Blais graduates cum laude Adam M. Blais recently graduated cum laude from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County with a degree in biological sciences. He is the son of Marc and Kimberly Blais of Westbrook. A graduate of Westbrook High School in 2002, Blais has been accepted to the University of Connecticut school of dental medicine. […]

The Safety and Health Council of Northern New England will be holding a free program entitled “Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls” at its Westbrook office at 160 Larrabee Road on July 25 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Attendees will learn the skills to recognize and assess slip, trip and fall hazards and recommend corrective […]

Landlords upset by a recent move by the Westbrook City Council to eliminate trash pickup at certain apartment buildings will have a chance to voice their opinions at a public workshop before the council on July 24. At its July 3 meeting, the council tabled a vote to eliminate trash pickup at apartment buildings with […]

The Westbrook American reported in its issue of Wednesday, July 18, 1956, that Dr. Charles Bouffard, director of Gorham Civil Defense, called for a meeting to prepare for a national alert test day that year on July 20.

Cutlines for Kate Douglas Wiggin story (Quillcote 1) – At Quillcote in Hollis, Carla Turner maintains the collection of books that belonged to children’s author Kate Douglas Wiggin. Turner and her husband, Bill Turner, own Quillcote that was the author’s summer home. Staff photo by Robert Lowell (Quillcote 2) – “I’m reassembling Kate’s house,” said […]

Cutlines for Kate Douglas Wiggin story (Quillcote 1) – At Quillcote in Hollis, Carla Turner maintains the collection of books that belonged to children’s author Kate Douglas Wiggin. Turner and her husband, Bill Turner, own Quillcote that was the author’s summer home. Staff photo by Robert Lowell (Quillcote 2) – “I’m reassembling Kate’s house,” said […]

The Little Falls School in Gorham has no shortage of suitors, with the recreation, school and fire departments all vying to use the school. The school department, which now has possession of the buidling, would like to hang on to it to use it as school again at some point in the future. However, the […]

Once a hostelry in Hollis known as Carll House, Quillcote was a forerunner of the modern day condo and is still perhaps a haunt for long-ago occupants. The house became the summer home of children’s author Kate Douglas Wiggin, who renamed it “Quillcote” in 1894. Bill and Carla Turner now own the landmark home. Until […]

Once a hostelry in Hollis known as Carll House, Quillcote was a forerunner of the modern day condo and is still perhaps a haunt for long-ago occupants. The house became the summer home of children’s author Kate Douglas Wiggin, who renamed it “Quillcote” in 1894. Bill and Carla Turner now own the landmark home. Until […]

Once a hostelry in Hollis known as Carll House, Quillcote was a forerunner of the modern day condo and is still perhaps a haunt for long-ago occupants. The house became the summer home of children’s author Kate Douglas Wiggin, who renamed it “Quillcote” in 1894. Bill and Carla Turner now own the landmark home. Until […]