SANFORD – Maine is not living up to the state law that requires regular inspections of the nearly 100 dams in the state classified as hazardous for their potential to take lives or sweep away buildings, roads and bridges. The state has 93 such dams from Limestone to Sanford. Of those, the state classifies 24 […]
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Westbrook woman completes English Channel swim
A Westbrook woman has completed her swim across the English Channel. According to a blog post by her daughter Sarah, Pat Gallant-Charette, 60, reached the French shore this afternoon. “OMG, she did it! she did it she did it she did it,” reads a post at www.patgalant.blogspot.com that appeared on the site at 3:14 p.m. […]
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Lakes Region Senior Center set to open in Gorham
GORHAM – After almost a year working behind the scenes, Windham resident Glenn Lynds’ goal of opening a senior center to link the region’s older population is becoming reality. Last December, just after the North Windham Tim Horton’s closed, Lynds’ first thought was of the many senior citizens who congregated there each morning to sip […]
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Gorham pursues bus plan with USM, Metro
GORHAM – The Gorham Town Council Tuesday asked Metro and the University of Southern Maine, which has a student bus service, to submit information with cost figures as the town eyes adding public bus service. Matthew Robinson, chairman of the Gorham Town Council, said no one on the council needed to be sold on benefits […]
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Gorham pursues bus plan with USM, Metro
GORHAM – The Gorham Town Council Tuesday asked Metro and the University of Southern Maine, which has a student bus service, to submit information with cost figures as the town eyes adding public bus service. Matthew Robinson, chairman of the Gorham Town Council, said no one on the council needed to be sold on benefits […]
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Road closures set for work on Mountain Division Trail
WESTBROOK – Construction of the Mountain Division Trail and rail lines will be causing some road closures for the next two weekends in two different parts of the city, according to Public Services Director Tom Eldridge and the Maine Department of Transportation. Notices from the state indicate there will be two railroad crossings built on […]
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Road closures set for work on Mountain Division Trail
WESTBROOK – Construction of the Mountain Division Trail and rail lines will be causing some road closures for the next two weekends in two different parts of the city, according to Public Services Director Tom Eldridge and the Maine Department of Transportation. Notices from the state indicate there will be two railroad crossings built on […]
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Firm chosen to design final stage of Westbrook library renovation project
WESTBROOK – With stage one of the Walker Memorial Library renovation project nearly finished, and stage two about to begin, city officials are now turning their attention to the final piece of the extensive updates to the 19th-century city landmark. The City Council moved unanimously, with Councilor John O’Hara absent, to give preliminary approval to […]
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Firm chosen to design final stage of Westbrook library renovation project
WESTBROOK – With stage one of the Walker Memorial Library renovation project nearly finished, and stage two about to begin, city officials are now turning their attention to the final piece of the extensive updates to the 19th-century city landmark. The City Council moved unanimously, with Councilor John O’Hara absent, to give preliminary approval to […]
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Kentucky Fried Ice Cream – Truck catches fire in front of Westbrook restaurant
WESTBROOK – No one was hurt when a Schwan’s ice cream delivery truck caught fire outside a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant on Main Street Friday afternoon. Jim Dow, 53, a worker on his lunch hour, was inside the restaurant when it happened. “I went in and ordered a meal, and the next thing I know, […]