WESTBROOK – The Westbrook Planning Board learned Tuesday about the final site plans for a 46-unit condominium complex at the former site of Prides Corner Elementary School, and scheduled a public hearing for Tuesday, Sept. 17, so that residents can have their say. Some of the changes outlined by Shawn Frank, a civil engineer from […]

GORHAM – Fearing being sued, the Gorham Town Council voted 7-0 on Tuesday against a measure that would have denied general assistance benefits to illegal immigrants. The Gorham vote was the result of a dispute between the Maine Department of Health and Human Services and the Maine Office of Attorney General over providing benefits to […]

Sept. 6, 1989 Long ago, their ancestor Joshua Woodbury, a courier for the King of England, was granted Duck Pond (now Highland Lake) and all the land around it by the king. In the 1930s and ‘40s, a brother and sister, Joshua’s descendants, swam in Mill Brook and admired the deer and moose that visited […]

Sept. 6, 1989 Long ago, their ancestor Joshua Woodbury, a courier for the King of England, was granted Duck Pond (now Highland Lake) and all the land around it by the king. In the 1930s and ‘40s, a brother and sister, Joshua’s descendants, swam in Mill Brook and admired the deer and moose that visited […]

The University of Southern Maine has announced that its enrollment in classes for the new academic year that began this week is 8,560, down 6.3 percent from a year ago. Enrollment includes 6,705 undergraduate students, 1,579 graduate students and 276 in the University of Maine School of Law. The university, which faces continuing financial woes, […]

While there’s no cause for worry so far, Maine’s hurricane season is under way, and area emergency management officials are advising residents to prepare, plan and not to forget pets. “If they prepare for hurricanes, they’re preparing for everything else,” said Anne-Marie Brett, deputy director at the Cumberland County Emergency Management Agency. August through October […]

“Mudderella,” the all-female sister event to Tough Mudder scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 6, is relocating from Massachusetts to Westbrook. Tough Mudder took over Sunset Ridge Golf Links in Westbrook last weekend, where the golf course off Cumberland Street will play host to Mudderella, as well. Bill Baker, Westbrook’s assistant city administrator for business and community […]

GORHAM – Theodore “Ted” Sharp will retire as superintendent of Gorham schools effective June 30, 2015, after 11 years on the job, but he doesn’t plan on vacating a life-long career in education. Sharp’s announcement came on Aug. 25, two days before the first day of school, during his meeting with Gorham teachers, administrators, staff […]

Aug. 30, 1989 Cianbro Corp. proposes to build a $125 million gas-fired electric power plant in Gorham. The huge plant would generate at least 117 megawatts of power, over a third as much as Central Maine Power Co. now gets from Maine Yankee’s total projection. The Pittsfield-based firm has joined forces with Besicorp Group Inc. […]

Aug. 30, 1989 Cianbro Corp. proposes to build a $125 million gas-fired electric power plant in Gorham. The huge plant would generate at least 117 megawatts of power, over a third as much as Central Maine Power Co. now gets from Maine Yankee’s total projection. The Pittsfield-based firm has joined forces with Besicorp Group Inc. […]