Baxter Brewing Co. recently announced plans to develop a craft brewery in Lewiston’s historic Bates Mill complex. This is the first craft brewery in northern New England to combine hand-crafted beer with the convenient, environmentally friendly technology of aluminum cans. The company plans to begin shipping beer in September. “The state of Maine is aching […]

You don’t make education a priority by slashing spending and laying off teachers.

Friday evening’s Take Back the Night rally traversed the Old Port to raise awareness of domestic violence. The march followed Congress Street to Exchange Street, Fore Street and Union Street under police escort.  

WESTBROOK – It will still be a couple of weeks before Joan Collison can move back into her Main Street apartment, which was damaged in a fire Sunday. But she’s fine with that, as long as the building’s safe when she returns. “I am not going back through that again,” she said about a fire […]

The soup kitchen at the River of Life Salvation Army will serve up its last supper Monday before the Westbrook center closes for good at the end of May. Due to a lack of money, the Salvation Army can no longer afford to operate its programs in the building at 11 Bridge St. According to […]

WESTBROOK – Westbrook has selected its first chief financial officer for the city and school department. A former finance director for municipalities in New Hampshire, Dawn Ouellette will start working in Westbrook on May 3, pending approval from the City Council Monday and from the School Committee Wednesday. The new position is a consolidation of […]

GORHAM – Success with a previous relief mission after Hurricane Katrina lashed Louisiana had encouraged Greg Brooks to launch a similar effort for earthquake-devastated Haiti. It appeared easy. And so in early February, on the Sea Hunter, his treasure-hunting boat that was loaded with supplies, he sailed off, not suspecting the mission would run headlong […]

WESTBROOK – The Westbrook School Committee last week removed a projected 1 percent raise for teachers, staff and administrators from its 2010-11 budget now under development. Eliminating the projected raise reduced the budget by about $400,000. The School Committee is now proposing a $33.2 million budget, which is up $217,500, or 0.7 percent, from last […]

WESTBROOK – The Westbrook School Committee last week removed a projected 1 percent raise for teachers, staff and administrators from its 2010-11 budget now under development. Eliminating the projected raise reduced the budget by about $400,000. The School Committee is now proposing a $33.2 million budget, which is up $217,500, or 0.7 percent, from last […]

WESTBROOK – The Westbrook School Committee last week removed a projected 1 percent raise for teachers, staff and administrators from its 2010-11 budget now under development. Eliminating the projected raise reduced the budget by about $400,000. The School Committee is now proposing a $33.2 million budget, which is up $217,500, or 0.7 percent, from last […]