GORHAM – Upset over his wife’s routine speeding ticket last month, an Auburn city councilor is causing headaches in Gorham. Michael Farrell, who represents Ward 1 on the Auburn City Council, was in another car at the scene of the traffic stop. He says two Gorham police vehicles he saw that night didn’t have rear […]

GORHAM – Upset over his wife’s routine speeding ticket last month, an Auburn city councilor is causing headaches in Gorham. Michael Farrell, who represents Ward 1 on the Auburn City Council, was in another car at the scene of the traffic stop. He says two Gorham police vehicles he saw that night didn’t have rear […]

Gorham’s wife-carrying couple vow to ‘give it another shot.’ GORHAM – A Gorham couple, Jesse and Stacey Coleman, finished eighth in Saturday’s North American Wife Carrying Championships at Sunday River in Newry, but earned a spot on a national TV show. They competed in the 278-yard obstacle course against 50 teams of couples from all […]

A ruling against Dreamers Cabaret should ‘blunt some accusations’ against the city, says City Administrator Jerre Bryant. WESTBROOK – The lawyer representing Dreamers Cabaret said he and the strip club’s owners are not giving up after a judge ruled against allowing Dreamers to reopen. Judge D. Brock Hornby denied a motion to reinstate Dreamers’ occupancy […]

WESTBROOK – The lawyer representing residents of Westbrook’s Birdland neighborhood wants to be heard before a judge renders a decision regarding the city’s consent agreement with Pike Industries. Attorney David Lourie is representing the Birdland Neighborhood Alliance in a lawsuit against the city over a consent agreement that would allow Pike Industries to operate its […]

WESTBROOK – A judge denied a motion to reinstate the occupancy permit of Dreamers Cabaret following a hearing on Tuesday. Westbrook City Administrator Jerre Bryant said the judge’s decision indicates the city appropriately enforced its building and life safety codes in revoking the club’s permit of occupancy on Sept. 20. Dreamers, a strip club located […]

WESTBROOK – Residents of Westbrook’s Birdland neighborhood have filed suit against the city over a consent agreement that would allow Pike Industries to operate a nearby quarry. The suit, filed Thursday in Cumberland County Superior Court on behalf of the Birdland Neighborhood Alliance, alleges the consent agreement violates city zoning requirements and the state constitution. […]

WESTBROOK – In sharp contrast to the kerfuffle that surrounded the April license renewal hearings for the Skybox Bar and Grill, a review of the bar’s operations Monday was short and without any rancor. The six-month review by the city’s municipal officers was part of the conditions outlined when the Brown Street bar’s liquor, food […]

WESTBROOK – In sharp contrast to the kerfuffle that surrounded the April license renewal hearings for the Skybox Bar and Grill, a review of the bar’s operations Monday was short and without any rancor. The six-month review by the city’s municipal officers was part of the conditions outlined when the Brown Street bar’s liquor, food […]

WESTBROOK – It was a tale of two votes in Westbrook on Monday night. At approximately 9 p.m. the city’s Municipal Officers, which consists of the seven city councilors and the mayor, voted unanimously to deny an application by the owners of Dreamers Cabaret, a proposed strip club in Westbrook, to open with a bottle […]