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Police searching for woman in armed robbery

Buxton police are searching for a woman who robbed the Tory Hill Variety Store on 222 Narragansett Trail on Saturday morning, walking away with an undisclosed amount of money. The robbery happened at 10:30 a.m. when a woman walked up to the counter, showed a gun and demanded money. Stephanie Lord, who bought the store […]

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City snags Windham's economic developer

Keith Luke, the economic development director in Windham for the last five years, has been hired to fill a similar position in Westbrook. Luke will take the position left vacant in March by Erik Carson, who took a job as assistant city manager in South Portland. Luke will start Sept. 2 in Westbrook, where his […]

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City snags Windham's economic developer

Keith Luke, the economic development director in Windham for the last five years, has been hired to fill a similar position in Westbrook. Luke will take the position left vacant in March by Erik Carson, who took a job as assistant city manager in South Portland. Luke will start Sept. 2 in Westbrook, where his […]

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Last free concert Rog & Ray will be in concert 6:30-8 p.m. on Tuesday, in the gazebo on the lawn at Gorham Public Safety, 270 Main St. The concert is the finale of a summer concert series sponsored by Gorham Parks and Recreation Department. Dean’s list students Several students from Gorham were named to dean’s […]

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Last free concert Rog & Ray will be in concert 6:30-8 p.m. on Tuesday, in the gazebo on the lawn at Gorham Public Safety, 270 Main St. The concert is the finale of a summer concert series sponsored by Gorham Parks and Recreation Department. Dean’s list students Several students from Gorham were named to dean’s […]

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Last free concert Rog & Ray will be in concert 6:30-8 p.m. on Tuesday, in the gazebo on the lawn at Gorham Public Safety, 270 Main St. The concert is the finale of a summer concert series sponsored by Gorham Parks and Recreation Department. Dean’s list students Several students from Gorham were named to dean’s […]

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45 years ago

The Westbrook American reported on July 31, 1963, that Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Scribner, Robie Avenue, have been entertaining Mr. and Mrs. James Buxton and their two sons of Hamilton, Ontario. Mrs. Austin Gorham III of Buxton was given a baby shower at the home of Mildred Gorham in Salmon Falls. Flavia Johnson of Virginia […]

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Lots donation still a question

Councilors are still undecided about whether to donate city-owned lots for students at the Westbrook Regional Vocational Center to build homes. Members of the Westbrook-Gorham Rotary Club, which handles the real estate transactions for the building trades program, made their case at a Committee of the Whole meeting Monday for the city to donate four […]

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Quarry debate d

The current debate in Westbrook concerning the expansion of the Pike quarry is eerily familiar to the debate in Gorham not to long ago with the Shaw Brothers quarry project and the citizens of Gorham. The need to place heavy rock mining operations adjacent to sensitive high-tech industry and residential development is the product of […]