The Westbrook American reported in its issue of Wednesday, Aug. 8, 1956, that Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mountain were on a trip to Lake Champlain and Fort Ticonderoga in New York.
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Gorham 50 years ago
The Westbrook American reported in its issue of Wednesday, Aug. 8, 1956, that Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mountain were on a trip to Lake Champlain and Fort Ticonderoga in New York.
Vietnam wall stirs memories for Maine vets
Escorted by hundreds of motorcycles, a traveling Vietnam memorial came up the Turnpike Tuesday, passing under flags draped from overpasses and past people waving flags and holding up pictures. Steve Roberts of Gorham, whose brother was killed in Vietnam, rode on one of the motorcycles. “It was a ride of a lifetime,” he said. A […]
Westbrook warehouses to be turned into apartments
A Yarmouth developer is in the process of purchasing a row warehouse buildings next to the Dana Warp Mill with plans to convert them into loft apartments. Nick Kampf of Blue Star Corp., is in the process of buying the buildings at 30 Lincoln St. Kampf has already received approval from the planning board for […]
Westbrook warehouses to be turned into apartments
A Yarmouth developer is in the process of purchasing a row warehouse buildings next to the Dana Warp Mill with plans to convert them into loft apartments. Nick Kampf of Blue Star Corp., is in the process of buying the buildings at 30 Lincoln St. Kampf has already received approval from the planning board for […]
Upset over Dirigo
On the front page of the Bangor Daily News was a column that said Dirigo saved $34 million. Did you know this savings is on the backs of Maine insured residents? I am a retired employee of a reputable Maine company and still have the privilege of buying into their self-insured medical insurance plan to […]
Looking Back
August 1981 The Westbrook School Committee cut 14 items totaling $100,000 from the school budget. Superintendent Carl Knowlton suggested many of them. Gorham High School’s smoking area will close. A ban on employees’ smoking needs their approval. Dr. Margaret Millard, a native of Bristol, England, has closed her office on White’s Bridge Road, Windham, and […]
colBUX
McLean delivers memorial lumber George McLean last week delivered the material that was used to build the base for the traveling Vietnam memorial that arrived in Maine Tuesday. McLean works for Hillside Lumber Company of Westbrook, the company that donated about $3,000 in lumber for the memorial. Steve Roberts of Gorham, a Marine Corps veteran, […]
Let the music play
This week brings the welcome news that the Westbrook High School marching band, which had been silent for a year, may be starting up again. This is great news for a school and a city that has long prided itself on a nationally known band that has participated in some of the biggest competitions in […]
Let the music play
This week brings the welcome news that the Westbrook High School marching band, which had been silent for a year, may be starting up again. This is great news for a school and a city that has long prided itself on a nationally known band that has participated in some of the biggest competitions in […]