A local coffee company that had expanded quickly, opening three new coffee shops in the last couple of years, abruptly closed two of the locations last week, including one on Main Street in Westbrook. The Freaky Bean coffee company, which started with a shop on Route 1 in Scarborough in June 2006, expanded quickly in […]

The Gorham Town Council narrowly approved including money in the budget for a new town administrator that would oversee the planning and code offices. Councilors opposed to the measure warned that including the $105,000 for the salary and benefits for what the town is calling a zoning administrator could force the town to lay off […]

University of Maine at Farmington has announced its dean’s list for the fall 2008 semester. Among the students are: Acton: Shelby Michaud; Biddeford: Joshua Bossie, Marissa Boucher, Ashley Rochefort, Yeneida Rubio; Buxton: Stephanie Davis; Cape Elizabeth: Melanie Moran, Gabrielle Stachowiak; Casco: Amy Blankenship; Gorham: Emma Deans, Lindsay Hansen, Katelyn Michaud, Cassandra Richardson, Joshua Tanguay; Gray: […]

Gorham firefighters rescued 12 people from an elevator that stuck at 6:30 p.m. on March 1 in Bailey Hall at the University of Southern Maine. Gorham Fire Chief Robert Lefebvre said Tuesday the elevator was stuck between the first and second floors. The 12 students were trapped for about 30 minutes. “We killed the power […]

Thrilling trilling The Feb. 17 concert at Portland’s Merrill Auditorium was one its audience will not forget. The Portland Symphony Orchestra, under its new conductor, Robert Moody, performed wonderfully, and the featured soprano soloist, Renee Fleming, was superb. It was very exciting from a third-row front seat – a gift of our friends John and […]

Westbrook school officials disclosed Monday that a study is under way looking at eliminating two of the city’s elementary schools and moving the fifth grade into the new middle school. School officials cautioned that the study was preliminary and said it would be premature to release details about a plan, but said they felt they […]

Westbrook school officials disclosed Monday that a study is under way looking at eliminating two of the city’s elementary schools and moving the fifth grade into the new middle school. School officials cautioned that the study was preliminary and said it would be premature to release details about a plan, but said they felt they […]

Westbrook school officials disclosed Monday that a study is under way looking at eliminating two of the city’s elementary schools and moving the fifth grade into the new middle school. School officials cautioned that the study was preliminary and said it would be premature to release details about a plan, but said they felt they […]

Seniors’ schedule Westbrook Senior Citizens will meet at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 2, at Mill Brook Estate, 300 East Bridge St. Jack Kazenski and the 60 Plus Band will entertain. The seniors are planning two trips. They will travel to Foxwoods on Wednesday, March 11. They will go to Indian Head in Lincoln, N.H., […]

The Walker Memorial Library will no longer be open Saturdays due to layoffs by the city last month. The library’s board voted unanimously Tuesday to support a new five-day schedule starting Monday. “All of us agree that this is not what we want to do,” said Library Director Karen Valley. “In the past few weeks, […]