The Westbrook Police Department will use grant funding to launch a new community policing coordinator, the first such program in the city dedicated to civilian outreach. The coordinator will establish a presence in Westbrook’s Brown Street neighborhood – a source of a large number of calls to the police – and will work with civilians […]

Apse named land trust director Presumpscot Regional Land Trust has hired Gorham native Rachelle Curran Apse as new executive director. Apse has worked with a number of Maine environmental nonprofit organizations and has a deep commitment to land conservation. “We are lucky to have someone with Rachelle’s skills, experience, and passion to serve in this […]

Apse named land trust director Presumpscot Regional Land Trust has hired Gorham native Rachelle Curran Apse as new executive director. Apse has worked with a number of Maine environmental nonprofit organizations and has a deep commitment to land conservation. “We are lucky to have someone with Rachelle’s skills, experience, and passion to serve in this […]

Fleming earns SymQuest award SymQuest recently presented its seventh annual President’s Award for excellence in community involvement to Meg Fleming, director of document sales, who oversees the company’s offices in Westbrook and Lewiston. The award recognizes a SymQuest employee who demonstrates a commitment to service both within the organization and outwardly through community involvement. “Meg’s […]

July 18, 1990 Idexx Corp. president David Shaw said Monday “it is a reasonable possibility” that his Portland-based bio-tech company will move its workforce of nearly 200 to the currently half-vacant Data General Plant in Westbrook. That plant is reportedly for sale as a whole but also for lease in part. Idexx would be leasing […]

July 18, 1990 Idexx Corp. president David Shaw said Monday “it is a reasonable possibility” that his Portland-based bio-tech company will move its workforce of nearly 200 to the currently half-vacant Data General Plant in Westbrook. That plant is reportedly for sale as a whole but also for lease in part. Idexx would be leasing […]

July 18, 1990 Idexx Corp. president David Shaw said Monday “it is a reasonable possibility” that his Portland-based bio-tech company will move its workforce of nearly 200 to the currently half-vacant Data General Plant in Westbrook. That plant is reportedly for sale as a whole but also for lease in part. Idexx would be leasing […]

Westbrook’s first columbarium could be built this fall at Woodlawn Cemetery. When Arty Ledoux was first told about cemetery columbariums, he had a typical reaction. He said he and other members of Westbrook’s cemeteries’ trustees were discussing capacity and future plans for Woodlawn Cemetery, the city’s largest public cemetery, and a trustee brought up the […]

Daniel Jones has been appointed as Gorham’s ?new ?police chief, Gorham Town Manager David Cole announced Wednesday. Cole said in a ?press ?release that Jones is the deputy chief for the Kennebunk Police Department. Jones succeeds Ronald Shepard, who retired Nov. 4 as Gorham’s chief. Jones will start his ?new job? on Aug. 24,? ?Cole […]

Food and fun aplenty are on a menu designed to delight fairgoers at an altered Buxton shindig. The Dorcas Society of Hollis and Buxton is holding its annual fair and lawn party packed this year with new events while the town of Buxton has trimmed its portion of the joint festival. The Dorcas Fair in […]