Westbrook’s elected officials will decide Monday whether the formation of a charter commission will be a question for voters on the November ballot. If councilors stick to the votes they made at a Committee of the Whole meeting this week, it will be. The Committee of the Whole, which is made up of the seven […]

Bowdoin graduates Three students from Gorham graduated last month from Bowdoin College in Brunswick. Samantha Denyse Francis graduated with a major in English and a minor in teaching. Elissa Anne Gervais graduated with a major in history. Courtney Rae LaPierre graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude with a major in biology. The three […]

A new sexual harassment training program for Westbrook firefighters would be the latest expense incurred by the city as a result of an investigation into complaints about the hostile environment in the department made by two female firefighters. The City Council will vote Monday to authorize $20,000 to be used for the training from the […]

A plea from local contractors and real estate agents Monday couldn’t sway Westbrook city councilors to reverse a new requirement to install sprinklers in all new homes. In May, the City Council adopted a new fire code that made Westbrook among the strictest in the state when it comes to sprinkler systems, requiring one in […]

Community Day coming up Buxton Community Day will be held Friday and Saturday, July 24 and 25, at Weymouth Park, intersection of routes 202 and 112. Features new this year for kids will be the frog-jumping contest and a pig scramble with rounds for age brackets 6-9 and 10-12. The first to catch and bag […]

Two years after retiring as superintendent of Westbrook schools, Stan Sawyer finally had his last day of work Friday. “It seems almost surreal that I’m getting through,” said Sawyer, taking a break from cleaning up his office late last week. The papers were nearly clear from his sun-stained bulletin board and he had taken his […]

At first glance, it might not seem like much of a victory: This week the state ruled the Sappi paper mill must install a fish passage at one of nine dams on the Presumpscot River – the Cumberland Mills dam. For almost a decade, though, that one dam has served as the single biggest obstacle […]

Gorham’s Baxter Memorial Library will be trimming four hours from its regular schedule this fall because of reductions in the budget passed by the Town Council in June. Seeking public input, library trustees are now conducting a survey to determine which hours to slice. “We want to know what the people want,” Pam Turner, library […]

Pancake breakfast – Saturday, July 4, 7-10 a.m., St. Jude Church, Main and School streets, Freeport. Blueberry pancakes and sausage. Small order, $4; large order, $5. Public supper – Saturday, July 4, 5-6 p.m., American Legion, 15 Lewiston Road, Gray. Beans, chop suey, cole slaw, hot dogs, breads and desserts. $7, $2.50. Bean dinner – […]

Police have arrested the former owners of a kennel that was the site of the largest raids on what animal welfare workers called a puppy mill. John and Heidi Frasca, who disappeared in the months after the raid in August 2007, were expected to return to Maine this week to face charges of animal cruelty. […]