The obstacle course event Tough Mudder, which made its first appearance in Maine this past summer, will return to Westbrook in 2015. According to a Jan. 15 press release by the organizers, Tough Mudder “Great Northeast” will be held at Sunset Ridge Golf Links in Westbrook on Sept. 26-27. In the press release, Tough Mudder […]

Black Dinah Chocolatiers, an award-winning maker of chocolate truffles based on Isle au Haut in Down East Maine, is moving into the Edwards Block on Main Street in Westbrook. According to co-owner Steve Shaffer, the process of finalizing the move is 90 percent complete. Along with his wife, Kate, the Shaffers intend to use the […]

The local group, spending the winter at a Gorham church, hopes to return to the newly redone Little Falls Activity Center by spring. Members of the well-traveled Lakes Region Senior Center are comfy in their temporary winter quarters in a North Gorham Church, but will have to pack it up again in about 10 weeks. […]

The local group, spending the winter at a Gorham church, hopes to return to the newly redone Little Falls Activity Center by spring. Members of the well-traveled Lakes Region Senior Center are comfy in their temporary winter quarters in a North Gorham Church, but will have to pack it up again in about 10 weeks. […]

Gorham reps named to committee positions Gorham Democratice state Rep. Andrew McLean has been appointed House chairman of the Transportation Committee, according to a press release from the House Democratic Majority Office. He previously served as a member of the committee, which oversees policy relating to the Department of Transportation, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles […]

With Saccarappa Elementary School over capacity and growing, Westbrook school officials have launched a campaign for a renovation project that would be funded entirely by city taxpayers. The work began Monday, when 40 residents and School Committee members gathered in the “cafegymitorium” of Saccarappa for an informational meeting. The room, built with the rest of […]

With Saccarappa Elementary School over capacity and growing, Westbrook school officials have launched a campaign for a renovation project that would be funded entirely by city taxpayers. The work began Monday, when 40 residents and School Committee members gathered in the “cafegymitorium” of Saccarappa for an informational meeting. The room, built with the rest of […]

Avesta Housing is proposing to build an additional 24 housing units for the elderly and disabled at its senior housing campus on School Street in Gorham. It would become Avesta’s fifth elderly housing development in the town. “Gorham is a great community that wants to take care of seniors,” Dana Totman, president of the Portland-based […]