GORHAM – Thousands of tons of debris piled at a padlocked recycling site in Gorham could be trucked to an Old Town landfill if a proposal by R.J. Grondin & Sons is approved. Under a proposal still in court mediation, the Gorham construction company would remove the debris and acquire the Plan-It Recycling property. Grondin […]

WESTBROOK – The Westbrook City Council has accepted a $125,000 grant to help clean up the former Maine Rubber buildings and property at 942 Main St., and renewed talks between the city and the property’s owners are finally showing promise of new development there. “We’re making very good progress,” Keith Luke, the city’s director of […]

WESTBROOK – After more than a year of wrangling with the city and angry neighbors, officials at Pike Industries finally got to do the production blasting they had been waiting for this week. So far, city officials have heard no serious repercussions from nearby residents, but that doesn’t mean no one noticed the blasts. “It […]

WESTBROOK – A local independent-living facility for seniors, which used to be a nursing home, has been slapped with an order by the city to file proper paperwork acknowledging the change of use within 30 days, or risk being taken to court. The former Riverside Estates Nursing Home at 401 Brook St. closed in 2003, […]

WESTBROOK – A local independent-living facility for seniors, which used to be a nursing home, has been slapped with an order by the city to file proper paperwork acknowledging the change of use within 30 days, or risk being taken to court. The former Riverside Estates Nursing Home at 401 Brook St. closed in 2003, […]

GORHAM – The Gorham Police Department this week initiated an investigation after learning about alleged racial comments directed at a man who was shopping at a local business. According to Gorham police, a Gorham resident, David Spiller, has charged that racial comments were made to him in an incident at King’s Farm on County Road. […]

WESTBROOK – It’s official: You can buy and sell fireworks in Westbrook, provided you have a permit. The City Council approved an ordinance permitting sale of consumer fireworks in Westbrook at its meeting Monday night, making Westbrook one of only two communities in Cumberland County that hasn’t outright banned them. The issue emerged after the […]

WESTBROOK – It’s official: You can buy and sell fireworks in Westbrook, provided you have a permit. The City Council approved an ordinance permitting sale of consumer fireworks in Westbrook at its meeting Monday night, making Westbrook one of only two communities in Cumberland County that hasn’t outright banned them. The issue emerged after the […]

GORHAM – Gorham police are continuing an investigation involving a local businessman accused of threatening a town official on Facebook. Meanwhile, another online comment posted this week on the business’s Facebook page claims a town official made derogatory comments pertaining to Italians. The posting also indicates a lawsuit is brewing. Detective Sgt. Dana Thompson of […]

GORHAM – A Gorham couple has taken a week out of their busy lives to do their part to honor military veterans. Carl Phillips of Gorham, accompanied by his wife, Marcena, is driving a tractor-trailer loaded with wreaths bound from Maine for Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Phillips is the owner of Phillips and Sons […]