Festival schedule 7 a.m.: Pancake breakfast at St Anne’s Church 8:30: Gorham Trails 5K Road Race 9 a.m.-5 p.m.: Yard sale at St Anne’s 10: Parade 11: Festival opens 11:30 Sign up for frog jumping contest at the gazebo 12 p.m.: Frog jumping contest 1: Centre of Movement, drumming, jazz demo, tap show 2: Dance […]

Every parent who has retired remembers the last-minute requests for the odd number of cookies or the science project, which is on deadline. Believe it or not, filling those orders for the cookies and building a solar display – in a hurry – helped prepare you for the best part of retirement: volunteering. All experts […]

Every parent who has retired remembers the last-minute requests for the odd number of cookies or the science project, which is on deadline. Believe it or not, filling those orders for the cookies and building a solar display – in a hurry – helped prepare you for the best part of retirement: volunteering. All experts […]

A lovely picnic In spite of slight rain showers, an outdoor evening picnic for residents, family, and friends, in the park at the Barron Center, was a success July 18. Most of us took our umbrellas to be prepared, just in case. Many tables and chairs were set up on the broad, green lawn, and […]

July 1982 Westbrook property will be taxed at the rate of $28.10 for each $1,000 of value of real and personal property for the 1982-83 fiscal year. The rate is set by the assessor Mark Caldwell, but is determined by how much the Westbrook City Council is spending and how much property there is in […]

Westbrook could be following Gorham in adopting an ordinance restricting where registered sex offenders can live. City Councilor Ed Symbol referred a possible sex-offender ordinance to the Public Safety Committee at Monday’s Westbrook City Council meeting. The committee meeting would not happen for some time, but the referral comes after Gorham passed an ordinance earlier […]

Timeline of Damage •1988 – Groundbreaking for library addition. •1989 – Addition completed by RCL Builders. •1991 – Windows leak. •1991 – RCL Builders install insulation because of moisture problems. •1993 – Books wet after roof leaks during winter. RCL crew shovels snow from roof. •1996 – Window problems. Estimated repair costs: $25,000. •1996 – […]

The White Rock Community Club building on Wilson Road was once the White Rock School. High school classes were taught in the building for 23 years beginning in 1873, according to the Gorham Historical Society. Then, it was utilized as an elementary school for 66 years, from 1896 until the new White Rock School opened […]

New regulations from the National Marine Fisheries Service designed to protect right, humpback and fin whales should do more to protect Maine fisherman. A recent report from the federal Government Accountability Office has found the new rules would be so costly for some fishermen that they could no longer afford to stay in business. The […]

Bean supper – Saturday, July 28, 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. Benefit dinner-dance – Friday, 5-6:30 p.m., American Legion Post 197, 300 Conant St., Westbrook. To benefit Slim Andrews’ grandchildren after their dad recently passed away. […]