( hard copy photo) – The date of this photo of the youth choir at the First Parish Congregational Church in Gorham is unknown. Perhaps a reader can identify the year or some of the choir members.

The Westbrook School Committee has given preliminary approval to allowing athletes caught in the presence of other students using drugs or alcohol three strikes and not two before suspension. Under the new policy, students will be reprimanded more severely the first time they’re caught in the hopes of preventing further instances. A second time will […]

Getting sleepy At the Community Room of Unity Gardens, Windham, Oct. 26, after a nice Italian sandwich luncheon (with ripe olive halves on top of the cheese and ham!) the speaker was John Murray of the ME Sleep Institute, whose topic was “Sleeping Patterns and Aging.” He told us that when old, we need 10 […]

One of the worst storms in recent months didn’t stop 20 neighbors and Gorham Planning Board members from touring the site of a proposed asphalt plant Saturday. Shaw Brothers Construction of Gorham is expected to file an application this week for a 60-acre stone quarry and a $3 million portable asphalt plant, which would eventually […]

Westbrook may change its winter parking-ban policy to make it more convenient for residents without off-street spaces available to them. The move comes after a renewed debate in what has been an ongoing discussion in the city over the years. While some residents find the ban too strict, safety personnel feel it is necessary to […]

Gorham polls will be open 7 a.m.-8 p.m. District 1 votes at Little Falls School at 40 Acorn St.; District 2, Masonic building, Cressey Road; District 3, Middle School, Weeks Road; and Central, Municipal Center, 270 Main St. Central District is for voters who are new registrations on Election Day, someone making an address change […]

Hal cutline 3 – Westbrook High School Key Club member Stephanie Lamson tunes up on the old piano in the ‘Haunted Library’ at Walker Memorial Library Friday before trick or treaters showed. Hal cutline 3

Hal cutline 3 – Westbrook High School Key Club member Stephanie Lamson tunes up on the old piano in the ‘Haunted Library’ at Walker Memorial Library Friday before trick or treaters showed. Hal cutline 3

Hal cutline 3 – Westbrook High School Key Club member Stephanie Lamson tunes up on the old piano in the ‘Haunted Library’ at Walker Memorial Library Friday before trick or treaters showed. Hal cutline 3

It wasn’t all witches and wizards, superheroes and villains at the Halloween trick or treat down Main Street last Friday evening. Some kids came just as they were. Westbrook High School Marching Band members Chris McGonagle, Darryl Quinlan and Dylan Merrill, all ninth graders, marched down Main Street playing their horns. When asked why they […]