WESTBROOK – A regional nonprofit affordable housing company has acquired key credits from the state housing authority, clearing the way for a new development project to occupy former church buildings in Westbrook that have stood empty for years. Avesta Housing, based in Portland, is planning to renovate two buildings once used by St. Hyacinth Church, […]

WESTBROOK – John F. Chase, 47, has lived and worked in Westbrook and the surrounding area his whole life, and knows the real estate markets here inside and out. A Westbrook native, Chase graduated from Westbrook High School in 1982, and earned a degree in business administration and economics from the University of Maine in […]

GORHAM – Gorham police are looking for a woman armed with a gun who robbed the Big Apple store at 90 Main St. at 6:20 p.m. Tuesday night. Sgt. Michael Nault reported that the woman entered the store and handed the clerk a note demanding money. The woman told the store clerk she had a […]

GORHAM – U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, who is seeking the Republican nomination for president, will visit the Gorham campus of the University of Southern Maine on Saturday, Jan. 28. Paul will speak at 11 a.m. in Hastings Formal Lounge in Upton Hastings Hall, a dormitory near the Brooks Student Center. A sophomore, Chris Camire of […]

WESTBROOK – Westbrook residents and visitors are reminded that Westbrook’s Overnight Winter Parking Ban is in effect. Parking vehicles upon any street for more than one hour between the hours of 12:01 a.m. and 6 a.m. is prohibited from Nov. 15 through April 15 each year. (City of Westbrook Traffic Ordinance, Chapter 31, Section 108). […]

WESTBROOK – When running for re-election, Westbrook Mayor Colleen Hilton said she wanted to keep finding ways to make the city run more efficiently, and she anticipated carrying that philosophy into the next round of collective bargaining negotiations. Last week, Westbrook officials, including Hilton, met for the first time this year with representatives of all […]