Building improvements sought at Richville Library STANDISH – Lisa Moody and her son Caleb, of Cole Hill Road in Standish, are the kinds of folks the board of directors at the Richville Library want to help. The Moody family, which walks to the library on a regular basis to pick up books and movies, are […]

WESTBROOK – Two drivers were transported to the hospital after a two-car crash that closed both lanes of County Road (Route 22) in Westbrook shortly after noon today. Westbrook police Sgt. Sean Lally said a westbound Audi crossed the center line and struck an eastbound Toyota head on. Lally said both female drivers were extricated. […]

Open heart surgery led to longtime singer/songwriter David Good’s first professional CD of original music, to be released Friday. For 30 years, the Westbrook resident has been entertaining audiences in New England with his eclectic mix of cover songs and original music. Locally, he has been featured at the Stockhouse Restaurant & Sports Pub and […]

Moore returns from Afghanistan Bob and Pat Mountain of School Street, Gorham, recently visited their grandson, Thomas Moore, at Fort Bragg in North Carolina after he served a year in Afghanistan. Moore’s mother and stepfather are Tammy and Peter Woodbury of Gorham. Moore is a rifleman with the 82nd Airborne Division. “While in Afghanistan, his […]

GORHAM – Gorham police arrested two suspects Monday following a vehicle chase that began in Portland and continued through downtown Gorham, ending on the Gorham bypass. The suspects, Eric Laudermilk, 30, of 392 Tandberg Trail in Windham and a passenger, Jordan Perkins, 26, of Bucksport, were taken to Cumberland County Jail. A jail spokesman said […]

For 4-H’ers, a year to work, learn, earn GORHAM – Theo may only be a year old, but he already weighs 1,350 pounds. And he’s got what it takes to be a champ. In the 4-H baby beef show at Cumberland County Fair Tuesday, Theo, owned by Bonny Eagle High school junior Ben Pride, captured […]

WESTBROOK – The conflict between Westbrook and the owners of a new strip club intensified Wednesday when the lawyer for the club filed a lawsuit against the city. The suit came just two days after the City Council’s Committee of the Whole began discussions on a proposed ordinance that would restrict nude dancing establishments in […]

Family, friends mourn sudden death of city man, 28 WESTBROOK – Standing outside her family’s home, holding her 16-month-old son Morgan Christopher, Katie Willey remembers her husband as someone who just loved life, and people in general. “He would do anything for anybody, bend over backward (for them),” she said. Her husband, Christopher Willey, 28, […]

Family, friends mourn sudden death of city man, 28 WESTBROOK – Standing outside her family’s home, holding her 16-month-old son Morgan Christopher, Katie Willey remembers her husband as someone who just loved life, and people in general. “He would do anything for anybody, bend over backward (for them),” she said. Her husband, Christopher Willey, 28, […]

WESTBROOK – The lawyer for Dreamers Cabaret, a strip club in Westbrook that the city shut down last week a day after it opened, held a press conference on Thursday accusing the city of “bureaucratic harassment.” Attorney Thomas Hallett, standing in front of 84B Warren Ave., where the club opened on Sept. 17, contends the […]