The amount of money the town of Gorham will be receiving for a new housing development on a farm near Gorham Village was incorrect in the Dec. 13 American Journal editorial. For each house built that exceeds the number zoning allows, the town will receive $15,000 to put into an account to preserve land elsewhere […]

Tucked into the original school consolidation bill passed earlier this year was a provision that would require all school budgets to go out to a district-wide referendum starting in 2008. The provision would have gone into effect before any districts had a chance to form new consolidated units. The idea behind the proposal was to […]

Portland Water District ratepayers in Gorham are picking up the tab for a six-figure overrun in construction of the new sewer line from Little Falls to Westbrook and some water mains upgrades. Based on the latest numbers, the water district said Gorham owes about $200,000 more than an initially estimated $4.1 million as the town’s […]

Bean supper – Saturday, Dec. 22, 4:30-6 p.m., Elm Street Methodist Church, 168 Elm St., South Portland. Beans, casseroles, chop suey, cole slaw, hot dogs, pies and beverages. $7, $2.50. Free Christmas dinner – Tuesday, Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, vegetables and […]

Gov. John Baldacci Tuesday signed an emergency order to cut $38 million out of state spending to help fill a $95 million hole in the budget, and said more cuts and department consolidations will be proposed in a supplemental budget that legislators will have to deal with in January. The largest departments have been asked […]

Barton, vets group honor Worcester Retired Army Col. Robert Barton of Westbrook, now commander of Region 1 Military Order of World Wars, recently bestowed honorary membership in the organization to Morrill Worcester in a ceremony at the Scarborough Veterans Home. Worcester, who lives in Columbia Falls and is president of Morrill Wreath Co., donated more […]

Katrina refugee rejects return offer Susan Rappold, who fled the ravages of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, is turning down a government deal to return to New Orleans. Rappold, who lives at Village Square on School Street, recently received a FEMA letter, offering her $26,200 and another $4,000 to cover moving expenses, if she’d go back […]

American Journal, December 22, 1982 Scott Paper Co.’s S.D. Warren Division will close down the No. 9 paper machine by June. It is the first step in a redirection of Warren’s Westbrook mill to produce in the future only “specialty papers” and plain (uncoated) printing grades of paper, turning the mill away from its traditional […]

The Westbrook American reported on Dec. 19, 1962, that Mark Flight, son of Mrs. John Flight, Fort Hill Road, was home for the holidays from Dean Junior College in Franklin, Mass, In Buxton, Julie Ingalls, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.P. Ingalls, was home for the holidays from Detroit, Mich., where she was a student.

Adopting some type of a recycling program, getting neighboring communities to help with the maintenance of the Highland Lake Dam and making council meetings run more efficiently were among several goals for the coming year Westbrook city councilors discussed Monday. At a meeting Monday, councilors discussed goals for the coming year. While some of the […]