The proposal aims to expand Maine’s groundfishing quota while easing limits on larger vessels.

Next year, funding for all-day kindergarten will be included in the budget “from the get-go,” a school official says.

Sagadahoc County investigators say the victim’s car went off the road before hitting a large pine tree.

GORHAM – Plans are under development to build a state-of-the art medical office complex on Route 25 at Mosher’s Corner in Gorham. Martin’s Point Health Care is drawing up plans for a 15,000-square-foot facility on a 28-acre site on Main St. (Route 25) adjacent to Beal’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream. Beal’s would buy five acres […]

GORHAM – Amid looming layoffs and budget woes, the University of Southern Maine is planning to renovate two aging buildings on its Gorham campus For the fiscal year beginning on July 1, the university has developed a $139 million budget, up $1 million from the present $138 million spending plan, according to Robert Caswell, university […]

WESTBROOK – Once upon a time, many communities boasted neighborhood newsletters that shared news about families, upcoming events and even recipes. In the Duck Pond Road Corner neighborhood in Westbrook, for example, several iterations of a newsletter were published starting in the 1930s. Now, David and Kathy Gowen have resurrected the old newsletter, The Duck […]

WESTBROOK – Chris McClay is a magician in the kitchen, turning healthy, vegan food into tasty morsels fit for even the most stubborn carnivore. “I teach people about why a plant-based diet is optimal for their health and how that diet can be yummy, too,” McClay said. McClay, a leader in the plant-based diet world […]

WESTBROOK – Westbrook City Administrator Jerre Bryant and school Superintendent Marc Gousse showed the city Finance Committee on Monday where their budgets stand now after nearly a month of review. The municipal budget stands at $23.12 million. The school budget stands at $32.3 million. According to Comptroller Alicia Gardiner, the budgets, both reduced from their […]