WESTBROOK – In danger of toppling, a huge tree that survived more than a century of hurricanes and blizzards finally fell to chain saws in Westbrook on Wednesday. The giant silver maple that had started to rot was taken down for safety’s sake at 26 Longfellow St. The city’s Public Services Department teamed up with […]

WESTBROOK – In danger of toppling, a huge tree that survived more than a century of hurricanes and blizzards finally fell to chain saws in Westbrook on Wednesday. The giant silver maple that had started to rot was taken down for safety’s sake at 26 Longfellow St. The city’s Public Services Department teamed up with […]

BUXTON – Likely dodging demolition, a century-old school is taking on new life as the headquarters for the Buxton-Hollis Historical Society, which has leased the structure from Maine School Administrative District 6. Buxton’s two-story, wooden Bar Mills Elementary School, 100 Main St., was built in 1912. In recent years, the school district utilized the building […]

WESTBROOK – Two Westbrook businesses – the Frog and Turtle restaurant and IDEXX Laboratories – will help support a local teen center by hosting a fundraising event Sunday called “Music for the Mission.” The fundraiser for Mission Possible is Sunday, May 5, from 2–6 p.m., at the Frog and Turtle Restaurant, 3 Bridge St., Westbrook. […]

WESTBROOK – Two Westbrook businesses – the Frog and Turtle restaurant and IDEXX Laboratories – will help support a local teen center by hosting a fundraising event Sunday called “Music for the Mission.” The fundraiser for Mission Possible is Sunday, May 5, from 2–6 p.m., at the Frog and Turtle Restaurant, 3 Bridge St., Westbrook. […]

The school, which serves a largely poor and immigrant Portland neighborhood, had previously been praised for a 20 percent rise in test scores over the last three years.

WESTBROOK – After a two-year construction project, Sappi Fine Paper North America on Wednesday unveiled its Cumberland Mills fishway, a natural fish passage that will allow river herring, shad and other types of fish to pass up the Presumpscot River for the first time in more than 150 years. “It’s probably the biggest accomplishment of […]

GORHAM – Gorham police are investigating a three-vehicle crash at 4:40 p.m. on April 28 at the intersection of Main Street and Libby Avenue that sent two people to the hospital. A preliminary police report by Sgt. Michael Nault said a 2004 Dodge Durango driven by Ronnie Willey, 42, of Gorham failed to yield crossing […]