GORHAM – Despite being trounced at the polls Tuesday, supporters of a $3 million Gorham plan that would have built a stadium with artificial turf for high school varsity teams still believe the project is worth revisiting. According to official results released by the town clerk’s office, 1,272 voters opposed the stadium referendum while 309 […]

GORHAM – Despite being trounced at the polls Tuesday, supporters of a $3 million Gorham plan that would have built a stadium with artificial turf for high school varsity teams still believe the project is worth revisiting. According to official results released by the town clerk’s office, 1,272 voters opposed the stadium referendum while 309 […]

WESTBROOK – School committee members have finished advertising internally for candidates for the new Westbrook school superintendent, and Marc Gousse is on a very short list. In fact, he’s the only name on the list, according to committee members this week. School Committee Chairman Ed Symbol said he thought there would be a few others, […]

BUXTON – Buxton voters Tuesday re-elected Jean Harmon and Robert Libby to three-year terms on the Board of Selectmen, while rejecting a plan to reuse a former school. In a crowded race for two selectmen seats, Libby topped the field of seven candidates with 361 votes, closely followed by Harmon, with 355. Susan Orfant Gillette […]

WESTBROOK – Opponents of a controversial quarry operating off Spring Street are demanding that the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals have a say in how – or if – the quarry should be allowed to operate. Warren Knight, a member of the family that owns Smiling Hill Farm, filed an appeal on June 6, together […]

WESTBROOK – The new owners of one of Westbrook’s largest commercial development properties took over the building officially this week after a mortgage auction on Monday. Alexsandar (Sas?a) Cook, 34, acting with Schoodic Capital, a collection of five different family-owned companies, has taken over the 250,000-square-foot property at 90 Bridge St., otherwise known as the […]

GORHAM – Two brothers, owners of Shaw Earthworks Inc. in Gorham, have outbid their father’s company to build a state roundabout at the intersection of New Portland Road, Libby Avenue and Brackett Road in Gorham. Brian Shaw, 29, and Bradford Shaw, 22, who own Shaw Earthworks, bid $937,236, according to Mark Latti, a spokesman for […]

BUXTON – Buxton voters Tuesday re-elected Jean Harmon and Robert Libby to three-year terms on the Board of Selectmen while rejecting a plan to reuse a former school. In a crowded race for two selectmen seats, Libby topped the field of seven candidates with 361 votes, closely followed by Harmon with 355. Susan Orfant Gillette […]

GORHAM – Gorham voters by a wide margin Tuesday rejected a proposed $3 million project that would have built a stadium with artificial turf. According to official results released by the town clerk’s office, 1,272 voters opposed the measure while 309 favored the stadium. Under the proposal, a stadium with lights, bleachers and a building […]