The Re-use Committee for the Wescott Junior High building will be cranking up again in February. The two committee co-chairs, Jim Violette and Al Juniewicz, have been meeting with a small core group in an effort to get some vital information together to share with the larger committee. What we need now is to pull […]

The Re-use Committee for the Wescott Junior High building will be cranking up again in February. The two committee co-chairs, Jim Violette and Al Juniewicz, have been meeting with a small core group in an effort to get some vital information together to share with the larger committee. What we need now is to pull […]

(112/112A) Shown on the left is 937 Main St., when it was occupied by Stultz Auto Parts and John Paul Tremblay was the proprietor. The parts store closed and Ron Stultz remodeled the building for his Hydraulic Hose & Assembly business, which operated there for many years before moving to Route 25 in Gorham. On […]

The Westbrook American reported on Jan. 30, 1963, that Marcella Ray was chosen as D.A.R. good citizen representative of Gorham High School. Known by friends as Sally, Ray, a senior, was an honor student. In Buxton, Selectman Carl Deering requested that all articles and material for the annual town meeting be submitted by Feb. 2.

The Westbrook American reported on Jan. 30, 1963, that Marcella Ray was chosen as D.A.R. good citizen representative of Gorham High School. Known by friends as Sally, Ray, a senior, was an honor student. In Buxton, Selectman Carl Deering requested that all articles and material for the annual town meeting be submitted by Feb. 2.

An unnamed supporter intends to bid at auction on the defunct Gorham Sports Center and, if successful, lease it to a nonprofit community group. Members of the group, Southern Maine Community Recreation Center, are optimistic about the deal to lease – and eventually buy – the sports center, which closed for financial reasons earlier this […]

As Senior Airman Zach Taylor descended on an escalator in the Portland International Jetport Friday, a large crowd waited below to greet him and 12 others from his National Guard unit. Among them were members of his family and nine third-grade students, who began screaming as they saw the soldier from Gorham whose picture had […]

As Senior Airman Zach Taylor descended on an escalator in the Portland International Jetport Friday, a large crowd waited below to greet him and 12 others from his National Guard unit. Among them were members of his family and nine third-grade students, who began screaming as they saw the soldier from Gorham whose picture had […]

A Westbrook man has pleaded not guilty to charges of gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual contact. An arraignment was held at Cumberland County Superior Court on Jan. 23 for Arthur Facteau, 45, of Seavey Street, who was indicted in December. A trial date for Facteau, who was accused having sexual contact with a 13-year-old […]

Westbrook police have announced the hiring of three new officers and the addition of a new, full-time traffic enforcement officer. The three officers hired are all experienced, coming from police departments in Maine, New Hampshire and Virginia. Officer Anthony Ciampi, who has 10 years of experience, comes from the Biddeford Police Department and will be […]