The potential for Westbrook to have its first female mayor and a race for a City Council seat that will pit two neighbors against each other could make for an interesting election this November. Westbrook’s Republican and Democratic city committees officially nominated candidates this week in the races for mayor, City Council, School Committee and […]
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Last first day at Wescott Junior High in Westbrook
For the last time Monday, a new group of students filed through the halls of Wescott Junior High School for the first day of the school year. In January, three grades of students, teachers and staff will move into the new, $34-million, 135,000-square-foot Westbrook Middle School on Stroudwater Street. The old building will be left […]
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Group trying to complete trail from Sebago Lake to Casco Bay
If successful, the Sebago to the Sea Trail Coalition – an amalgam of different local, state and even federal agencies – would establish a contiguous trail from the Lower Bay of Sebago Lake to Casco Bay, passing through and connecting the towns of Standish, Windham, Gorham, Westbrook, Portland and Falmouth. Tania Neuschafer has a dream. […]
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Deaths of mother and son shock community
With state police still trying to determine the circumstances under which a Windham mother and son died in a burning SUV found in Gorham last week, those who knew the family are trying to come to terms with their loss. Residents of 71 Highland Cliff Road in Windham, Karen Devine, 41, and her son Michael […]
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Steep Falls woman dead in Gorham crash
A Steep Falls woman was pronounced dead at the scene Monday afternoon after her car rolled over in a single-car crash on Route 25 in West Gorham. Gorham Police Sgt. Dan Young said Deborah Willette, 54, of Steep Falls was traveling westbound toward Standish when her 1998 Dodge Caravan crossed the highway centerline and the […]
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Councilors ‘disgusted' by state sex offender law
Westbrook city councilors rebuked state legislators Monday, as they reluctantly gave preliminary approval to changes in the city’s sex offender ordinance, which was trumped by a new state law passed in June. Two years ago, the City Council enacted one of the strictest ordinances in the state for establishing boundaries for where convicted sex offenders […]
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Feds fund two new cops
The Westbrook Police Department has received $375,000 in federal funding for two additional officers to serve for three years with the department. The money was granted as part of an agreement that the city would pay the two, full-time officers for a fourth year of service. The funding comes from the Hiring Recovery Program, run […]
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Feds fund two new cops
The Westbrook Police Department has received $375,000 in federal funding for two additional officers to serve for three years with the department. The money was granted as part of an agreement that the city would pay the two, full-time officers for a fourth year of service. The funding comes from the Hiring Recovery Program, run […]
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Carlos Baez named Teen of Month
Carlos Baez is the Mission Possible Teen Center Teen of the Month for August. Carlos has been an active participant since the beginning of the school year. He spends an hour after school to volunteer through assisting staff with signing people in and running the store. He also monitors his peers, ensuring they follow the […]
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Carlos Baez named Teen of Month
Carlos Baez is the Mission Possible Teen Center Teen of the Month for August. Carlos has been an active participant since the beginning of the school year. He spends an hour after school to volunteer through assisting staff with signing people in and running the store. He also monitors his peers, ensuring they follow the […]