Work on the guidelines for future growth, last updated in 2016, should begin next year.
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Westbrook mission a thumbs-up for Veterans Day
Work on improvements and upgrades at Veterans Rest in Woodlawn Cemetery is complete and will be the site of the city’s Veterans Day ceremony next week.
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Buxton woman fears loss of her home
Wendy Plummer will attend a Select Board meeting next week about the state of her Old Thompson Road property.
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Gorham parent files second complaint calling for superintendent to be fired
Eric Lane says Superintendent Heather Perry are discriminating against white people in their hiring practices, a claim the superintendent categorically denies.
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Forecaster, American Journal writers win state awards
The Forecaster’s “Homeless in Cumberland County” wins second place in its division for investigative reporting from the Maine Press Association.
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Chau, Moninski in heated Westbrook Ward 2 City Council race
The U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn the Constitutional right to abortions has led to political agitation in Westbrook’s Ward 2 City Council race, and candidate endorsements have split City Hall. Two Democrats, incumbent Victor Chau and challenger Jessica Moninski, seek the three-year seat. Mayor Michael Foley has endorsed Chau, 49, and five sitting councilors […]
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Poitras, Ross vie for Westbrook Ward 3 school board seat
Two candidates are hoping to land a three-year term on the School Committee in Westbrook’s Ward 3 race in the city’s election next month. Three-term incumbent Noreen Poitras is facing challenger Flynn Ross, a school and community volunteer. Poitras, 55, is frustrated with the state’s formula for funding school districts, while Ross says Westbrook schools […]
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Performance honors two young Freeport lives lost
Freeport Meetinghouse Arts will perform ‘Our Town’ this weekend, dedicated to Theo Ferrara and Maddison Cunningham with the hope the story will help heal the grieving community.
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Rescuer of senior dogs gives ‘everything I can’
Laurie Dorr of the Finally Home shelter in North Yarmouth will hold a Pack Party this weekend to raise funds to help care for the old dogs she has taken in.
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School overcrowding a focus in race for Gorham School Committee
Voters will choose two board members from three candidates on Nov. 8.