The Westbrook Middle School steering committee will decide Monday whether students will be attending the new school on Jan. 4, as scheduled. City inspectors still haven’t issued a certificate of occupancy – the first step toward allowing children in the building. Electrical panels still need to be labeled, the auditorium needs additional emergency lighting and […]

The Westbrook Middle School steering committee will decide Monday whether students will be attending the new school on Jan. 4, as scheduled. City inspectors still haven’t issued a certificate of occupancy – the first step toward allowing children in the building. Electrical panels still need to be labeled, the auditorium needs additional emergency lighting and […]

City inspectors said after an inspection Monday that more work still needs to be done before they could issue a certificate of occupancy for the new Westbrook Middle School. The city’s code enforcement officer, fire inspector and electrical inspector said they hoped to issue at least a conditional certificate of occupancy by Wednesday, after American […]

William Will, 75, of Alfred, was pronounced dead Thursday at the scene of a two-car crash on the Bernard P. Rines Highway (Route 112) in Gorham. Lt. Christopher Sanborn of Gorham Police Department said in a report that Will, who was traveling north in a 1999 Chevrolet Blazer, drifted across the centerline into the southbound […]

Pike Industries will not be allowed to blast rock at its Spring Street quarry while the company appeals a zoning board decision in court. Chief Justice Thomas Humphrey on Wednesday denied Pike’s request to blast up to nine times over a two-month period. Earlier this year, the Westbrook Zoning Board ruled that Pike does not […]

WESTBROOK – The city is solidifying plans for reusing the soon-to-be-vacant junior high school, including relocating City Hall from Main Street. The Wescott Junior High School Reuse Committee has voted to recommend moving forward with a plan to move the recreation department, social services agencies and City Hall offices into the building, located on Bridge […]

WESTBROOK – The city is solidifying plans for reusing the soon-to-be-vacant junior high school, including relocating City Hall from Main Street. The Wescott Junior High School Reuse Committee has voted to recommend moving forward with a plan to move the recreation department, social services agencies and City Hall offices into the building, located on Bridge […]

The Westbrook Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a 15-year-old boy who has been missing since Monday. According to police, Christopher Vir left his home at about 5:30 p.m. Monday and has not returned. Police believe that the teen is a runaway and may be suffering from some emotional or psychological […]

Clint Cushman, who retires Friday as Gorham code enforcement officer, left a parting message in a letter announcing his departure. “It is my hope that henceforth, the politicians will view this department less as simply a ‘cash cow,’” Clint Cushman, leaving the office after 15 years, wrote on Nov. 25, “and more in its true […]

Clint Cushman, who retires Friday as Gorham code enforcement officer, left a parting message in a letter announcing his departure. “It is my hope that henceforth, the politicians will view this department less as simply a ‘cash cow,’” Clint Cushman, leaving the office after 15 years, wrote on Nov. 25, “and more in its true […]