The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland will hold its 10th annual -Paws in the Park dog walk, Sunday at 10 a.m. at Deering Oaks Park in Portland. Paws in the Park is one of the shelter’s most important annual fundraisers. From its facilities in Westbrook, the Animal Refuge League provides shelter services for a […]

The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland will hold its 10th annual -Paws in the Park dog walk, Sunday at 10 a.m. at Deering Oaks Park in Portland. Paws in the Park is one of the shelter’s most important annual fundraisers. From its facilities in Westbrook, the Animal Refuge League provides shelter services for a […]

The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland will hold its 10th annual -Paws in the Park dog walk, Sunday at 10 a.m. at Deering Oaks Park in Portland. Paws in the Park is one of the shelter’s most important annual fundraisers. From its facilities in Westbrook, the Animal Refuge League provides shelter services for a […]

The Gorham Town Council at its Sept. 4 meeting made a mockery of the democratic process by approving only those changes to the Gorham Land Use Ordinances that help Shaw Brothers application to develop an asphalt plant and quarry on the property on Mosher Road, previously owned by LaChance Brick, and none designed to protect […]

The Gorham Town Council at its Sept. 4 meeting made a mockery of the democratic process by approving only those changes to the Gorham Land Use Ordinances that help Shaw Brothers application to develop an asphalt plant and quarry on the property on Mosher Road, previously owned by LaChance Brick, and none designed to protect […]

All registered sex offenders would be restricted from living, working or loitering near any place where children gather if the Westbrook City Council gives final approval to an ordinance that increased in scope Monday night. After a review of registered sex offenders living in Westbrook, Police Chief William Baker concluded that many 10-year registrants are […]

In reference to the American Journal’s Aug. 16 editorial concerning Westbrook’s proposed restrictions on sex offenders, I think we need to ask some basic questions. Is it the American way to chase released convicts of any type from community to community? In the process of driving them underground, don’t we set up the exact circumstances […]

The Westbrook City Council passed an amendment to human resource policy on Monday night that will allow city employees to run for office, provided they resign their jobs if they are elected. Councilors Ed Symbol, Dotty Aube and John O’Hara voted against the change. The administration, including Human Resources Director Tina Crellin, had concerns that […]

The Cornelia Warren Community Association has approved nearly $65,000 in donations recently to go toward a playground at Prides Corner School and park benches and trash recepticles along the Riverwalk. John Bernier, president of the association that manages the Cornelia Warren trust set up for community projects, said the Prides Corner playground committee had raised […]

Two Maine men died and a third was hospitalized Saturday in a plane crash at the Mansfield Municipal Airport in Massachusetts. Dead are the pilot, Lawrence Mann, and Cabot Squire, both of Portland. Jared Lamey, of Saco, was taken to Beth Israel Hospital where he was listed as in serious condition Sunday morning. A Mansfield, […]