The Wescott Junior High School Building Committee will hold an informal vote for the public on the proposed site of the new junior high school next Thursday, Feb. 8, at 6 p.m. in room 114 at Westbrook High School. The committee will hold what is known as a “straw vote,” whereby residents are asked to […]

When John “Jack” Dunham bought Frog Hollow Farm in Gorham in 1951, he had no electricity, no telephone and no running water. The farm, whose name comes from a ready-made antique sign Dunham bought long ago, is on Winslow Road. “It was a long ways out in the country,” Dunham, 82, recalled from his home […]

Education Commissioner Susan Gendron is recommending the Legislature permanently scrap a requirement that local school systems develop their own assessments to measure whether students are mastering all the subjects they need to graduate, so teachers can spend their time teaching not testing. “There was a feeling by many educators throughout the state that there was […]

Education Commissioner Susan Gendron is recommending the Legislature permanently scrap a requirement that local school systems develop their own assessments to measure whether students are mastering all the subjects they need to graduate, so teachers can spend their time teaching not testing. “There was a feeling by many educators throughout the state that there was […]

Education Commissioner Susan Gendron is recommending the Legislature permanently scrap a requirement that local school systems develop their own assessments to measure whether students are mastering all the subjects they need to graduate, so teachers can spend their time teaching not testing. “There was a feeling by many educators throughout the state that there was […]

Education Commissioner Susan Gendron is recommending the Legislature permanently scrap a requirement that local school systems develop their own assessments to measure whether students are mastering all the subjects they need to graduate, so teachers can spend their time teaching not testing. “There was a feeling by many educators throughout the state that there was […]

John “Jack” Dunham, at home at Frog Hollow Farm, gave more than 60 acres of his Gorhan property to Windham Land Trust. Improvements to the land, including trail clearing, have recently begun. Staff photo by Rich Obrey

People who heat with wood need to pay particular attention to disposing the ashes. That was the message from Westbrook firefighters after they extinguished a blaze at a home on Methodist Road last Thursday that was reportedly caused by the improper discarding of wood-stove ashes. Westbrook Fire Chief Gary Littlefield said that at around 2:40 […]

The Westbrook American reported in its issue of Jan. 31, 1962, that Sandra Campbell of Bar Mills and Charles Kimball Jr. of Buxton Lower Corner were married by the Rev. David Smith in the parsonage at the Tory Hill Congregational Church. They were both graduates of Samuel D. Hanson High School.

February 1982 Although Gorham’s snowstorm accounts aren’t in as good shape as they were last year, there is still some money left. According to Town Manager Donald Gerrish, those accounts were not overdrafted last year and it’s too early to tell if they will be this year. Of the $9,500 budgeted for salt, $6,000 has […]