Boyle to seek Senate re-election Following state-wide redistricting, Sen. Jim Boyle, D-Gorham, has announced that he will seek re-election to the Maine Senate in November, this time in the newly redistricted Senate District 30, which includes all of Gorham, and most of the communities of Buxton and Scarborough. Boyle is currently a senator for District […]

Advocating state reform for school funding, Gorham Superintendent Ted Sharp has handed the School Committee his proposed $34.3 million budget, up $1.4 million from this year. His spending plan would add all-day kindergarten. Sharp’s recommended budget is a 4.2 percent hike from the present $32.9 million. His 104-page budget has not been discussed publicly yet, […]

WESTBROOK – Westbrook officials are exploring options to bring an outdoor concert pavilion to Riverbank Park. The project has already resulted in a feasibility study produced by University of Southern Maine graduate students, and a design proposal by Span Systems Inc., an international producer of outdoor pavilion structures. Bill Baker, the assistant city administrator for […]

WESTBROOK – Westbrook officials are exploring options to bring an outdoor concert pavilion to Riverbank Park. The project has already resulted in a feasibility study produced by University of Southern Maine graduate students, and a design proposal by Span Systems Inc., an international producer of outdoor pavilion structures. Bill Baker, the assistant city administrator for […]

WESTBROOK – A low turnout at the first meeting on a proposed downtown revitalization effort in Westbrook has left some doubts about whether the new initiative has the support it needs to succeed. After a public meeting Tuesday morning yielded roughly 20 people ranging from downtown business owners to property managers, Bill Baker, the assistant […]

WESTBROOK – Westbrook restaurateur and 2013 mayoral candidate James Tranchemontagne has organized a petition to “Save Saccarappa Park,” which he calls a “pre-emptive” move to preserve green space downtown and allow Westbrook voters to decide the fate of the park. Tranchemontagne, who owns the Frog & Turtle restaurant on Bridge Street, said Tuesday that city […]

WESTBROOK – Westbrook once again became the center of a community festival last weekend, as Winter West Part II featured rescheduled events from January’s wet and mild weather. Rescheduled events included dog sled races at Sunset Ridge Golf Course, a Frozen 5K Fun Run downtown, and fundraisers for Westbrook High School students. Maria Dorne, Westbrook’s […]

Westbrook officials are exploring options to bring an outdoor concert pavilion to Riverbank Park. The project has already resulted in a feasibility study produced by University of Southern Maine graduate students, and a design proposal by Span Systems Inc., an international producer of outdoor pavilion structures. Bill Baker, the assistant city administrator for business and […]

GORHAM – The Gorham School Department would add all-day kindergarten in a proposed $34.3 million budget, up $1.4 million from this year’s $32.9 million. Superintendent Ted Sharp handed his proposed budget to Gorham School Committee members on Feb. 12. Using preliminary figures, the proposed budget would raise the tax rate for Gorham property owners by […]

WESTBROOK – Development on land between Stroudwater Street and the Westbrook Arterial took a major step forward Monday, as the Westbrook City Council approved rezoning the land once called Stroudwater Place, which now opens the door for developer J.B. Brown & Sons to purchase the property. Vincent Veroneau, president and CEO of Portland-based J.B. Brown […]