Lafcadio – a fascinating first name You may have read about the author Lafcadio Hearn, who was born in 1850 in Lefkada (the origin of his name), one of the Greek Ionian Islands. He died in 1904 in Japan, where he changed his name to Koizumi Yakumo, after gaining Japanese citizenship. Hearn was the son […]

Gorham Marketplace falls on St. Pat’s Day The 10th annual Gorham Marketplace will be 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, March 17, in the Costello Field House at the Gorham campus of the University of Southern Maine. Admission is free. The Gorham Business & Civic Exchange organizes the event. It features local products and services along with […]

Gorham Marketplace falls on St. Pat’s Day The 10th annual Gorham Marketplace will be 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, March 17, in the Costello Field House at the Gorham campus of the University of Southern Maine. Admission is free. The Gorham Business & Civic Exchange organizes the event. It features local products and services along with […]

The group that first proposed a tax on bottled water aimed at Poland Springs is now circulating a new petition that would create a government board to make sure commercial bottlers don’t take too much of the coveted resource out of the ground. That board would be funded by a fee on every gallon of […]

The group that first proposed a tax on bottled water aimed at Poland Springs is now circulating a new petition that would create a government board to make sure commercial bottlers don’t take too much of the coveted resource out of the ground. That board would be funded by a fee on every gallon of […]

March 1982 State Sen. Ronald Usher of Westbrook is co-sponsor of legislation that would effectively remove free hunting, trapping and fishing privileges now enjoyed by 10,000 Maine Indians, but a pending compromise from the Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission, and a request from Gov. Joseph Brennan, may give Usher and his co-sponsors reason to withdraw the […]

March 1982 State Sen. Ronald Usher of Westbrook is co-sponsor of legislation that would effectively remove free hunting, trapping and fishing privileges now enjoyed by 10,000 Maine Indians, but a pending compromise from the Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission, and a request from Gov. Joseph Brennan, may give Usher and his co-sponsors reason to withdraw the […]

The Legislature’s Education Committee is considering a plan that would require the state’s 290 school districts to form cooperatives in the near term to save money on behind-the-scenes administrative functions and special education, and lay the groundwork for consolidating the state into less than 100 districts by July of 2009. Working through the weekend and […]

The chance to retain Gorham’s town clock is now up to the congregation at the First Parish Church – thanks to a gift from a Gorham couple. Tuesday night, with Town Councilor Brenda Caldwell abstaining, the Gorham Town Council passed a measure, 6-0, offering the church a 99-year lease to house the clock, for $1 […]

The Westbrook American reported on March 7, 1962, that Mrs. Carl Deering was honored on her birthday with a dinner at her home.