GORHAM – Gorham town councilors heard on Tuesday from the architect drawing up plans for a Public Safety Building makeover that the estimated cost has been shaved to just under $5 million. The project would keep the police and fire departments headquartered at 270 Main St. Plans unveiled last month call for constructing a new […]

WESTBROOK – A business with an eye for restoring old windows wants to make a new home on Main Street in Westbrook, but awaits approval of a lease agreement for a small strip of city-owned land. Bagala Window Works, a Falmouth-based company that has been offering window restoration since 1988, is looking to purchase the […]

Carter is hutmaster Sarah Carter of Buxton is a hutmaster for Maine Huts & Trails, which manages backcountry eco-lodges and miles of trails. A 2007 Bonny Eagle High School graduate, Carter is the daughter of Mike and Martha Carter. In her position, Carter ensures guests have a comfortable experience at her hut. She fixes three […]

Minimal damage from four-alarm Sappi blaze A four-alarm fire at Sappi Fine Paper on Friday, July 25, caused minimal damage, according to Westbrook Fire Department Deputy Chief Andrew Turcotte. The blaze was caused by sparks coming from a dump elevator in a building that houses wood chips, said Turcotte. He said the fire was problematic […]

Aug. 2, 1989 The Westbrook Planning Board voted 5-0 last week to give its final approval for Alderman Alexander Juniewicz and associates to develop 16 house lots along Mill Brook at Route 302 and the Methodist Road, to be known as Woodbury Estates. In a public hearing before the vote, Wesley Douglass, 232 Hardy Pond […]

WESTBROOK – Brandon Lussier of Westbrook didn’t have the easiest path to owning his own business, but the 30-year-old ex-Marine has applied lessons learned from personal challenges to his expanding profession. Beginning in 2014, Lussier started his own franchise of Pillar to Post Home Inspectors, a company that operates nationwide. Headquartered on Oriole Street off […]

WESTBROOK – An engineering firm has been chosen to study the possibility of a new public parking lot on the north side of the Presumpscot River in Westbrook, one that could open up parking for customers of businesses in the Dana Warp Mill. The potential project would be constructed on city-owned land between the St. […]

BUXTON – Idled four months, Buxton Community Cupboard has re-opened in a new headquarters in a former two-car garage adjacent to Buxton Centre Baptist Church at the intersection of Long Plains (Route 22) and Groveville roads. The cupboard’s new home is handicapped accessible with a new ramp. Parking is plentiful, with access from either road. […]

GORHAM – Building on another success, organizers of the annual Gorham Founders Festival are already gearing up for next year’s event. “The weather was excellent and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves,” said Darryl Wright, director of the two-day festival, which is sponsored by the Westbrook Gorham Community Chamber of Commerce. “Discussions have already begun about […]

Firefighters responded to Dolley Brook Condominiums at 246 East Bridge St. in Westbrook for a reported kitchen fire on Wednesday night at about 8:15 p.m. About 24 units were compromised by fire, smoke or water damage, officials report. According to Westbrook’s Department of Public Safety Director Michael Pardue, when emergency responders arrived they found heavy […]