North Gorham Library summer reading program The North Gorham Public Library will host a free summer reading program for children of all ages at 9:30 a.m. on Thursdays in July. The reading program is entitled “Get Your Paws on a Good Book.” Jonathan Cooper, a local violin-maker, will play fiddle music on July 6; Zabby’s […]

Gorham celebrated the town’s 250th anniversary in 1986. Reflecting Gorham’s agricultural roots, Bob Young drives this yoke of oxen pulling a float in the parade 20 years ago. The first settlers arrived in Gorham, then called Narragansett Number 7, in 1736. File photo

Gorham celebrated the town’s 250th anniversary in 1986. Reflecting Gorham’s agricultural roots, Bob Young drives this yoke of oxen pulling a float in the parade 20 years ago. The first settlers arrived in Gorham, then called Narragansett Number 7, in 1736. File photo

It’s every commuter’s nightmare. Getting out of work for the day, trying to rush home to get dinner on the table, to get kids to practice or, perhaps, just catch a movie after work. And instead of driving, you’re sitting in an endless line of traffic. This is a typical commute for drivers in big […]

The Westbrook Fire and Rescue Department is pleased to announce the acquisition of a new vehicle to help members of the department with traffic control. The van carries portable traffic control devices that can be rapidly deployed during emergency road closures and will be operated by the department’s fire police call company unit whose major […]

Dahms named to dean’s list Eric Dahms was named to the dean’s list at Bentley College for outstanding academic achievement for the spring semester at Bentley College in Waltham, Mass. Dahms, who majored in marketing, graduated cum laude last month. Bentley College honors Holmes Jeffrey Holmes has been named to the dean’s list for outstanding […]

Dahms named to dean’s list Eric Dahms was named to the dean’s list at Bentley College for outstanding academic achievement for the spring semester at Bentley College in Waltham, Mass. Dahms, who majored in marketing, graduated cum laude last month. Bentley College honors Holmes Jeffrey Holmes has been named to the dean’s list for outstanding […]

Westbrook teenager Matthew Howe lost his life in a single-car accident last Saturday, one week before he was to graduate from high school with a GED. Stephen McCausland, a spokesman for the Maine Public Safety Department, said Howe, 17, died in an accident at 6:20 p.m. on June 17 in New Gloucester. McCausland said the […]

The Westbrook American reported in its issue of Wednesday, June 20, 1956, that Mr. and Mrs. Leon Carpenter of Main Street had celebrated their 19th wedding anniversary.

The Gorham Food Pantry has outgrown its space, as volunteers who filled bags in the cramped closet that serves as the pantry’s home could attest last Thursday. The 22-inch-wide walkway between the pantry’s shelves at Saint Anne’s Catholic Church affords scant room to work. “We have to squeeze in and out,” said volunteer Joan Harriman […]