A jury trial will be held in September to decide the fate of a Westbrook man serving in the U.S. Marine Corps who has been charged with gross sexual assault of a 15-year-old. Brian Nugent, 19, pleaded not guilty in April to two counts of gross sexual assault at his arraignment in Cumberland County Superior […]

As Pike Industries heads into what could be the final meeting before the Zoning Board decides what its property rights are, the company has ramped up its public relations effort yet again with bus tours of its operations in both Westbrook and Poland. Nearly 90 people signed up for the three bus tours this week, […]

The York County sheriff says he warned state transportation officials about the safety of a Route 202 bridge where a 12-year-old boy was critically injured Tuesday. Sheriff Maurice Ouellette said the Department of Transportation refused to put up a fence, as he had requested, to prevent children from jumping off the bridge near a popular […]

It was two years ago, when Rudy Vallee’s widow, Eleanor stopped off in Westbrook on her way to Orono, that the idea first occurred to Mayor Bruce Chuluda. In a city where thousands once flocked to intersection of Bridge and Main streets to celebrate the homecoming of the original 1930s- and ’40s-era crooner, there were […]

The Westbrook City Council could be in for a makeover this fall. Several councilors, including some leaders, have indicated they won’t be running for election in November. In the last election, in 2007, all seven incumbents were re-elected. Though Ed Symbol resigned shortly after the inauguration in order to fill a vacant seat on the […]

The Westbrook City Council could be in for a makeover this fall. Several councilors, including some leaders, have indicated they won’t be running for election in November. In the last election, in 2007, all seven incumbents were re-elected. Though Ed Symbol resigned shortly after the inauguration in order to fill a vacant seat on the […]

A registered sex offender was arrested Sunday on a charge of unlawful sexual contact with a 3-year-old in Westbrook. Daniel M. Swanciger, 43, Forest Avenue, Portland, was arrested at around 3:45 p.m. Wednesday after the child’s mother reported the crime, which she said occurred around Reed Street. Police said Swanciger, who was known to the […]

A registered sex offender was arrested Sunday on a charge of unlawful sexual contact with a 3-year-old in Westbrook. Daniel M. Swanciger, 43, Forest Avenue, Portland, was arrested at around 3:45 p.m. Wednesday after the child’s mother reported the crime, which she said occurred around Reed Street. Police said Swanciger, who was known to the […]

When Scout first joined the Gorham Police Department, he was more than a little wet under the nose at just a year old. “He wasn’t even housebroken,” his longtime partner and handler, Detective Sears Edwards, recalled this week. As he entered the regional K9 competition for police dogs this month, not only was he housebroken, […]

There’s big doin’s in Buxton this weekend at the Buxton Community Day. The annual fair this year features new highlights, including a pig scramble and frog-jumping contests for kids’ along with a live TV broadcast. Two days of fun, food and entertainment kicks off at noon Friday, July 24, at Weymouth Park, intersection of routes […]