A Westbrook rider will perform this weekend with the famed Herrmann’s Original Royal Lipizzan Stallions of Austria in charitable shows at Hearts & Horses Therapeutic Riding Center, 63 Justin Merrill Road in Buxton. Morgan McDonald, a riding instructor at the Buxton facility, was selected to ride a celebrated white stallion in the shows. “It’s cool,” […]

Sept. 5, 1990 In the depressed 1990 market, will taxable values drop on real estate in Westbrook, in the current revaluation? It’s a question, but, “I know communities that have dropped in value 5 to 10 percent,” Paul Ferguson has told the City Council. Ferguson is director of operations for the Cole-Layer-Trumble Co., which has […]

Gorham town councilors heard some early details Tuesday about Sebago Brewing Co.’s plan to build a complex at Mosher’s Corner in Gorham, a move that would keep the company’s headquarters in Gorham. “It’s a great project and we have to expand business in town,” Town Councilor Shonn Moulton said. A longtime company in town, Sebago […]

President Glenn Cummings is weighing strategies to boost the college’s enrollment and improve finances. To shore up its enrollment, the University of Southern Maine is looking at launching an independent high school that could attract international students in a feeder program for the university. Glenn Cummings, who became university president on July 1, said Monday […]

Sappi Fine Paper soon will decide which of the two proposed fish passage plans – each with passionate supporters – will be used at Saccarappa Falls in Westbrook. John Williams, a spokesman from Sappi, said this week that an Aug. 26 public meeting on the proposals was “well-attended,” and that Sappi will accept written comments […]

An unnamed Buxton resident surrendered 10 dogs and eight puppies to the Buxton Police Department last week, according to Chief Michael Grovo. The town’s animal control officer received a complaint Aug. 26 that dogs in a residence on Chicopee Road were living in inhumane conditions. Grovo said that upon investigation by the town’s health officer […]

Gorham’s new school superintendent has settled in and appeared confident, as a new academic year begins next Monday. “We’re going to be ready for opening day,” Heather Perry said last week in her office in Gorham Municipal Center. Perry, 41, has succeeded Ted Sharp, who retired in June after 11 years as the Gorham superintendent. […]

The family-owned market with an iconic bull on the roof is just days away from closing after 70 years in business – the past three decades in West Gorham. Nicely’s Market, 397 Ossipee Trail (Route 25), is set to close on Monday, Aug. 31. The market is widely known for the statue of a bull […]

A public meeting this week will be the final chance for residents to air ideas for the design of Westbrook’s Riverwalk North project, an extension of the downtown riverwalk that will create a continuous loop. The meeting on Thursday, Aug. 27, from 7-9 p.m. at St. Hyacinth Church, 268 Brown St., will be the third […]

A public meeting this week will be the final chance for residents to air ideas for the design of Westbrook’s Riverwalk North project, an extension of the downtown riverwalk that will create a continuous loop. The meeting on Thursday, Aug. 27, from 7-9 p.m. at St. Hyacinth Church, 268 Brown St., will be the third […]