Late nights I’m sure that many of you stayed up late to watch the Red Sox play the Colorado Rockies in the World Series. The 8:30 p.m. games ran late, of course, but weren’t they worth it! The first game score was 13-1, with Josh Beckett pitching. Curt Schilling left Game 2 in the sixth […]

The Westbrook American reported on Nov. 7, 1962, that Peter Watson had been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Watson, in West Gorham, after completing duty with the Navy. He left Gorham for a job in Connecticut. In Buxton news, Florence Stevens, Helena Cousens, Gladys Roberts and Lena Leavitt of Groveville attended a Gorham […]

The Westbrook American reported on Nov. 7, 1962, that Peter Watson had been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Watson, in West Gorham, after completing duty with the Navy. He left Gorham for a job in Connecticut. In Buxton news, Florence Stevens, Helena Cousens, Gladys Roberts and Lena Leavitt of Groveville attended a Gorham […]

Norman Justice, chairman of Gorham’s town council, is contemplating a recount after losing his seat by just five votes to Matt Robinson in Tuesday’s election. “I’m leaning toward a recount,” Justice said Wednesday. Justice, 54, has the option of asking within five days for an inspection of tally sheets and ballots and then another five […]

Norman Justice, chairman of Gorham’s town council, is contemplating a recount after losing his seat by just five votes to Matt Robinson in Tuesday’s election. “I’m leaning toward a recount,” Justice said Wednesday. Justice, 54, has the option of asking within five days for an inspection of tally sheets and ballots and then another five […]

In a crowded field with eight candidates seeking three Gorham Town Council seats, Phillip Csoros and Burleigh Loveitt scored convincing victories Tuesday, while Matt Robinson squeaked past incumbent Norm Justice. Each is a three-year term. Csoros, making his second bid for the council successful, was the top vote-getter with 1,554. Loveitt, a veteran town councilor, […]

Westbrook voters picked incumbent Mayor Bruce Chuluda over challenger Jim Violette Tuesday by a margin that mirrored the city’s election results two years ago. Voters favored Democrat Lynda Adams as a replacment for long-time City Clerk Barbara Hawkes, and several city councilors facing challengers won re-election. Although Violette won narrow victories in three of city’s […]

Nov. 10, 1982 The possibility of Gorham’s taking over fire and rescue dispatch service for the town of Standish is being discussed by the two municipalities. The purpose would be to save money. “Citizens have asked us to look into the cost of having Standish dispatch handled by Gorham, versus what it’s costing us now,” […]

Forecasters are predicting that 2008 could be the worst year yet for foreclosures on homes financed with sub-prime mortgages, but the state’s consumer credit office says it already is getting almost daily phone calls from Mainers who can’t repay their loans. “We know there’s a problem because of the phone calls we are getting nearly […]

Voters went out in the rain Tuesday to defeat a racino in Washington County, defying polls that said residents would support a gambling parlor as long as it wasn’t in their back yard. The vote was 52 percent against and 48 percent in favor, with 60 percent of the precincts reporting Tuesday night. Dennis Bailey […]