WESTBROOK – A water main leak is causing a partial lane closure on Forest Street in Westbrook Friday afternoon. Portland Water District public relations and information spokeswoman Michelle Clements said the district received a call about the leak around 2:30 p.m. on Friday and were sending a crew to repair the 6-inch water main and […]

A Portland business owner rallies support for a counter-protest at Planned Parenthood.

WESTBROOK – For at least one weekend, the cries being heard across the Sunset Ridge Golf Links on Cumberland Street in Westbrook will be “mush” instead of “fore.” As part of the first-ever Westbrook Winter West Fest on Jan. 4-6, the golf course will be the site of a series of dog sled races sponsored […]

WESTBROOK – For at least one weekend, the cries being heard across the Sunset Ridge Golf Links on Cumberland Street in Westbrook will be “mush” instead of “fore.” As part of the first-ever Westbrook Winter West Fest on Jan. 4-6, the golf course will be the site of a series of dog sled races sponsored […]

Gov. Paul LePage’s executive order on Dec. 27 to reduce state spending will have an impact on local schools. And while the numbers aren’t huge, any curtailment of state aid is painful, said Westbrook School Superintendent Marc Gousse. “We’re like most places, stretched to the limit already. When you take something that’s bare bones and […]

Gov. Paul LePage’s executive order on Dec. 27 to reduce state spending will have an impact on local schools. And while the numbers aren’t huge, any curtailment of state aid is painful, said Westbrook School Superintendent Marc Gousse. “We’re like most places, stretched to the limit already. When you take something that’s bare bones and […]

GORHAM – Snow, horses, fireworks and smiling faces rang in 2013 at the New Year Gorham celebration on a frigid Monday evening. The celebration featured several family-oriented shows at venues around the village and even a bit of old-fashioned nostalgia on village streets. Hardy revelers rode through the night air between shows in a wagon […]

WESTBROOK – A New Year’s Eve fire damaged a home on Brook Street in Westbrook. According to Capt. Peter Mullin of the Westbrook Fire Department, the two-alarm fire caused “substantial” damage to the home at 422 Brook St., though he said the damage appeared to be repairable. The fire was reported at about 9:30 p.m. […]

WESTBROOK – The Westbrook City Council will begin its discussions about the city’s proposed new comprehensive plan at its first meeting of the new year. The council is scheduled to discuss and take an initial vote on the new plan at its meeting Monday, Jan. 7, at 7 p.m. in room 114 of Westbrook High […]

Jan. 6, 1988 The Westbrook Housing Authority will break ground – or “push slush” – Friday noon for $2.5 million worth of mostly unsubsidized (but non-taxed) rental housing for the elderly on a rocky hillside beside the Larrabee Woods subsidized housing project off lower Main Street. Most of the 36 two-bedroom apartments will rent for […]