WESTBROOK – At a Westbrook City Council and School Committee joint workshop on Monday, the final budget figures for fiscal year 2014-15 call for no change to the current property tax rate. The Westbrook City Council is set to hold a first reading of the fiscal year 2014-15 school and municipal budgets at its April […]

WESTBROOK – A petition that would ask voters to decide whether Westbrook should reverse a recent zone change on a large Stroudwater Street land parcel is headed for a public hearing. A week after voting 3-3 to deny scheduling the public hearing, the Westbrook City Council voted unanimously Monday to send it to a hearing […]

BUXTON – Buxton police are still searching for three suspects in an assault on a woman who interrupted a burglary about 9:15 p.m. on April 11 at a Callahan Road home. A police report said that the suspects tied up the woman and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. Police said the woman was […]

GORHAM – The Gorham School Committee last week passed a $34,152,140 school spending plan that includes an all-day kindergarten program for the first time. “We’ve put a fiscally responsible budget together this year,” School Committee Chairman Dennis Libby said. Libby said including all-day kindergarten in the budget was the right thing and it is costing […]

April 19, 1989 The Westbrook Community Hospital will soon receive a bequest of around $750,000 from the estate of Ruth Hills, the widow of Dr. Louis Hills. The Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church has already received $187,000 and has temporarily invested the money. Both bequests seem to be without restrictions. Mrs. Hills died in 1972, but left […]

WESTBROOK – The Westbrook controversy involving the high school code of conduct, student suspensions and the resignation of the athletic director was heightened this week by calls for change, including a public request for School Committee member Suzanne Joyce to resign. At a City Council meeting Monday, Westbrook radio personality Ray Richardson called for the […]

WESTBROOK – The widow of celebrated Westbrook author Rick Hautala spoke out this week against Walker Memorial Library’s decision to decline a gift of his papers for their archives, an act she calls a “disservice to the community.” Holly Newstein Hautala said on Monday that she waited about a year for the library to respond […]

GORHAM – In a prelude to a likely May showdown, a Gorham town councilor and a resident are sparring through an exchange of emails and finger-pointing that stem from drunk-driving cases involving two other councilors. At issue is whether the town should address what constitutes moral turpitude in a town charter provision that governs the […]

GORHAM – In a prelude to a likely May showdown, a Gorham town councilor and a resident are sparring through an exchange of emails and finger-pointing that stem from drunk-driving cases involving two other councilors. At issue is whether the town should address what constitutes moral turpitude in a town charter provision that governs the […]