WESTBROOK – It is hard to imagine a scenario in which LEGO blocks would be helpful in building an actual home. But the plastic multicolored children’s toy is a crucial material for Habitat for Humanity as it continues its work on a house in Westbrook for a single mother and her three children. Habitat for […]

WESTBROOK – After two years with no settled minister, Prides Corner Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, has its new leader. The Rev. Kelli Whitman recently moved to the area with her husband to take the open post. At 26 years old, she said some in the congregation found it hard to believe she is […]

WESTBROOK – Colleen Hilton knew that if she became mayor of Westbrook, she would implement some drastic changes. She promised a new way of doing business at her inauguration one year ago, and said this week she has seen positive returns on her decisions thus far. “I think people were shocked,” she said, reflecting on […]

WESTBROOK – Westbrook police have declared a snow emergency parking ban on all city streets due to today’s storm. The parking ban takes effect at 9 p.m. and continues through 7 a.m. Thursday. The forecast currently calls for heavy snow through late this afternoon, ending sometime this evening. Police said Westbrook public services crews would […]

WESTBROOK – Westbrook police have declared a snow emergency parking ban on all city streets due to today’s storm. The parking ban takes effect at 9 p.m. and continues through 7 a.m. Thursday. The forecast currently calls for heavy snow through late this afternoon, ending sometime this evening. Police said Westbrook public services crews would […]

GORHAM – With an eye on Gorham’s 275th anniversary this year, the Town Council Tuesday, in a 6-0 vote (Brenda Caldwell absent), approved seed money for a committee to organize an event. Town Councilor Phil Gagnon, a member of the council’s Finance Committee, sponsored the proposal for an observance, which would attract people to Gorham […]

WESTBROOK – Police were tight-lipped this week regarding a recent arrest of a Portland woman accused of stealing methadone from a Westbrook methadone clinic. Emily Sweeney, 32, 240 Harvey St., Apt. 707, Portland, was arrested Dec. 29 on a felony-level charge of stealing drugs, a Class C crime. Westbrook police Capt. Tom Roth said her […]

WESTBROOK – An Old Orchard Beach woman who has spent 20 years spreading the Thatcher’s name around Maine liked Westbrook so much the first time around that she has decided to bring the pub back for another run. Thatcher’s Restaurant and Sports Pub could open in Westbrook later this month. Owner Cynthia Boulay has plans […]

GORHAM – Wasting no time following this year’s countdown, the chairwoman of New Year Gorham is already planning next year’s celebration. Virginia Wilder Cross said Monday she and other organizers would meet Wednesday, Jan. 12, for both a wrap-up and a preliminary meeting for next year. Without specific attendance numbers available, Cross said, she believed […]

SACO – The Maine Attorney General’s Office is investigating whether a Biddeford man affiliated with Dreamers Cabaret committed a hate crime in Saco recently. Saco police recently referred the case of Adam Goodwin, 35, of 65 Main St., Biddeford, to the attorney general’s civil rights division after he was accused of assaulting a black male […]