WESTBROOK – Only four of the 11 open seats in Westbrook’s political races are contested this year, but two – the City Council Ward 4 seat and the mayor’s job – will be three-way races. Lynda Adams, city clerk, closed the nomination period for political hopefuls on Friday, Sept. 6, at 5 p.m., allowing the […]

GORHAM – Shaw Brothers Construction Inc. expects its new asphalt plant, under construction now in Gorham at a cost of more than $10 million, will be ready for production in the spring. The new asphalt plant, which the company says will be equalling the largest in the state, went through a lengthy and controversial local […]

Pike Industries will resume blasting at its Spring Street quarry in Westbrook on Friday, Sept. 13, Mike Sloan, facilities manager, said Wednesday. Since 2009, Pike has been trying to get approval to blast at the quarry. The issue has dragged on in the courts and the City Council chambers. The most recent delay involved specific […]

BUXTON – After making a big hit locally last year, Herrmann’s Royal Lipizzan Stallions have returned to perform Sept. 6-8 at Hearts & Horses Farm, 63 Justin Merrill Road, in Buxton. The famed white stallions arrived in trailers on Tuesday on a tour that has traveled 4,500 miles since mid June. The horses are the […]

GHS class of ’83 to reunite Diann (Furbush) Diaz has announced that the Gorham High School class of 1983 is planning its 30th reunion, to be held from 6-11 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26, at Spire 29, 29 School St., in Gorham. Gorham House of Pizza is catering the meal and DJ Jim Fahey will […]

GORHAM – There will be no relief any time soon for the shabby working conditions at Gorham’s public safety building. The Gorham Town Council on Tuesday failed to authorize a referendum that would seek voter approval for a renovation and expansion of the antiquated building at 270 Main St., housing the police and fire departments. […]

WESTBROOK – Last year, the Rev. Kelli Whitman gave a sermon to the congregation at Prides Corner Congregational Church about helping those less fortunate. The sermon sparked an idea that is now reaping fresh dividends for the community every week. “I was preaching one Sunday and after church Shari [Salisbury] and Tammy [Gross] came up […]

WESTBROOK – Last year, the Rev. Kelli Whitman gave a sermon to the congregation at Prides Corner Congregational Church about helping those less fortunate. The sermon sparked an idea that is now reaping fresh dividends for the community every week. “I was preaching one Sunday and after church Shari [Salisbury] and Tammy [Gross] came up […]

WESTBROOK – Twelve members of the Westbrook High School 2013 varsity baseball state championship team spent the last weeks of summer completing 40 hours of community service to avoid criminal vandalism charges. The Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office released a statement Tuesday saying that a dozen of the athletes admitted to vandalism on June 15 […]

Co-workers, family and friends hold a vigil in Lynn Arsenault’s memory.