GORHAM – Drivers can now legally zip up to 40 miles per hour through a zone near a new Gorham elementary school off Sebago Lake Road (Route 237) without worry of being ticketed. Following a traffic study, the Maine Department of Transportation recently upped the posted speed limit from 30 mph to 40 on a […]

GORHAM – Drivers can now legally zip up to 40 miles per hour through a zone near a new Gorham elementary school off Sebago Lake Road (Route 237) without worry of being ticketed. Following a traffic study, the Maine Department of Transportation recently upped the posted speed limit from 30 mph to 40 on a […]

GORHAM – Piles of recycling material visible from Route 25 near the Westbrook-Gorham line could be buried in a municipal landfill as efforts continue to seek a resolution of the Plan-It-Recycling case. At issue is disposal of recyclable material piled at the Plan-It-Recycling plant in the Gorham Industrial Park. The town and Maine Department of […]

WESTBROOK – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Kohl’s Department Stores Inc. in federal court, charging that the company ignored the needs of a diabetic employee at its Westbrook location on Main Street. In the suit, which the commission filed in U.S. District Court on behalf of former employee Pamela Manning, argued that […]

WESTBROOK – Despite great strides toward gender equality in recent decades, there are still some fields that remain dominated by men, which is why a special event at the Westbrook Vocational Center Friday is taking aim at that stereotype. “Heavily female occupations tend to pay less than male-dominated occupations,” said Caroline May, manager of the […]

WESTBROOK – Despite great strides toward gender equality in recent decades, there are still some fields that remain dominated by men, which is why a special event at the Westbrook Vocational Center Friday is taking aim at that stereotype. “Heavily female occupations tend to pay less than male-dominated occupations,” said Caroline May, manager of the […]

WESTBROOK – Despite great strides toward gender equality in recent decades, there are still some fields that remain dominated by men, which is why a special event at the Westbrook Vocational Center Friday is taking aim at that stereotype. “Heavily female occupations tend to pay less than male-dominated occupations,” said Caroline May, manager of the […]

BUXTON – Buxton police are seeking the person responsible for discarding a litter of puppies Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the intersection of Narragansett Trail and Main Street. “The puppies were discarded from a vehicle,” Adam Ricci, Buxton animal control officer, said Wednesday. A Good Samaritan rescued one 4-week old puppy and it was turned […]

WESTBROOK – The Cumberland Street bridge is Westbrook is now open to traffic. The Westbrook Police Department said the bridge reopened early this morning. Cumberland Street in Westbrook had been closed between Harnois Avenue and Brown Street while crews completed emergency bridge repairs on the bridge across the Presumpscot River. Wednesday morning, workers from the […]