WESTBROOK – Westbrook City Council President Brendan Rielly said today that if U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree decides to run for the U.S. Senate seat vacated last week by Sen. Olympia Snowe, he may pull papers to run for the first Congressional district. “I am considering it,” Rielly said. Rielly, who has three children, two of […]

Due to the weather, Westbrook is setting an overnight parking ban today on all city streets beginning at 10 p.m. Thursday, and ending at 7 a.m. Friday. Any cars parked on city streets during the ban will be ticketed and in most cases, towed. Please help ensure the safety of our roads for plow crews […]

GORHAM – The $32.4 million school budget Superintendent Ted Sharp unveiled Wednesday night in Gorham represents an increase of $1.2 million from this year’s spending plan. Sharp rolled out his budget Wednesday in a workshop meeting with the School Committee. The School Committee will review Sharp’s proposal in an all-day budget workshop beginning at 8:30 […]

GORHAM – The $32.4 million school budget Superintendent Ted Sharp unveiled Wednesday night in Gorham represents an increase of $1.2 million from this year’s spending plan. Sharp rolled out his budget Wednesday in a workshop meeting with the School Committee. The School Committee will review Sharp’s proposal in an all-day budget workshop beginning at 8:30 […]

GORHAM – The American Legion Smith-Wagner Post 60 in Gorham has closed. A letter from Gregory Yahm, commander of the Smith-Wagner Post, informed its members on Feb. 11 of the post closing. It was one of the state’s smallest legion posts. Yahm, who had been commander about six years, cited a sagging membership and meeting […]

GORHAM – The American Legion Smith-Wagner Post 60 in Gorham has closed. A letter from Gregory Yahm, commander of the Smith-Wagner Post, informed its members on Feb. 11 of the post closing. It was one of the state’s smallest legion posts. Yahm, who had been commander about six years, cited a sagging membership and meeting […]

WESTBROOK – The Westbrook School Department’s central office building could play a new role – City Hall. As the city explores options for selling or leasing the building that now houses City Hall, the subsequent move would also involve combining city and school offices under one roof. The frontrunner for a new City Hall is […]

WESTBROOK – A Westbrook High School teacher spent five days in jail this week after pleading guilty in Cumberland County Superior Court to a charge of furnishing a place for minors to consume liquor. A second charge against Timothy Gillis, 43, of Portland, furnishing liquor to a minor, was dismissed, according to court documents. In […]

Blasting boilers business Demonstrating ingenuity, the crew at North American Service Group in the Gorham Industrial Park recently built themselves a $250,000 trailer and associated equipment that is now part of the company’s fleet utilized in industrial cleaning. A national company, North American Services Group offers a variety of services to industries including cleaning boilers […]