WESTBROOK – It was just supposed to be a simple night of baking and getting ready for a road trip. On June 26, Marie Brushaber of Westbrook sent her husband David to the grocery store to pick up some last-minute ingredients, not knowing that by the time he returned from the store, their lives would […]

GORHAM – Residents of a Gorham neighborhood once plagued by partying college students now fear plans to raze two homes to add downtown parking would bring more noise. The Gorham Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday to buy two homes, one at 21 Main St. for $169,900, and another at 10 Preble St. for $239,900. The […]

GORHAM – Chefs will vie for the Golden Spoon Award in Gorham’s fifth annual Taste Walk, Sunday, July 15, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. The 10 participating venues are the University of Southern Maine, St. Joe’s Coffee, Thatcher’s Restaurant, Amato’s, Gorham Grind, Mr. Bagel, Hannaford, Lucky Thai, Sebago Brewing Company and PineCrest Inn. PineCrest Inn, 91 […]

GORHAM – Chefs will vie for the Golden Spoon Award in Gorham’s fifth annual Taste Walk, Sunday, July 15, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. The 10 participating venues are the University of Southern Maine, St. Joe’s Coffee, Thatcher’s Restaurant, Amato’s, Gorham Grind, Mr. Bagel, Hannaford, Lucky Thai, Sebago Brewing Company and PineCrest Inn. PineCrest Inn, 91 […]

WESTBROOK – The U.S. Marshal’s Service in New York State arrested a Massachusetts man Wednesday who is wanted on murder charges connected to a 2011 stabbing in Westbrook. Steve McCausland, spokesman for the state Department of Public Safety, said marshals arrested Tareek Hendricks, 31, formerly of Worcester, Mass., in Syracuse, N.Y., Wednesday morning. McCausland said […]

WESTBROOK – A state Business and Consumer Court judge has set a date to consider the approval of a consent decree between the city of Westbrook and Pike Industries. On Monday, Superior Court Justice Thomas Humphrey set a hearing date on a motion from Pike to grant preliminary approval of the consent decree for July […]

GORHAM – A Gorham town councilor accused of driving while intoxicated said she’d have something to say at the Tuesday, July 3 council meet, just days before her court appearance. “I plan on speaking at the meeting,” Suzanne E. Phillips said Monday. In a statement released late Tuesday afternoon by her attorney, Amanda J. Doherty, […]

GORHAM – After more than five years of litigation and construction, the quarry located at the corner of Nash Road and Route 302 is finally in business after the town of Windham issued a permit last week to the site’s new owner, Shaw Brothers Construction of Gorham. Upon receiving the occupancy permit June 21 that […]

GORHAM – After more than five years of litigation and construction, the quarry located at the corner of Nash Road and Route 302 is finally in business after the town of Windham issued a permit last week to the site’s new owner, Shaw Brothers Construction of Gorham. Upon receiving the occupancy permit June 21 that […]

WESTBROOK – A plan that would close and demolish the Maine Energy Recovery Co. trash plant and truck waste to a new transfer facility in Westbrook is receiving a cautious thumbs-up from those who’ve been fighting for almost 30 years to remove the facility from the Biddeford downtown. Under a purchase and sale agreement announced […]