WESTBROOK–City Councilor Michel Foley said he used to get calls and e-mails from his constituents concerned about people speeding in their neighborhoods. Now, he said, he more often hears that the police are stopping too many cars. “I’d much rather get that complaint,” he said. Foley was one of the biggest supporters behind the creation […]

Analysts say Fed support allowed the largest banks to profit every day in ‘a transfer from savers.’

A new dam may replace the iconic, century-old Upper Dam. A lot of anglers aren’t happy – and fear the fish won’t much like it, either.

Westbrook officials will continue working with Pike Industries and businesses near Pike’s Spring Street quarry in an effort to end a lawsuit regarding the level of activity at the quarry. The City Council gave preliminary approval Monday to rezone land in and around the Five Star Industrial Park, including Pike’s property, from industrial to manufacturing […]

Westbrook officials will continue working with Pike Industries and businesses near Pike’s Spring Street quarry in an effort to end a lawsuit regarding the level of activity at the quarry. The City Council gave preliminary approval Monday to rezone land in and around the Five Star Industrial Park, including Pike’s property, from industrial to manufacturing […]

STANDISH – School Administrative District 6 Superintendent Suzanne Lukas will not hand out diplomas at this year’s Bonny Eagle High School graduation, which comes a year after Lukas was criticized for refusing a student his diploma in what became a national news story. The graduation, however, will still be held at the Cumberland County Civic […]

WESTBROOK – A Cumberland County District Court judge has dismissed Westbrook Mayor Colleen Hilton’s request for a permanent protection from harassment order against former Finance Director Susan Rossignol. Judge Jane Bradley concluded that the evidence presented by Hilton did not constitute harassment. Because of that, Bradley denied the complaint for protection from harassment and terminated […]

WESTBROOK – The skyline along Warren Avenue is changing. Looming behind the White Bros. office building is a large, green asphalt plant. As Pike Industries fights to keep its quarrying operations open across town – a battle that began over opposition to an asphalt plant – the new addition to the White Bros. property went […]

WESTBROOK – The skyline along Warren Avenue is changing. Looming behind the White Bros. office building is a large, green asphalt plant. As Pike Industries fights to keep its quarrying operations open across town – a battle that began over opposition to an asphalt plant – the new addition to the White Bros. property went […]

GORHAM – A Gorham construction company will unveil details next week for new headquarters and a warehouse it is proposing on Mosher Road. “I think it will be a big asset to the town,” Danny Shaw, co-owner of Shaw Brothers Construction Inc., said this week, without giving a specific cost of construction. Plans call for […]