SOUTH PORTLAND – Bluegrass, an American roots music defined by upbeat tempos played with fiddles, banjos and other stringed instruments, is not a genre typically found in a high school choral group’s repertoire. And for the 100 area students presenting Carol Barnett’s “The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass,” last weekend as part of the annual […]

WESTBROOK – Westbrook High School biology students will soon have the chance to participate in a sophisticated weather and astrobiology experiment project, thanks to a grant from NASA. The agency has granted a $400,000 award for the high-altitude balloon experiment project to the Maine Space Grant Consortium, which is a collection of small businesses, educational […]

WESTBROOK – A suit filed by former Fire Chief Daniel Brock, who is suing the city for his dismissal from the Westbrook Fire Department, has moved to federal court, and may be decided in a summary judgment motion if the city has its way. The city filed the motion on Feb. 7 to request a […]

WESTBROOK – A group of mostly teachers and staff members of the Westbrook School Department took to the podium at a public hearing Wednesday night to plea for programs and, in some cases, their jobs, which they fear will be lost as the school department wrestles with a $3.7 million budget gap. “We have the […]

BUXTON – The Buxton police chief and the York County district attorney plan to meet to discuss the court agreement that freed defendants in a high-profile animal cruelty case – an outcome that has infuriated animal welfare authorities. Chief Mike Grovo said he has talked with District Attorney Kathryn Slattery about a meeting. “We are […]

WESTBROOK – Family and friends are mourning the sudden death of a well-known Westbrook woman described this week as “honest beyond belief.” Lori Hawkes, 52, of 14 Olive St., died on Friday in her car while it was parked at the Planet Fitness parking lot on Thomas Drive. Police said they are still trying to […]

WESTBROOK – The city is looking for a better way to manage building maintenance following the termination the contract of its director of building and facilities management, Russ Brigham, according to City Manager Jerre Bryant. Bryant said the city has issued Brigham, who is technically employed by the school district, a 60-day notice of his […]

WESTBROOK – The Maine Turnpike Authority has begun work on a new interchange bridge crossing Interstate 95 at Exit 48 in Westbrook, shutting down a busy on-ramp to the northbound side of the highway. The work marks the beginning of a long season of construction that has some local businesses near the interchange working to […]

WESTBROOK – The Maine Turnpike Authority has begun work on a new interchange bridge crossing Interstate 95 at Exit 48 in Westbrook, shutting down a busy on-ramp to the northbound side of the highway. The work marks the beginning of a long season of construction that has some local businesses near the interchange working to […]