WESTBROOK – Westbrook’s proposed rules on the sale of fireworks could be in for some sweeping changes. Clearly unhappy with the Planning Board’s recommended restrictions, the City Council’s Committee of the Whole voted 6-0 Monday (Council President Brendan Rielly absent) to send them to the full council. “I do support bringing (the Planning Board’s recommendations […]

WESTBROOK – Motorists trying to get around the parking lot behind CVS in Westbrook may have an easier time of it soon. Westbrook City Council’s Facilities and Streets Committee voted 6-0 (Council President Brendan Rielly absent) Monday to remove the barriers from the lot that restrict cut-through traffic from William Clarke Drive to Main Street. […]

WESTBROOK – Anyone looking for a furry friend should head to the Animal Refuge League in Westbrook this Friday, as the organization is holding a one-day-only special adoption event. According to Lynne McGhee, community relations manager, the shelter will waive its normal fees and offer animals for adoption at reduced costs. She said dogs could […]

WESTBROOK – Anyone looking for a furry friend should head to the Animal Refuge League in Westbrook this Friday, as the organization is holding a one-day-only special adoption event. According to Lynne McGhee, community relations manager, the shelter will waive its normal fees and offer animals for adoption at reduced costs. She said dogs could […]

WESTBROOK – Anyone looking for a furry friend should head to the Animal Refuge League in Westbrook this Friday, as the organization is holding a one-day-only special adoption event. According to Lynne McGhee, community relations manager, the shelter will waive its normal fees and offer animals for adoption at reduced costs. She said dogs could […]

GORHAM – Gorham police are searching for a white man who robbed the Rite Aid Pharmacy, 120 Main St., at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday and fled with oxycodone. Det. Sgt. Dana Thompson of Gorham Police Department said the man entered the pharmacy and presented a pharmacist with a note and demanded oxycodone. “The pharmacist gave […]

GORHAM – Gorham police are searching for a white man who robbed the Rite Aid Pharmacy, 120 Main St., at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday and fled with oxycodone. Det. Sgt. Dana Thompson of Gorham Police Department said the man entered the pharmacy and presented a pharmacist with a note and demanded oxycodone. “The pharmacist gave […]

WESTBROOK – Three families are looking for a new home after a three-alarm fire destroyed an apartment building at 689 Main St. in Westbrook at around 9 p.m. on June 26. Westbrook Public Safety Director Mike Pardue said that the blaze destroyed the building and the flames leapt to the house next door at 691 […]

WESTBROOK – Pike Industries, which was scheduled to blast at its quarry on Spring Street in Westbrook this week, has agreed to hold off until questions regarding a consent order between the city and the company can be addressed in state court. In a statement released on June 26, Westbrook Mayor Colleen Hilton said the […]

City of Westbrook Statement on Spring Street Quarry In the City of Westbrook’s continued effort to balance the interests and rights of all residents, businesses and property owners in the area of the Spring Street Quarry, Pike Industries has agreed to the city’s request to forgo any blasting at the site until the matter has […]