The Westbrook school budget validation referendum, which asks residents to vote to approve the fiscal year 2015-16 budget, will be held this Tuesday, June 9. The fiscal year 2015-16 school budget of $33,992,591 was approved by the Westbrook School Committee and Westbrook City Council in May. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. -8 p.m. […]

One of Gorham’s most notable seniors will cross the stage at Merrill Auditorium to receive her diploma on Sunday, a day she and classmates have long awaited. “Oh my, I didn’t think it would ever come,” Darcie Brown, a National Honor Society student, said about graduation day. “I’m very proud to graduate from Gorham.” And […]

For a Westbrook High School graduating senior, learning English was the biggest challenge. When Julie Mudasumbwa arrived in Westbrook from her native country of Burundi in the fall of 2013, she only knew rudimentary English. Now, on the verge of graduating along with 129 of her classmates this weekend, she speaks fluently, and was accepted […]

For a Westbrook High School graduating senior, learning English was the biggest challenge. When Julie Mudasumbwa arrived in Westbrook from her native country of Burundi in the fall of 2013, she only knew rudimentary English. Now, on the verge of graduating along with 129 of her classmates this weekend, she speaks fluently, and was accepted […]

A Buxton man was arrested Monday on a charge of possessing child pornography. Members of the Maine State Police’s Computer Crimes Unit and Buxton police charged 27-year-old Peter J. Blanchette with possession of sexually explicit material. He was taken to the Buxton Police Department and released on unsecured bail. He is due in Alfred County […]

Funeral arrangements were announced Thursday for Trey Arsenault, the 2014 Westbrook High School graduate who was shot Monday in Portland’s Old Port. Visitation hours will be held Sunday, May 31, from 4-8 p.m., at Jones, Rich & Hutchins Funeral Home, 199 Woodford St. in Portland. The following day, Monday, June 1, a funeral service will […]

The relative ease for commuter traffic along Bridge Street during the new bridge construction is likely to change soon, when the Bridge Street spur closes for six weeks. Officials from Reed & Reed Inc., the construction company working on the project, requested the road be closed starting in June to allow for utility work to […]

A City Council public hearing will be held Monday, June 1, to discuss proposed changes to Westbrook’s gun ordinance that would allow hunting and the discharge of firearms in areas of the city deemed rural. However, many councilors have reservations about allowing shooting in the city, citing the growing development of the rural areas and […]

Leavitt’s health center receives dental grant Leavitt’s Mill Free Health Center, 63 Main St., in Buxton has been awarded a $5,000 grant by Northeast Delta Dental Foundation, Inc. “This investment will be used to purchase needed dental supplies to support restorative dental work done for their patients by the center’s volunteer dental team,” the health […]

Taste Walk set for Sunday Gorham’s eighth annual Taste Walk will be held 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Sunday, May 31. Members of the public will sample signature dishes at participating Gorham businesses and vote for a winner of the Golden Spoon award. Sebago Brewing Co. won the honor last year. Gorham Business Exchange sponsors the […]