Chris Barstow, a Gorham legislator whose management of town money while he was the Buxton recreation director is still under police investigation, has moved from Gorham. Barstow, a three-term legislator and Gorham native who was elected when he was just 25 to the House District 129 seat, last month moved his family to Friendship from […]

As I am always on the lookout for ways for those of us in our so-called “golden years” to save money, I was intrigued by an article in the Aug. 14 Reporter, one of Current Publishing’s weekly papers. Believe it or not, I had never heard of this, but maybe some of you senior citizens […]

I’ve seen them and, I admit it, they scare me. And tick me off. Those ads….Why the heck is Tom Allen supporting legislation that would allow Mafia thugs to pull me out of a cozy voting booth, rip the ballot out of my hand and ask me why I voted for Obama and not McCain? […]

Gorham Fire Chief Robert Lefebvre returned to work full time Monday, less than a month since slashing his leg with a chain saw. “It feels real good to be back,” Lefebvre said. Lefebvre, 56, was cutting debris around 8 a.m. at the Gorham Country Club on July 23, helping clear the golf course after the […]

(BOB FLOOD 2) CUTLINE ONLy Fellow Westbrook Police officers and motorcycle cops from around the region honored Officer Bob Flood at the public saftey building on his last day of work Saturday after 25 years with the department. They continued the celebration into the night with a party at Profenno’s. Flood didn’t take much of […]

The governor’s commissioner of financial services, Becky Wyke, has been tapped to be the vice chancellor for finance and administration at the University of Maine System – the second job she’s been offered in less than a month. Gov. John Baldacci had nominated Wyke in July to be the head of the Finance Authority of […]

The Westbrook superintendent of schools is back to work part time, just six weeks after heart surgery. Stan Sawyer, 62, went through a three-hour surgery on June 24 at Maine Medical Center to have a valve replaced in his heart. He started working part time last week and said he’ll gradually increase his hours. His […]

We’re not going to sit and wring our hands, agonizing about winter. Seniors and caregivers, families and individuals, most of us have the same thing on our mind: What will winter bring? None of us can predict this, but we can gather all the information possible and at least find out what, if anything is […]

American Journal, Aug. 17, 1983 Citing a 20 percent loss in retail sales, a 75 percent failure rate for urban renewal area business, 39 percent vacancy of renewal-cleared, and other downtown problems, Mayor William O’Gara asked the City Council Monday for two new studies of downtown Westbrook. One would be done by John Menario, the […]

144/144a The photo on the left is a view up river from Bridge Street showing the Dana Warp Mill facility. The building on the left is located on the island at the end of Dana Street and was built in 1876 by George Warren as a woolen mill. Woodbury K. Dana purchased the building in […]