GORHAM – Faulting local volunteer work, the state declared last week in a letter its intentions to resume spraying chemicals to kill weeds and bushes along a defunct rail line adjacent to a walking trail used by hundreds of hikers, bicyclists and pets. In response, a Gorham citizens group battling the bureaucracy to halt the […]

WESTBROOK – The newest state Department of Education funding allocations, based on a new formula used by the department to determine how much aid local school districts get, show Westbrook is getting a lot less help than local district leaders originally thought. Right now, the district is working on its budget for the 2012-2013 school […]

WESTBROOK – The newest state Department of Education funding allocations, based on a new formula used by the department to determine how much aid local school districts get, show Westbrook is getting a lot less help than local district leaders originally thought. Right now, the district is working on its budget for the 2012-2013 school […]

WESTBROOK – A national chain of Mexican restaurants now has its permits to open in its newest location next week in a shopping plaza in Westbrook, but the former tenant of that property, a video rental store, will not be returning to an adjacent space as originally planned. On Monday, Westbrook’s municipal officers, a governing […]

WESTBROOK – The Westbrook Republican Committee has chosen its delegates for the state convention slated for May in Augusta, and a number of Ron Paul supporters are certain to be among them, after what local Republican Committee Chairwoman Rose Marie Russell described as an aggressive effort by Paul supporters at Sunday’s caucus. With former Massachusetts […]

GORHAM – A Gorham man won $1 million in an instant ticket game, the Maine State Lottery announced Monday, and he has already claimed his prize – minus chunks for Uncle Sam and the state. Robert Mezzanotte bought his winning ticket at the Hannaford in Gorham. The modest Mezzanotte declined comment Tuesday. Tim Poulin, deputy […]

WESTBROOK – Westbrook city officials are planning to hold the first official public discussions Feb. 13 on whether or not to move out of City Hall and sell the building. City Councilor John O’Hara, president of the city’s Facilities and Streets Committee, said Tuesday that there will be an item on next Monday’s agenda referencing […]

GORHAM – A Gorham man has won $1 million in an instant ticket game, the Maine State Lottery announced Monday, and he has already claimed his prize. Robert Mezzanotte bought the winning ticket at the Hannaford in Gorham. Mezzanotte could not be reached immediately by telephone Monday afternoon. Mezzanotte won the second of four $1 […]

GORHAM – A Gorham man has won $1 million in an instant ticket game, the Maine State Lottery announced Monday, and he has already claimed his prize. Robert Mezzanotte bought the winning ticket at the Hannaford in Gorham. Mezzanotte could not be reached immediately by telephone Monday afternoon. Mezzanotte won the second of four $1 […]

WESTBROOK – The owner of a shopping center building on Main Street has confirmed that Blockbuster, the video rental company that vacated its space in the center last fall, will not be returning as it once planned. “They’re not coming back,” said David Fleming, a spokesman for W.S. Development, the Chestnut Hill, Mass.-based company that […]