The current U.S. Post Office, built in 1999 off Mechanic Street, replaced its forerunner, at left, at 54 Main St. The new post office is located on the site of the former F.S. Plummer lumber and hardware business. The old post office site became part of an expansion of Gorham Savings Bank, next door at […]

After two years of a falling tax rate, Gorham is facing the possibility of an increase of $1.76 per $1,000 of valuation to cover the local school and municipal budgets. The town council, in a workshop Tuesday, heard the school’s request for a $29.4 million budget, up $1.7 million, or 6.2 percent, from last year. […]

The Westbrook City Council meeting scheduled for Monday night has been cancelled due to the death of Mayor Bruce Chuluda’s wife, Vickie Chuluda. The City Council had planned to hold a public hearing on an amendment to land use ordinances in the Stroudwater area of Westbrook. The proposed amendment would change the maximum height allowed […]

The Westbrook City Council meeting scheduled for Monday night has been cancelled due to the death of Mayor Bruce Chuluda’s wife, Vickie Chuluda. The City Council had planned to hold a public hearing on an amendment to land use ordinances in the Stroudwater area of Westbrook. The proposed amendment would change the maximum height allowed […]

The semi-annual Baxter Memorial Library Book Sale is here! This year it will be held in a new location: the Activities Room at the new Gorham Municipal Center, right next door to the library. There will be thousands of used books! The fun starts Thursday, May 3rd from 5:00-7:00 p.m. with the BMLA (Friends Group) […]

The semi-annual Baxter Memorial Library Book Sale is here! This year it will be held in a new location: the Activities Room at the new Gorham Municipal Center, right next door to the library. There will be thousands of used books! The fun starts Thursday, May 3rd from 5:00-7:00 p.m. with the BMLA (Friends Group) […]

Dr. Albert D’Arche, a well-known physician, occupied the house, left photo, at 782 Main St., at the corner of Spring Street, for many years. The house was eventually purchased by the Chevron Oil Co. and demolished to make was for a service station. The business then became a Humphrey Farms Store. C.N. Brown Co. purchased […]

The Westbrook American reported on April 25, 1962, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest W. Norberg of New Britain, Conn., had been weekend guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton A. Norberg.

The Maine State Medical Examiner has determined that John Allard, a well-known Westbrook man who was found dead behind the Saccarappa School in August, died from internal bleeding. A spokeswoman for the medical examiner’s office in Augusta said Monday that the immediate cause of death was an acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. The body of Allard, […]

The husband of a Buxton woman who died in what police initially called a hit-and-run accident filed suit last week against the driver of the van that hit his wife. Wilmot “Bill” Lewis, 84, a former Buxton selectman, filed suit in Cumberland County Superior Court April 18 against Lori L. Marston, 43, of 465 Long […]