WESTBROOK – The Westbrook Performing Arts Center will be one funky place this weekend as local legends Motor Booty Affair will be beaming down from “planet Funktar” to bring their brand of fun and music to the city. But this time, there’s a twist. The four members of the band will have some company on […]

(Editor’s note: This story updates an earlier version which did not yet have the name of the stable involved.) GORHAM – According to Maine State Veterinarian Dr. Donald Hoenig, 23 horses have died since Easter at the Whistlin’ Willows Farm on Nonesuch Road in Gorham. In a telephone interview Friday, Hoenig said all 23 horses […]

GORHAM – State and local investigators continue to probe a series of six fires that have put Gorham residents on edge. The fires include five the State Fire Marshal’s Office has ruled as arson and another as suspicious. And according to a university psychologist and professor, it’s difficult to predict what an arsonist would do […]

WESTBROOK – During his 27 years as the pastor of the Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, the Rev. Harold Shepard oversaw the merger of the Westbrook Congregational and Warren Congregational churches into one body, never losing sight of what he saw as his duty to help people. And after retiring from his post in Westbrook in 1989, […]

WESTBROOK – An organized group of Westbrook residents is looking over the shoulders of city and school officials throughout this year’s budget season. Westbrook Taxpayers United, boasting about 30 members, has been a vocal presence during the budget process. Deb Shangraw, the owner of Emerald Management on Main Street, has been the driving force behind […]

WESTBROOK – The family of a 24-year-old Westbrook man who died after he was hit in a face in an incident in Portland in 2010 has filed a wrongful death suit, naming the attacker and the bar that the attacker was in before the attack as defendants. The suit, which is seeking unspecified damages, by […]

WESTBROOK – The Westbrook City Council’s Finance Committee recently got some good news about the school budget, as it appears some last-minute adjustments will lower the budget’s impact on the property taxes. Superintendent Marc Gousse presented the budget to the committee Monday, explaining that thanks to lower-than-expected insurance rates and savings realized from staff retirements, […]

WESTBROOK – The Westbrook City Council will be considering a proposal to create a tax stabilization fund that, if approved, would eliminate an increase in the property tax rate this year. At a meeting of the council’s Finance Committee on Monday, councilors received the 2011 audit report from Tim Greene of Roberts and Greene, the […]