WESTBROOK – A minor hitch in repairs to the leaky roof at the community center has not put a damper on the willingness of organizations to set up shop in the former Wescott Junior High. A big name that could be added to the tenant list at the Bridge Street center is the Southern Maine […]

WESTBROOK – A minor hitch in repairs to the leaky roof at the community center has not put a damper on the willingness of organizations to set up shop in the former Wescott Junior High. A big name that could be added to the tenant list at the Bridge Street center is the Southern Maine […]

WESTBROOK – The Maine Learning Technology Initiative made Maine the first state with a plan to put laptop computers into the hands of all students in grades 7 and up. What school districts in the area are learning is that holding kids responsible for an expensive electronic device is not always a good idea. In […]

WESTBROOK – The roof at the Westbrook Community Center is proving to be a pesky problem for construction crews. Replacing the 35-year-old roof at the former Wescott Junior High was initially expected to be a $750,000 endeavor. But City Administrator Jerre Bryant said recently the project would cost more and run longer than hoped due […]

WESTBROOK – Now that Westbrook’s Charter Commission has begun its work, it might be a good time for the city GOP to raise issues with the city’s partisan elections. For all intents and purposes, the local Republican Committee is struggling to stay afloat at best, and on its deathbed at worst. While Republicans elsewhere in […]

WESTBROOK –The city of Westbrook has taken the first steps to deal with a potential lawsuit from a local man injured in an encounter with a police department parking enforcement and animal control officer in 2009. According to a notice of claim filed with the city, Daniel Casale, 49, of Mechanic Street, is seeking $1.4 […]

WESTBROOK – A new restaurant has opened in a spot that has been empty for two years. Doughboy’s Cafe? on Bridge Street, across from the Dana Warp Mill, was opened Jan. 4 by Tina Dougherty and her husband Chris. They are Westbrook residents who moved their business from Portland’s Ocean Avenue, where it was known […]

GORHAM – The New Year got under way in Gorham with the police department facing a manpower shortage due to a pair of key retirements. “We’re incurring some overtime,” Police Chief Ron Shepard said Tuesday (Jan. 18). Sgt. Robert Mailman retired Jan. 6 after 29 years with the department. Mailman, who was the department’s senior […]

GORHAM – The New Year got under way in Gorham with the police department facing a manpower shortage due to a pair of key retirements. “We’re incurring some overtime,” Police Chief Ron Shepard said Tuesday (Jan. 18). Sgt. Robert Mailman retired Jan. 6 after 29 years with the department. Mailman, who was the department’s senior […]

GORHAM – A tire plant in Gorham is closing, putting 61 employees out of work. Maine Industrial Tire, with corporate offices in Wakefield, Mass., manufactures off-road tires in its plant on Laurence Drive in the Gorham Industrial Park. “Yes, it’s closing,” Matthew Turnell, company spokesman, said Monday about its Gorham facility. Turnell said employees were […]