Abutters had concerns Monday night about a proposed housing development on 60 acres in Buxton. The Buxton Planning Board got its first look at the subdivision plan at a meeting Monday night. An engineer for Norman and Stephanie Russell presented a preliminary sketch plan for a subdivision on their property on Mary Jane Road. The […]

On Tuesday, negotiating teams from both the administration and the Westbrook Police Association met with representatives from the Maine State Retirement System as part of contract negotiations. The contract dispute between the police union and the city has been going on for almost three years. The dispute centers on health care benefits and the police […]

A long-serving member of the Westbrook Police Department who retired recently didn’t receive the customary gold watch. Instead, she got a box of Milk Bones. While that gift might sound insulting to most officers, for police canine Zina, the treats were much more appreciated (and tastier) than a gold watch could ever be. While Zina, […]

I am pleased to submit to the City Council today, Saturday, April 9, my budget for the city of Westbrook’s fiscal year 2005/2006. As mentioned in my first budget message last year, one of my objectives as the leader of your city was to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of Westbrook’s municipal operations. Last year […]

In the first place, I don’t believe Mr. Esty had any right to promise Mr. Flannery 90 parking spaces in the CVS parking lot. We have really given him everything he wants, and it’s time to stop. The parking garage was built for the people parking in front of Dana Warp Mill. They took a […]

In the first place, I don’t believe Mr. Esty had any right to promise Mr. Flannery 90 parking spaces in the CVS parking lot. We have really given him everything he wants, and it’s time to stop. The parking garage was built for the people parking in front of Dana Warp Mill. They took a […]

In the first place, I don’t believe Mr. Esty had any right to promise Mr. Flannery 90 parking spaces in the CVS parking lot. We have really given him everything he wants, and it’s time to stop. The parking garage was built for the people parking in front of Dana Warp Mill. They took a […]

In the first place, I don’t believe Mr. Esty had any right to promise Mr. Flannery 90 parking spaces in the CVS parking lot. We have really given him everything he wants, and it’s time to stop. The parking garage was built for the people parking in front of Dana Warp Mill. They took a […]

A Gorham scientist believes spinach could be the savior of urban soils conatiminated with lead. “The more lead that’s there, the more the plant sucks up,” Samantha Langley-Turnbaugh, a soil scientist at the University of Southern Maine, said of spinach. In her small office in Bailey Hall on the university’s Gorham campus, she talked last […]

Antique dealer speaks to historical society John Bottero, of the Thomaston Place Auction Gallaries, gave the program at the Westbrook Historical Society April 6. He gave members information about the antique objects they had brought, and also appraised their value. He made it a very interesting program, and it was fun to see what members […]