Three money management discussions presenting the various ways of putting savings funds to work will be discussed in a series at the Walker Memorial Library on three Saturdays in October and November. Each session will open with a short informative presentation on money management, money market funds, mutual funds, 401Ks, IRA, and ROTH IRAs. The […]

Three money management discussions presenting the various ways of putting savings funds to work will be discussed in a series at the Walker Memorial Library on three Saturdays in October and November. Each session will open with a short informative presentation on money management, money market funds, mutual funds, 401Ks, IRA, and ROTH IRAs. The […]

Idexx Laboratories has increased its projected investment in Westbrook by $40 million, which translates to more taxes for the city. Idexx, which develops, manufactures and distributes veterinary equipment, announced the increase from $128 million to $168 million in investments Tuesday, as a revision in a 20-year agreement with the city. Dick Daigle, director of facilities […]

Ashley McBreairty Ashley McBreairty, 5, of Gorham, feeds a goat Tuesday afternoon in the Cumberland County Fair’s Old MacDonald’s Farm. The fair runs through Sunday. Vicky Allen Representing Eight Corners Farm, Vicki Allen of Windham displays a flower arrangement during a fresh floral auction Tuesday afternoon. The auction was held in the Horticulture Building at […]

Mission Possible Teen Center is working with a Westbrook High School staff member to collect dresses for girls for homecoming. Stephanie Ludka, the principal’s secretary at Westbrook High School, is asking those with dresses hanging in the back of their closets that they would be willing to donate to contact her. “My goal is to […]

Gloria Steiger says she and her husband, Tim, have no plans to run a commercial kennel with their nine dogs. But they are discovering Buxton might have to treat them as one under new rules passed following the largest kennel raid in the state’s history. Those rules stipulate that any resident owning six dogs or […]

Gloria Steiger says she and her husband, Tim, have no plans to run a commercial kennel with their nine dogs. But they are discovering Buxton might have to treat them as one under new rules passed following the largest kennel raid in the state’s history. Those rules stipulate that any resident owning six dogs or […]

It’s official. YourSpace Maine, the Gorham recreation facility, is now an IRS-recognized nonprofit with a $1.2 million federal loan to help it expand. The former Gorham Sports Complex, located on nearly 18 acres off Narragansett Street, received the $1.2 million earlier this month from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development program. The money will […]

A CLOSER LOOK The Westbrook City Council will hold a public hearing on a request by Stroudwater Place developers for a contract zone, Monday, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m. in Room 114 at Westbrook High School. The answer to a familiar question may be standing in the way of the largest retail development in Maine: […]

The Westbrook woman who was watching over a 3-year-old boy when he drowned last year at Koala Child Kare pleaded guilty to reckless conduct Tuesday morning. Patricia Lobley, 63, was charged with the maximum fine of $2,000 as part of a plea bargain with Deputy Attorney General William Stokes. Stokes said Tuesday he agonized over […]