WESTBROOK – The task force reviewing Westbrook’s comprehensive plan wants to hear from you on Saturday. The Westbrook Comprehensive Plan Task Force is in the midst of reviewing the city’s comprehensive plan. State law requires this process occur every 10 years, according to Molly Just, city planner. The task force has already held numerous public […]
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Free meals return
Teen center and church revive weekly community dinners – absent from Westbrook since the Salvation Army departed. WESTBROOK – Losing the community meals at the old Westbrook Salvation Army on Bridge Street did not sit well with the folks at Trinity Lutheran Church. Thanks to some church volunteers, the Mission Possible Teen Center and Wayside […]
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Free meals return
Teen center and church revive weekly community dinners – absent from Westbrook since the Salvation Army departed. WESTBROOK – Losing the community meals at the old Westbrook Salvation Army on Bridge Street did not sit well with the folks at Trinity Lutheran Church. Thanks to some church volunteers, the Mission Possible Teen Center and Wayside […]
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Route 1 water main break to cause problems with evening commute
SOUTH PORTLAND – A water main break on Route 1 will cause problems for evening commuters, the Portland Water District said in a press release. A water main break has reduced Route 1 in South Portland, between New York and Kenosha, down to two lanes from four, the release said. Construction is expected to last […]
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Route 1 water main break to cause problems with evening commute
SOUTH PORTLAND – A water main break on Route 1 will cause problems for evening commuters, the Portland Water District said in a press release. A water main break has reduced Route 1 in South Portland, between New York and Kenosha, down to two lanes from four, the release said. Construction is expected to last […]
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Route 1 water main break to cause problems with evening commute
SOUTH PORTLAND – A water main break on Route 1 will cause problems for evening commuters, the Portland Water District said in a press release. A water main break has reduced Route 1 in South Portland, between New York and Kenosha, down to two lanes from four, the release said. Construction is expected to last […]
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A visit to remember
GORHAM – Bubbling with ingenuity, talent and friendliness, a group of sixth-grade students at Portland’s Lyman Moore Middle School cheered assisted living residents in Gorham on Monday. Technology education teacher Julie Marshall took a school bus contingent of 26 students, along with their inventions, to the Inn at Village Square, an Avesta Housing assisted living […]
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Life of man killed by tree remembered
WESTBROOK – The family of a Westbrook man whose life was tragically cut short by a falling tree is finding solace in his devotion to God and the Bible. John Larson, 55, was killed on Nov. 23 when a large birch tree came down and struck him in the back of the head. At the […]
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Ex-firefighter’s charge placed on file
WESTBROOK – A charge alleging a former Westbrook Fire Department call company captain obstructed the report of a crime has been placed on file. Richard Dorr, 38, of Westbrook, was scheduled to have a jury chosen for his trial in Cumberland County Superior Court the week of Nov. 15. The trial, though, never occurred, and […]
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Education revolution 2.0
E-readers, tablets seen as newest way to deliver content to students and save money WESTBROOK – Could today’s libraries be tomorrow’s museums? In the 22nd century, will anyone have a need for bound tomes of writing? Or will the books lie dormant on shelves and stacks, untouched by people who have easier means of acquiring […]