Westbrook Police Chief Paul McCarthy announced on Monday that he will retire this summer, ending a nearly 35-year career with the Westbrook Police Department. McCarthy, whose last day on the job will be July 27, said he felt the time was right for him to retire from his $72,000 per year job, citing the new […]

A Gorham school board committee is recommending changes to the district’s substance-abuse policy in a review stemming from an underage drinking incident in February. Under current rules in a first offense, Gorham athletes might not be suspended from their team if they turn themselves in. But that could change if the full school committee approves […]

Every morning, Wesley and Cynthia Wiese light a candle and say a prayer for their daughter, Coreen Wiese, whose disappearance has confounded local police and the FBI. Tuesday will mark six months since the 15-year-old Bonny Eagle High School student disappeared under mysterious circumstances. She was last seen near the Route 25 bridge on Nov. […]

I want to take the opportunity to express my enthusiastic support for the proposed new Westbrook middle school. he proposal is shaping up to be a beautifully designed building and campus with many features and design elements that will benefit the students, school staff and the community. One of the most exciting features includes the […]

GB&CE presentation The Gorham Business & Civic Exchange is presenting its “2007 Business Person of the Year” award on Thursday, May 3, at an after-hours social hosted by Steve Crockett of Crockett Interiors, 673 Main St., from 5:30- 7 p.m. Last year’s award recipient, Virginia Wilder Cross, will be handing over the plaque’to the new […]

GB&CE presentation The Gorham Business & Civic Exchange is presenting its “2007 Business Person of the Year” award on Thursday, May 3, at an after-hours social hosted by Steve Crockett of Crockett Interiors, 673 Main St., from 5:30- 7 p.m. Last year’s award recipient, Virginia Wilder Cross, will be handing over the plaque’to the new […]

The staff at Mission Possible Teen Center has announced that Dan Decoster ss “Teen of the Month.” Dan has been coming to Mission Possible regularly since the beginning of this school year. He loves playing poker, and while he participates in other groups and programming, he also reaches out to make a difference within the […]

The staff at Mission Possible Teen Center has announced that Dan Decoster ss “Teen of the Month.” Dan has been coming to Mission Possible regularly since the beginning of this school year. He loves playing poker, and while he participates in other groups and programming, he also reaches out to make a difference within the […]

Big footprints in the sands of time Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) is written up in an article in the winter edition of Bowdoin, a magazine published four times a year by the college. It says that Longfellow is one of Maine’s most beloved native sons, and one of Bowdoin’s most illustrious graduates (class of 1825). […]

Concerned Citizens of Gorham has launched a new Web site to aid in its fight against the Mosher Road asphalt plant and quarry proposed by Shaw Brothers Construction Inc. The group is concerned about what it sees as the potentially negative health, environmental and economic impacts associated with the plant, and is specifically opposing the […]