How nice it was to see the Westbrook High School Marching Band perform at the football field for the residents of Westbrook. We were happy to be there to support them and they did such a good job. What a shame that more residents were not there to give support to these young people. Hopefully […]

How nice it was to see the Westbrook High School Marching Band perform at the football field for the residents of Westbrook. We were happy to be there to support them and they did such a good job. What a shame that more residents were not there to give support to these young people. Hopefully […]

BY THE NUMBERS 435: number of people enrolled at Portland’s needle-exchange program 76: percent of intravenous drug users who use pharmacies as their primary source for needles but have difficulty obtaining them 40: percent of users who share needles 25: percent of users who said they would use a satellite service in Westbrook Portland’s needle-exchange […]

A school building committee is considering moving Gorham’s White Rock School to Gorham Village after a property owner in White Rock rejected the town’s latest offer to purchase property there. The Gorham Town Council voted 6-1, with Councilor Burleigh Loveitt opposed, to authorize the committee to evaluate as a possible location for the school a […]

Added together, they have nearly a millennium’s worth of stories beginning at the end of World War I, but they are carrying on a tradition that started before the turn of the last century. “It was a common organization in all congregational churches,” said Shirley Allen, 81. “When I was young, it was Ladies’ Aid.” […]

In February, some two-dozen Mainers will descend on La MA?¡sica, a small town in the north-central part of Honduras, to bring supplies and construction manpower to the hurricane-devastated community. A delegation of members of the Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church United Church of Christ, the First Parish Congregational Church of Gorham and the First Congregational Church of […]

The recent good news in breast cancer is that the death rate in the United States is falling by about 2 percent a year – about the same as over the past 17 years – according to Breast Cancer Facts & Figures 2007-2008, which is a report on breast cancer statistics and trends produced every […]

Current Publishing’s www.keepMEcurrent.com was honored Saturday as the best weekly newspaper Web site in the state. The award was presented in Rockport this weekend by the Maine Press Association as a part of the 2007 Better Newspapers Contest. The American Journal, a weekly newspaper covering Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton, also fared well in the competition, […]

Laptops for BEHS teachers The Maine Department of Education has expanded the Maine Learning Technology Initiative to include teachers and administrators in high schools throughout the state. Teachers at Bonny Eagle High School are receiving their laptops this month. The education department said the initiative is a critical next step in supporting Maine educators in […]

Winners in the Gorham Recreation Department’s scarecrow contest on the Public Safety Building lawn were announced recently. Above: Eric Pettengill, left, and Jackson Banks proudly display their scarecrow, which won the people’s choice award. Below: From left, Michelle Kaplinger, Kim Barden and Kim Walker stand with the Toddle Inn Child Care entry that took best […]