GORHAM – A co-chairman of the Gorham Marketplace said this week Saturday’s 15th annual event was a big success for businesses. “It was another huge success this year, creating an electric, spring-like atmosphere at the USM Gorham-campus Costello Sports Complex,” said Jeff Pike, secretary of Gorham Business Exchange, which sponsors the event. “Businesses, restaurants and […]

GORHAM – A co-chairman of the Gorham Marketplace said this week Saturday’s 15th annual event was a big success for businesses. “It was another huge success this year, creating an electric, spring-like atmosphere at the USM Gorham-campus Costello Sports Complex,” said Jeff Pike, secretary of Gorham Business Exchange, which sponsors the event. “Businesses, restaurants and […]

WINDHAM – A Westbrook man was arrested after authorities say he violated numerous hazardous materials regulations and caused a gas scare on Windham’s River Road Monday. The busy commuter artery was closed for more than five hours as a result. According to Windham police, Joshua Prokey, 30, of 73 Everett St., was arrested on a […]

GORHAM – After two years, a local business that sells janitorial supplies finally has gotten its foot in the door at the Gorham School Department. Phil Sferes, who owns Clean-O-Rama in the Gorham Industrial Park with his brother Greg, said this week they have a meeting at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 2, with Gorham […]

WESTBROOK – The Westbrook School Department is finishing up its second most difficult budget season in recent years, and once again school officials will need layoffs and an increase in the tax burden in order to balance the books against plummeting state and federal aid to the city. The final version of the district’s 2013 […]

WESTBROOK – A newly revealed plan to finally close the controversial Maine Energy Recovery Co. trash incinerator in Biddeford could have big repercussions in Westbrook – construction of a long-delayed transfer facility on land owned by Casella Waste Systems. Casella’s history in Westbrook is a long one, as the company has put forth several proposed […]

WESTBROOK – Tuesday morning was a day three years in the making. After a long wait and some tense moments when it seemed like the project was in danger of falling through, Idexx Laboratories broke ground on a new $35 million expansion to its corporate headquarters on Eisenhower Drive in Westbrook. Jonathan Ayers, Idexx chief […]

GORHAM – Gorham’s proposed municipal budget would rise by a slim margin, but no jobs would be lost and the level of services would stay intact. Town Manager David Cole handed his proposed budget to the Town Council Tuesday. It calls for $12,133,463 in spending, up $164,609, representing a 1.38 percent increase from this year’s […]

GORHAM – Three cases of arson in one week in unoccupied buildings have put Gorham residents on edge. Gorham Police Chief Ronald Shepard said this week residents planning to be away are asking police to keep an eye on their homes, while other citizens are alerting police to vacant homes in their neighborhoods. “People are […]

WESTBROOK – One thing that every parent knows is that kids’ clothes can get very expensive, and kids grow so fast that it’s hard to get your money’s worth out of something before it’s outgrown. Now, families in the Westbrook area have a new option for kids’ clothes with the opening of The Kidz Closet […]