WESTBROOK – Ten Westbrook residents are vying for six seats on the city’s new Charter Commission that are up for election Nov. 2. According to City Clerk Lynda Adams, the candidates are Patricia Amico, 105 Lyman St; Lisa Chuluda, 618 Spring St.; Charles Ewing, 176 Carlson St.; Andrew Gattine, 529 Stroudwater St.; Marc Gousse, 317 […]

WESTBROOK – Ten Westbrook residents are vying for six seats on the city’s new Charter Commission that are up for election Nov. 2. According to City Clerk Lynda Adams, the candidates are Patricia Amico, 105 Lyman St; Lisa Chuluda, 618 Spring St.; Charles Ewing, 176 Carlson St.; Andrew Gattine, 529 Stroudwater St.; Marc Gousse, 317 […]

WESTBROOK – Artel Inc. has filed a motion in Maine Business and Consumer Court asking a judge to reject the consent agreement that the city of Westbrook negotiated with Pike Industries regarding operations at Pike’s Spring Street quarry. Artel claims the consent agreement “is not fair, adequate, reasonable or lawful,” so the court should not […]

WESTBROOK – Artel Inc. has filed a motion in Maine Business and Consumer Court asking a judge to reject the consent agreement that the city of Westbrook negotiated with Pike Industries regarding operations at Pike’s Spring Street quarry. Artel claims the consent agreement “is not fair, adequate, reasonable or lawful,” so the court should not […]

GORHAM – After decades of public service in his hometown, Burleigh Loveitt is stepping aside. He will not seek re-election to the Town Council in November. “It’s time for somebody else to step forward,” Loveitt said last week. Loveitt, who began his stint on the Town Council in 1975, has served during a time of […]

WESTBROOK – About nine months ago, Casella Waste Systems rolled out an ambitious plan to build a $15 million, state-of-the-art waste processing facility on land it owns on County Road in Westbrook. However, after that announcement, city officials say they’ve heard no more from Casella about its proposal to build a facility to process and […]

WESTBROOK – About nine months ago, Casella Waste Systems rolled out an ambitious plan to build a $15 million, state-of-the-art waste processing facility on land it owns on County Road in Westbrook. However, after that announcement, city officials say they’ve heard no more from Casella about its proposal to build a facility to process and […]

City initiates measure to regulate nude dancing WESTBROOK – Westbrook city officials took an initial step Wednesday toward creating an ordinance regulating nude dancing in the city. If approved, city officials say, the regulations would apply to Dreamers Cabaret, a new strip club that opened on Warren Avenue last week. City officials say they were […]

GORHAM – Some familiar names won’t be on the ballot as Gorham voters choose candidates to serve on the Town Council and School Committee on Nov. 2. The Town Council has three seats available and five candidates have submitted nomination papers. The School Committee has two available seats and both incumbents are running. All are […]

WESTBROOK – Lynn Leavitt doesn’t go unnoticed when she walks the streets of Westbrook neighborhoods early in the morning, peering into the blue recycling bins residents put out for curbside collection. “People do get a little curious about that,” Leavitt said. She said they wonder: “Why is someone going through my trash?” The answer is: […]