The developer of a new Westbrook assisted-living project will complete a road to link Stroudwater and Spring streets. A large assisted-living center that has been in the works for years is finally heading toward approval, and along with it comes an access road that will connect two major thoroughfares in Westbrook – Spring and Stroudwater […]

Historic Buxton school talk topic The fate of the historic S.D. Hanson School building in Buxton Center will be discussed when the Community Heritage Alliance of Rural Maine meets 6:30-8:30 p.m., on Monday, April 20, at Buxton Hollis Historical Society, 100 Main St., Bar Mills. “This building may be vacated soon, and possibly demolished,” the […]

Esty is Broadway musical cast member Sara Esty, a Gorham native, is a cast member in the Broadway musical ,“An American in Paris,” which opened April 12 at the Palace Theater in New York. Esty graduated from Gorham High School in 2004, as did her twin sister, Leigh-Ann Esty, and both previously performed with Maine […]

Gorham was expected to launch advertising on Wednesday in pursuit of filling its police chief position, vacant since last fall. Police Chief Ronald Shepard, now a town councilor, retired on Nov. 4 and Lt. Christopher Sanborn has served as interim chief since. Town Manager David Cole said Tuesday that a process to name a chief […]

It was all about healthy eating habits Monday in Westbrook, especially children’s. Officially known as the OASIS CATCH Healthy Habits Day in Westbrook, the day celebrated a Southern Maine Agency on Aging program where volunteers 50 and older work with children after-school and during summer break to promote nutrition and physical activity. CATCH (Coordinated Approach […]

It was all about healthy eating habits Monday in Westbrook, especially children’s. Officially known as the OASIS CATCH Healthy Habits Day in Westbrook, the day celebrated a Southern Maine Agency on Aging program where volunteers 50 and older work with children after-school and during summer break to promote nutrition and physical activity. CATCH (Coordinated Approach […]

Next year’s proposed $34.1 million school budget passed its first reading this week, but not without concerns about a lack of funds for building improvements. At the initial first reading, held by the Westbrook School Committee last week, committee member Alex Stone made a motion to add $50,000 to the budget for capital improvements, an […]

April 18, 1990 Mayor Fred Wescott said in advance of last night’s Westbrook City Council meeting that he would veto the council’s acceptance of Mill Brook valley land from the Woodbury Estates developer. And he seemed more optimistic that his veto would stick. “I believe this project should by reviewed by the Department of Environmental […]

April 18, 1990 Mayor Fred Wescott said in advance of last night’s Westbrook City Council meeting that he would veto the council’s acceptance of Mill Brook valley land from the Woodbury Estates developer. And he seemed more optimistic that his veto would stick. “I believe this project should by reviewed by the Department of Environmental […]

“Survivor” fans of Gorham’s Dan Foley cheered as he survived the April 8 episode of the TV show, but since the show aired, he’s been jeered, as well. Foley last week narrowly survived being voted off the reality CBS show by fellow contestants. “I live another week,” Foley told his followers at a viewing party […]