WESTBROOK – The Westbrook School Department has put pressure on its insurance administrator to close more than half of its 19 open worker’s compensation claims, some dating back to the 1990s. Superintendent Reza Namin, who started taking a close look at the department’s budget this year, said he was surprised to find how many open […]

WESTBROOK – The Westbrook School Department has put pressure on its insurance administrator to close more than half of its 19 open worker’s compensation claims, some dating back to the 1990s. Superintendent Reza Namin, who started taking a close look at the department’s budget this year, said he was surprised to find how many open […]

Mercy Recovery Center in Westbrook was approved for $1 million in federal funding for its residential treatment center and programs that provide support to patients who are recovering from addiction. A total of $5.5 million has been earmarked for the state’s departments of health and human services, labor and education, according to a press release […]

When a group of high school students offered to rake the lawns of a few Westbrook senior citizens this fall, some of the residents didn’t know what to think. They couldn’t believe the teenagers just wanted to help. “They were suspicious,” said Westbrook High School teacher Jim Sharkey, who accompanied the students. But as they […]

When a group of high school students offered to rake the lawns of a few Westbrook senior citizens this fall, some of the residents didn’t know what to think. They couldn’t believe the teenagers just wanted to help. “They were suspicious,” said Westbrook High School teacher Jim Sharkey, who accompanied the students. But as they […]

In an exhibit that’s being displayed at the new French Press Eatery on Main Street, Westbrook elementary school students show – and tell – what home means to them, through prints of the outside of their houses and colorful drawings of rooms inside. It’s a place to eat with family, to celebrate holidays, to play […]

The first Town Council public hearing Tuesday on a controversial rezoning proposal in South Gorham drew divided reaction from residents. The proposed areas for rezoning for “intense growth” are along the stretch of County Road where routes 22 and 114 overlap, and South Street (Route 114) from the intersection of County Road to the bypass. […]

Pike Industries is asking a judge to allow blasting at its Spring Street quarry – work that was forbidden while the court considers the company’s rights to operate. Pike is seeking a change to the court order handed down last month, which gives the company the right only to crush, excavate and remove rock. Pike […]

Westbrook councilors are considering restrictions on the number and location of medical marijuana dispensaries in the city. Charlie Wynott has been operating the Maine Medical Marijuana Resource Center in Westbrook for the past two years, distributing marijuana to people from all over the state who suffer from AIDS, multiple sclerosis, glaucoma and other debilitating diseases. […]

It will be up to the recently elected city councilors to decide whether to kill Pike Industries’ expansion plans. A public hearing in front of the council had been scheduled for Dec. 7, which meant the current councilors would have decided on the rezoning of the land from industrial to light manufacturing. However, just before […]