WESTBROOK – The city has authorized $300,000 to put together a plan to renovate the current home of the Department of Public Services, as well as adding on to the existing building at 371 Saco St. On Monday, the City Council approved spending $299,600 to hire Westbrook-based engineering firm Sebago Technics to create a full-fledged […]
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Police chief, DA meet over Buxton puppy mill case 'errors'
BUXTON – Buxton Police Chief Mike Grovo said Tuesday the York County District Attorney’s Office is now emailing police about pending cases to prevent the kind of miscommunication the occurred in March regarding the handling of a puppy mill case. Animal welfare workers and Grovo were unaware of a March 17 hearing in which a […]
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Police chief, DA meet over Buxton puppy mill case 'errors'
BUXTON – Buxton Police Chief Mike Grovo said Tuesday the York County District Attorney’s Office is now emailing police about pending cases to prevent the kind of miscommunication the occurred in March regarding the handling of a puppy mill case. Animal welfare workers and Grovo were unaware of a March 17 hearing in which a […]
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Superintendent Lukas leaving SAD 6
BUXTON – Suzanne Lukas, superintendent of School Administrative District 6 for the past seven years, is leaving the district after accepting a position to lead Regional School Unit 24 in Ellsworth. Lukas was officially hired by the RSU 24 school board at its meeting Tuesday night. She will tender her letter of resignation at the […]
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An explosive history lesson
GORHAM – While the towns of Gorham and Windham sent many of its sons to fight in the Civil War, they also sent something just as valuable: gunpowder, produced in the Gambo mills with the help of the powerful Presumpscot River. In honor of the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, which […]
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Stabbing suspect hunted as victim remembered
WESTBROOK – Police are still hunting for a Worcester, Mass., man they said fatally stabbed a Westbrook resident last week and put his wife in the hospital, following an argument that appeared to involve drugs. Those who knew Robert Stubbs, 40, of 73 Central St., said he was a nice man who kept to himself […]
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Coming full circle: Westbrook seniors want to finish storied careers with state title
WESTBROOK – As the long shadows cast by evening sun began to creep onto the Westbrook High School baseball field last week, a group of young men – stripped down to T-shirts and sweating profusely despite the early-spring chill – ran the bases. Each completed circuit was followed by another, until their breathing came in […]
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Suspect named in Westbrook stabbing; neighbors describe argument
WESTBROOK – A suspect has been identified in the fatal stabbing Thursday night in Westbrook, and police have released a photo of the suspect that they say was on a cell phone left at the scene of the stabbing. Police said the suspect, Tareek S. Hendricks, 30, of Worcester, Mass., who they said goes by […]
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Construction starts again on William Clarke Drive
WESTBROOK – Once again, drivers will have to put up with a long summer of traffic hassles on William Clarke Drive, as construction on the busy roadway resumed last week. The $5.5 million state project, which began last year just after Memorial Day, was originally supposed to be finished at the end of July this […]
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Gorham paves the way for new bike trail
GORHAM – Nearly two miles of off-road, paved path along a long-discontinued railroad would be opened up for hikers and bicyclists if Gorham lands a state grant. Nature lovers and snowmobilers already utilize the scenic trail. But paving the trail would afford an alternative route of traveling to work for bicyclists and would also increase […]