WESTBROOK – The Westbrook City Council has given preliminary approval to a plan to purchase a new cab and chassis for one of the city’s ambulances, allowing the city to save some money while extending the life of the vehicle’s body. The council voted 6-0 (Council President Brendan Rielly absent) on Monday to approve the […]

A photograph of a Westbrook police officer found in the home of a man charged in connection with the Kennebunk prostitution case has no connection with the investigation, police said. Westbrook Public Safety Chief Michael Pardue said that on Nov. 2, the Westbrook Police Department became aware that a photograph of an unnamed, uniformed Westbrook […]

A controversy is brewing near University of Southern Maine’s Gorham campus as residents whose property abuts a proposed student-housing complex, called Woodside, are objecting to a recent Planning Board decision that gave it preliminary approval. Woodside is a 66-unit, 396-student project of cluster housing planned by two prominent local residents, John Alden and Burleigh Loveitt. […]

A controversy is brewing near University of Southern Maine’s Gorham campus as residents whose property abuts a proposed student-housing complex, called Woodside, are objecting to a recent Planning Board decision that gave it preliminary approval. Woodside is a 66-unit, 396-student project of cluster housing planned by two prominent local residents, John Alden and Burleigh Loveitt. […]

WESTBROOK – A former church building that was supposed to be home to a new cultural center in Westbrook’s downtown is now under contract. Wilfred Audet, the listing broker for Greater Portland Realty, which is handling the sale for Westbrook Housing, confirmed Tuesday that the property is under contract. Audet declined to name the buyer […]

WESTBROOK – A former church building that was supposed to be home to a new cultural center in Westbrook’s downtown is now under contract. Wilfred Audet, the listing broker for Greater Portland Realty, which is handling the sale for Westbrook Housing, confirmed Tuesday that the property is under contract. Audet declined to name the buyer […]

Troop 73 keeps promise to help In conjunction with the Gorham Police Department and Gorham-Westbrook Triad, members of Boy Scout Troop 73 in Gorham and their parents recently raked leaves for senior citizens in Patio Mobile Home Park off Libby Avenue in Gorham. Tom Bahun, assistant scoutmaster, said, “Along with giving service, our troop learned […]

Thanksgiving basket needs are rising Jeanne Rielly, director of the Westbrook Food Pantry, said she expects the pantry to provide 300 Thanksgiving baskets, up from 250 last year. The food pantry is at Westbrook Community Center, 426 Bridge St. Rielly said volunteers, including a truck driver, are needed on a regular basis. Applications are available […]

Thanksgiving basket needs are rising Jeanne Rielly, director of the Westbrook Food Pantry, said she expects the pantry to provide 300 Thanksgiving baskets, up from 250 last year. The food pantry is at Westbrook Community Center, 426 Bridge St. Rielly said volunteers, including a truck driver, are needed on a regular basis. Applications are available […]

GORHAM – Policy changes regulating presentations in Gorham schools by non-school organizations could be in the works following a recent Diversity Day at Gorham Middle School that turned sour. The situation unfolded two weeks ago during a presentation to Gorham eighth-graders by the Proud Rainbow Youth of Southern Maine, known by the acronym PRYSM. Some […]