WESTBROOK – When it became clear the new Westbrook Middle School wouldn’t be ready for students Monday, the decision about what to do with the kids coming back from winter break weighed heavily on the minds of school officials. But as they wandered back through the halls of Wescott Junior High School this week, the […]

WESTBROOK – When it became clear the new Westbrook Middle School wouldn’t be ready for students Monday, the decision about what to do with the kids coming back from winter break weighed heavily on the minds of school officials. But as they wandered back through the halls of Wescott Junior High School this week, the […]

WESTBROOK – New Westbrook Mayor Colleen Hilton wasted no time revamping her staff, announcing in her inauguration speech Monday that she had dismissed three department heads. Hilton said she was not reappointing Fire Chief Daniel Brock, Finance Director Susan Rossignol and Recreation Director Randy Peters. The mayor, during her campaign and since her election, made […]

GORHAM – The Gorham Town Council released the First Parish Church Tuesday from responsibility for maintaining the town-owned clock in its steeple ¬- but not before grilling a church spokesman at length. In a 6-1 vote, with Councilor Phil Csoros opposed, the town assumed responsibility for maintenance of the historic clock, leased to the church […]

GORHAM – The Gorham Town Council released the First Parish Church Tuesday from responsibility for maintaining the town-owned clock in its steeple ¬- but not before grilling a church spokesman at length. In a 6-1 vote, with Councilor Phil Csoros opposed, the town assumed responsibility for maintenance of the historic clock, leased to the church […]

WESTBROOK – The neighbors of Casella Waste System’s County Road site say they’re not surprised the company’s trash-processing plans have changed again – but that doesn’t mean they’re not concerned. Casella recently came forward with a proposal for a $15 million facility that would process some 280,000 tons of trash that now goes to the […]

The city of Westbrook has violated state and federal freedom of information laws by denying the American Journal records of the fire department’s payroll, according to a freedom of information expert. The newspaper two weeks ago formally requested from the city the November and December payroll records, under the state’s Freedom of Access Act and […]

WESTBROOK – Westbrook middle-school students will return to Wescott Junior High School Monday instead of attending the new school on Stroudwater Street, as originally planned. Superintendent Reza Namin made the executive decision Tuesday to have students remain at Wescott until the new middle school is completely finished. He said teachers won’t unpack all of their […]

WESTBROOK – Four men on a roofing crew were hospitalized Tuesday morning when scaffolding collapsed at a housing construction project in Westbrook. Sgt. John Desjardins of the Westbrook Police Department said the four workers fell about 16 feet to the icy ground. The men were taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland by ambulances from […]