A group of residents in the Deer Hill neighborhood of Westbrook has been meeting to discuss land preservation in their neighborhood and the city as a whole. The Deer Hill Preservation Society is working on acquiring property in the Deer Hill neighborhood, located off Tolman Street between Main Street and Warren Avenue, where developer Peter […]

Gorham Police Chief Ron Shepard said Wednesday the Maine Department of Transportation has installed safety improvements at the intersection in Gorham where a collision on Feb. 18 claimed lives of two truckers. Two stop signs on wooden posts now mark both Libby Avenue approaches to Main Street. In addition, flashing red lights are mounted on […]

What is wrong with this City Council? Have they gone completely crazy over power? What these charter changes amount to is get rid of the mayor because his name is not Violette. I think they are overstepping their bounds. Apparently, Mr. Rielly wants the council to control all city business. Boy, will we be in […]

A flag ceremony will open the 11th annual Gorham Marketplace at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Costello Field House at the Gorham campus of the University of Southern Maine. Sponsored by Gorham Business & Civic Exchange, the Gorham Marketplace is an opportunity for local businesses to showcase products and services. It will feature more than […]

Gov. John Baldacci does not want to raise taxes or dip into the rainy-day fund to fill a budget hole that has now grown to $190 million and instead released a plan Wednesday that cuts $34 million out of state aid to schools and $27 million out of already diminished health and human services accounts. […]

Gov. John Baldacci does not want to raise taxes or dip into the rainy-day fund to fill a budget hole that has now grown to $190 million and instead released a plan Wednesday that cuts $34 million out of state aid to schools and $27 million out of already diminished health and human services accounts. […]

Westbrook School Superintendent Stan Sawyer will remain on the job for a second year after retiring. The Westbrook School Committee, at its Feb. 27 meeting, asked Sawyer, 62, to stay. Sawyer officially retired in June 2007, but was rehired immediately for the 2007-2008 school year. At the time, School Committee members cited the school consolidation […]

As of last week, elementary students at Congin School had walked the more than 628 miles it takes to get from Westbrook to Harrisburg, Penn., the hometown of one of their teachers. Since students at Congin and Canal schools returned from winter break, school guidance counselor Joe Driscoll has been leading them around a quarter-mile […]

The Senior Adult Growth Exchange at the University of Southern Maine will present a series of nine lectures beginning Tuesday, March 11. The lectures, running from 9:30-11:30 a.m. will be held at the Hannaford Lecture Hall in the Abromson Community Education Center, 88 Bedford St., in Portland. The cost for the entire lecture series is […]

The Senior Adult Growth Exchange at the University of Southern Maine will present a series of nine lectures beginning Tuesday, March 11. The lectures, running from 9:30-11:30 a.m. will be held at the Hannaford Lecture Hall in the Abromson Community Education Center, 88 Bedford St., in Portland. The cost for the entire lecture series is […]