]

Gorham police arrested a 54-year-old resident of Friendly Village trailer park at 4 a.m. Monday after a standoff. Lt. Chris Sanborn of Gorham police said Paul Curran of Evergreen Drive was charged with disorderly conduct, terrorizing, aggravated criminal mischief, obstructing government administration and creating a police standoff. Police said Curran interfered with police while handling […]

Are you lonely? Are you one of the millions who will spend your favorite spiritual and/or commercial holiday watching “paid programming,” or, even worse, visiting parents or relatives? When you see wholesome family Christmas scenes, like a white suburban family with 2.5 children hanging red stockings by their electric fireplace, does it make you wish […]

Owners of small lots can start building on them without worry. A 10-month debate about whether the city would continue to allow construction on so-called substandard lots of record was settled Monday. Previously, the city had allowed building on lots smaller than the current 7,500-square-foot minimum, if the lots had been subdivided before that standard […]

Not even a bomb threat could derail the “Survivor” train that is Gorham High School physics teacher Bob Crowley. Nearly 1,000 students and fans gathered at Shaw Gymnasium on Wednesday morning for the “Mr. Crowley Wins Survivor” celebration. It was previously scheduled for the high school gymnasium but school officials moved the ceremony to the […]

During the Thursday morning seminar at Freethinkers Coffee Shop, professor emeritus Lucius Flatley mused on the subject, “What causes major change in the world?” One erudite attendee suggested philosophers such as Rousseau or Locke; a Democrat plumped for historians such as Marx or Hegel, and a Republican argued for economists such as Adam Smith or […]

Rare books on the block The Dec. 11 Boston Globe had another sad story about the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, which is in financial trouble. Last month we wrote about the society canceling its New England Spring Flower Show, after 137 years of that outstanding annual exhibit. Now it plans to auction its rare books collection […]

One American Legion Post is doing its part to help troops abroad have a happier holiday. Last week, members of Post 197 on Conant Street sent boxes filled with magazines, snacks and games to a mental health clinic for soldiers in Baghdad – and they’re looking for more to send. The Legion members got involved […]