Rummage, perennial sale set A rummage and perennial sale will be held Friday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., at Cressey Road United Methodist Church, Gorham, off Route 25. It is sponsored by the United Methodist Women. This year’s sale will feature clothes, dishes, furniture, books, puzzles, toys, perennials and house […]

Owners of restaurants and businesses that sell beverages are furious about a new, 40 percent tax on syrup used to make soda and a doubling of taxes on beer and wine – passed by the Legislature last week in the waning hours of the session. The taxes, owners say, will mean price hikes on some […]

The photo on the left shows the old Cumberland Mills train station in the early 1900s. The building behind it in the distance is the old Railroad Hotel, still standing at 15 Rochester St. and currently an apartment house. This station was a one time a very busy place with three or more passenger trains […]

The photo on the left shows the old Cumberland Mills train station in the early 1900s. The building behind it in the distance is the old Railroad Hotel, still standing at 15 Rochester St. and currently an apartment house. This station was a one time a very busy place with three or more passenger trains […]

Unfair criticism I was dismayed to read the April 16 New York Times editorial, “Guns and Bitter” where, in discussing Sen. Barak Obama’s remarks about working class voters, the editor wrote of his “bonehead remarks” covering small towns. What an adjective to use. I had to look in Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary – – bonehead was […]

CUTLINE ONLY BIRD, LITTLE DUDE The first warm days of spring bring everyone out to enjoy and explore their environment. At left, Jack Adams, 18 months, climbs on the playground equipment at Riverbank Park in Westbrook Thursday afternoon under the watchful eye of his mother, Helene Adams of Gorham. Above, a killdeer pauses by a […]

CUTLINE ONLY BIRD, LITTLE DUDE The first warm days of spring bring everyone out to enjoy and explore their environment. At left, Jack Adams, 18 months, climbs on the playground equipment at Riverbank Park in Westbrook Thursday afternoon under the watchful eye of his mother, Helene Adams of Gorham. Above, a killdeer pauses by a […]

April 27, 1983 Westbrook high School will segregate its freshmen next year as an answer to “a growing problem with ninth- and 10th-graders” that is “academic and behavioral.” The freshmen will have all to themselves the first floor of the school’s three-story wing, for homerooms and lockers as well as classes. Ten teachers will teach […]

April 27, 1983 Westbrook high School will segregate its freshmen next year as an answer to “a growing problem with ninth- and 10th-graders” that is “academic and behavioral.” The freshmen will have all to themselves the first floor of the school’s three-story wing, for homerooms and lockers as well as classes. Ten teachers will teach […]

A bill that will require all applicants to produce papers showing they are in this country legally in order to get a Maine driver’s license was signed into law by the governor Thursday night after it passed the Senate in a 19-15 vote. The vote in the House earlier in the day was 79-58. After […]