WESTBROOK – The Westbrook City Council took a tentative first step Monday in the process of moving City Hall to another location and selling or leasing the building at 2 York St. The council voted unanimously to ask City Administrator Jerre Bryant to send out requests for proposals to local real estate brokers to see […]
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Westbrook council seeks City Hall’s worth
WESTBROOK – The Westbrook City Council took a tentative first step Monday in the process of moving City Hall to another location and selling or leasing the building at 2 York St. The council voted unanimously to ask City Administrator Jerre Bryant to send out requests for proposals to local real estate brokers to see […]
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Clothier boosts downtown retail in Westbrook
WESTBROOK – Westbrook’s downtown used to be home to a number of small retail shops, including clothiers, barber shops and hardware stores. After the urban renewal movement of the 1970s, the downtown area has rebounded slowly, with small businesses moving in here and there. Hope for a new development at the former Maine Rubber plant […]
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Clothier boosts downtown retail in Westbrook
WESTBROOK – Westbrook’s downtown used to be home to a number of small retail shops, including clothiers, barber shops and hardware stores. After the urban renewal movement of the 1970s, the downtown area has rebounded slowly, with small businesses moving in here and there. Hope for a new development at the former Maine Rubber plant […]
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Pipeline debate erupts in Maine
PORTLAND – As a proposal to build an oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast has emerged as a contentious issue on the national political scene, a similar debate has started locally, regarding an existing pipeline that runs from the tank farms in South Portland through Westbrook and onto the Lakes Region. President Barack […]
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Pipeline debate erupts in Maine
PORTLAND – As a proposal to build an oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast has emerged as a contentious issue on the national political scene, a similar debate has started locally, regarding an existing pipeline that runs from the tank farms in South Portland through Westbrook and onto the Lakes Region. President Barack […]
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Pipeline debate erupts in Maine
PORTLAND – As a proposal to build an oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast has emerged as a contentious issue on the national political scene, a similar debate has started locally, regarding an existing pipeline that runs from the tank farms in South Portland through Westbrook and onto the Lakes Region. President Barack […]
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Committee votes to close Westbrook elementary school
WESTBROOK – The Westbrook School Committee made the first move toward closing Prides Corner Elementary School last night, voting 6-1 to pass a first-reading measure to shutter the 50-year-old building. The lone dissenting vote came from Committee Member James Violette, who said he felt the public hadn’t had enough official hearings in front of the […]
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Westbrook's talented teachers: fundraiser shows off staff’s other side
WESTBROOK – If last year’s staff fundraiser at Westbrook High School was modeled on TV’s “Dancing With the Stars,” this year’s event is more like “America’s Got Talent.” Next week, the high school is bringing back for the third year what has become a tradition to raise money for the senior class, while also giving […]
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Westbrook's talented teachers: fundraiser shows off staff’s other side
WESTBROOK – If last year’s staff fundraiser at Westbrook High School was modeled on TV’s “Dancing With the Stars,” this year’s event is more like “America’s Got Talent.” Next week, the high school is bringing back for the third year what has become a tradition to raise money for the senior class, while also giving […]