WESTBROOK – City Council enacts six-month moratorium on marijuana dispensaries. Westbrook won’t see its first medical marijuana dispensary until August at the earliest. The City Council Monday enacted a six-month moratorium on the dispensaries, retroactive to Feb. 1. The council approved the moratorium unanimously, without any discussion by officials or any comments from the public. […]
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City holds off on pot shops
WESTBROOK – City Council enacts six-month moratorium on marijuana dispensaries. Westbrook won’t see its first medical marijuana dispensary until August at the earliest. The City Council Monday enacted a six-month moratorium on the dispensaries, retroactive to Feb. 1. The council approved the moratorium unanimously, without any discussion by officials or any comments from the public. […]
Biddeford flap won't stall Casella's Westbrook plans
WESTBROOK – Casella Waste Systems will move forward with its plan to build a $15 million facility in Westbrook for processing the trash that currently goes to Maine Energy Recovery Co., despite losing the support of Biddeford Mayor Joanne Twomey. The construction of a trash-processing plant in Westbrook was part of a package of initiatives […]
New arts center opens with a cappella shows
The new Westbrook Performing Arts Center will swing open its doors next weekend for its very first event – a full day of a cappella workshops and performances. The event, called Male House Rock, is geared toward young male singers, but anyone can attend. Because the event has previously been held at the First Parish […]
New arts center opens with a cappella shows
The new Westbrook Performing Arts Center will swing open its doors next weekend for its very first event – a full day of a cappella workshops and performances. The event, called Male House Rock, is geared toward young male singers, but anyone can attend. Because the event has previously been held at the First Parish […]
Health reasons push well-known Westbrook family to sell longtime business
Westbrook-based White Bros., a family-run excavation company for more than half a century, is being sold to Lane Construction of Connecticut. Brothers Don and Ed White founded the company in 1955, and its history is inseparable from the White family’s story. The business was first housed in Don White’s home on Duck Pond Road, where […]
Health reasons push well-known Westbrook family to sell longtime business
Westbrook-based White Bros., a family-run excavation company for more than half a century, is being sold to Lane Construction of Connecticut. Brothers Don and Ed White founded the company in 1955, and its history is inseparable from the White family’s story. The business was first housed in Don White’s home on Duck Pond Road, where […]
Plagued by burglaries, Gorham fights back
Burglaries in Gorham rose a whopping 48 percent last year, and residents are scrambling to organize crime watches. “A neighborhood watch – the only investment is your time,” Gorham’s Officer Ted Hatch told a gathering of 60 people last week at a neighborhood meeting at Cressey Road United Methodist Church. Police at the meeting said […]
Acquitted murder suspect arrested in Westbrook
A Windham man who was cleared of homicide charges last fall was summonsed by Westbrook police last month. Agostino Samson, of 314 River Road, was summonsed for criminal mischief on Sunday, Jan. 24 on Forest Street in downtown Westbrook. According to Westbrook Lt. Nugent, Samson was banging on an apartment door causing damage to the […]
Acquitted murder suspect arrested in Westbrook
A Windham man who was cleared of homicide charges last fall was summonsed by Westbrook police last month. Agostino Samson, of 314 River Road, was summonsed for criminal mischief on Sunday, Jan. 24 on Forest Street in downtown Westbrook. According to Westbrook Lt. Nugent, Samson was banging on an apartment door causing damage to the […]