The Westbrook City Council voted to approve a set of restrictions aimed at curbing large retail projects that included a limit of 160,000 square feet in size. Accepting the restrictions as they were recommended by the Planning Board was a tacit rejection of a compromise offer from Wal-Mart to build a 180,000-square-foot store at the […]

The Portland developer responsible for the recent redevelopment of the old Sebago shoe building on William Clarke Drive has submitted a plan to redevelop the Warren Furniture building on Main Street. T & T Development has agreed to purchase the building from the current owners, and has submitted plans to the city to convert the […]

On the Job Peggy Therrien and Laura Pralicz What is your position with the city and how long have you been on the job? Therrien: I am a customer service representative at the front desk in City Hall. I’ve been here for six weeks. Pralicz: I’m also a City Hall customer service representative. I’ve been […]

Lobster roll – Saturday, July 30, 4:30-6:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 179 Ridgeland Ave., South Portland. Lobster roll, chips, pickles, dessert and beverages. $10. Eat in or take out. Pancake breakfast – Saturday, Aug. 6, 7-9 a.m., West Baldwin Church, Route 113, Baldwin. Pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, coffee and orange juice. $4.50, $2. Public […]

After a long and arduous search, the Gorham Business and Civic Exchange recently selected its new Executive Director. Dana Redmond accepted this responsibility and officially took over on July 5. It is her goal to have a smooth transition and keep everything running the same. “No one can take the place of Ginny,” Dana said, […]

As summer temperatures are on the rise across the country, the Centers for Disease Control reports that seniors are more prone to suffer from heat exhaustion and heat stroke than younger people. The CDC reports that approximately 400 people die each year from excessive natural heat, and that these deaths are preventable. If you have […]

As summer temperatures are on the rise across the country, the Centers for Disease Control reports that seniors are more prone to suffer from heat exhaustion and heat stroke than younger people. The CDC reports that approximately 400 people die each year from excessive natural heat, and that these deaths are preventable. If you have […]

The agency looking to build an affordable housing project off Reed Street that was rejected by the Planning Board has filed an appeal in Superior Court. The action filed on July 20 by the Reed Street Neighborhood Housing, LP, names the city as defendants and seeks to overturn the Planning Board’s June 21 vote to […]

For clarification, we’d like to point out an inaccuracy that occurred in the article about Paper Streets that appeared in your paper, dated July 20, and also request further explanation from the city on a few statements that were made. In the article titled “Yards shrinking on paper streets,” it was reported that the homeowners […]

For clarification, we’d like to point out an inaccuracy that occurred in the article about Paper Streets that appeared in your paper, dated July 20, and also request further explanation from the city on a few statements that were made. In the article titled “Yards shrinking on paper streets,” it was reported that the homeowners […]