WESTBROOK – The next forum stemming from the Westbrook code of conduct controversy will look to spark a conversation between students and parents on the issue of youth substance use. The public discussion will begin with a performance by Maine Inside Out, a theater group made up of youth from South Portland’s Long Creek Youth […]

April 5, 1989 Westbrook taxpayers will pay $2.15 more for each $1,000 worth of their property if the City Council approves both the city and school budgets as proposed. That means a $34.60 tax rate, up 6.6 percent over this year’s $32.45. But aldermen and tax assessors sometimes have other ideas. Last year, between them, […]

April 5, 1989 Westbrook taxpayers will pay $2.15 more for each $1,000 worth of their property if the City Council approves both the city and school budgets as proposed. That means a $34.60 tax rate, up 6.6 percent over this year’s $32.45. But aldermen and tax assessors sometimes have other ideas. Last year, between them, […]

GORHAM – Gorham Business Exchange’s annual Marketplace, held March 29, attracted a bigger crowd this year. “We had approximately 1,950 in attendance, up about 100 people from last year,” organizer Jeff Pike of Gorham Business Exchange said on Tuesday. “For the vendors, 74 organizations participated, compared to 66 last year.” Kicking off spring in Gorham, […]

WESTBROOK – In response to a petition that seeks to repeal a recent zone change on land between Stroudwater Street and the Westbrook Arterial, the Westbrook Planning Board has scheduled a public hearing for Tuesday, May 6. Last month, Westbrook resident Jason Snyder, who had once owned but lost the 60-acre parcel to bankruptcy, collected […]

WESTBROOK – An agreement has been reached to study “nature-like” fish passage at Saccarappa Falls in Westbrook. According to a press release Monday, the agreement with dam owner Sappi Fine Paper North America, the city of Westbrook and various environmental groups, including Friends of the Presumpscot, sets a plan to evaluate a natural passage alternative, […]

New drug drop off box at Gorham PD A collection box for unwanted prescription drugs was recently installed by volunteers in the lobby of the Gorham Police Department, 270 Main St. The lobby is open to the public Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Nate Moody, son of Shawn Moody of Moody’s Collision […]

WESTBROOK – For the first time in roughly 20 years, Westbrook is updating the city’s five voting districts to reflect voter population shifts. City Clerk Lynda Adams said Monday that the city waited to make the updates until the 2010 United States Census and the state’s own redistricting of Senate and House districts was completed. […]

SACO – Abdi Ahmad of Westbrook, formerly of Somalia, is using years of hard work and some assistance from the Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland to start a new chapter of his life in Maine. Ahmad, 34, opened the Shamo Dollar Store in Saco last week, and is hoping the new business is a […]

GORHAM – Following a catastrophic fire on Tuesday morning that extensively damaged Town & Country Cabinets in Gorham, a family member said on Wednesday they will rebuild. Carol Short, daughter of Ronald and Grace Smith, who own the building at 420 Fort Hill Road, said it’s too early to know specific details of rebuilding. Short […]