Local artists might be pleased to know that they now have a small gallery right on Main Street that is looking to showcase their art. Newly opened Westbrook Picture Frame will cater to local artists, showing the work of three or four at a time, according to owners Kenneth and Janet Atkinson. The Atkinsons are […]

Church luncheon – Thursday, Jan. 4, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. $3.50. Pancake breakfast – Saturday, Jan. 6, 7-9 a.m., West Baldwin Church, Route 113, Baldwin. Pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, coffee and orange juice. $5, $2.50. Bean supper – Saturday, Jan. 6, 4:30-6 p.m., Hollis Lions Club, Palmer Hall, intersection of route […]

Church luncheon – Thursday, Jan. 4, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. $3.50. Pancake breakfast – Saturday, Jan. 6, 7-9 a.m., West Baldwin Church, Route 113, Baldwin. Pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, coffee and orange juice. $5, $2.50. Bean supper – Saturday, Jan. 6, 4:30-6 p.m., Hollis Lions Club, Palmer Hall, intersection of route […]

With an eye on a rise in drug-related crime, Town Councilor Shonn Moulton wants a Gorham police officer assigned to the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency. But Moulton tabled his request at the town council meeting Tuesday. A representative from the agency was unavailable to make a presentation because of the national day of mourning for […]

The names of honor students for the first trimester at Wescott Junior High School have been released. They include: EIGHTH GRADE High Honors Stephanie M. Brown, Brittany R. Davis, Tate K. Herbert, Ian N. Karby, Spencer J. LaCount Ayantu T. Regassa, Jenna R. Rodrigues, Kathryn D. Violette. Honors Ciera M. Bellino, Lauren A. Blais, William […]

The Westbrook Planning Board on Tuesday approved a contract-zone change for a Stroudwater Street site where a new junior high school could be built. The zone change is one of four remaining steps required by the state before giving final approval for a new school. The state requires any new school be built in an […]

Legislators could impose a rule on themselves requiring a two-thirds vote to override spending limits adopted last session – a proposal they also will consider putting into law for municipalities and school districts. “It’s appropriate and fair if the same standards hold true across all of government,” said Rep. Patrick Flood, R-Winthrop, who is proposing […]

The family of Coreen Wiese, the 15-year-old Buxton girl missing since Nov. 8, began the new year by posting this message on their Web site, www.coreenwiese.com: “Coreen, If you are able to read this, we want you to know that it doesn’t matter what reason you found in your heart to leave. We want you […]

More than half of Gorham’s 11th-graders have mastered what they’re supposed to be learning, according to statewide test results. Under a new program, the Scholastic Assessment Test, a national, standardized test used for college entrance applications, was given to 95 percent of the state’s 11th-graders as a replacement for a locally grown Maine Education Assessment. […]

January 1982 The Westbrook City Council elected Roderick Boutot over Beverly Farley as Westbrook city auditor Monday, 4-3. For two years, Farley has been the most active auditor in the city’s history. Boutot is an active Democrat and former Democratic candidate for city clerk. Now in the insurance business, he is a former assistant manager […]