The city of Westbrook appears to be considering another development proposal for Saccarappa Park after a Cape Elizabeth developer couldn’t get financing for his proposal. The Saccarappa Park Redevelopment Committee was scheduled to meet Thursday morning. However, it was unclear what they would be discussing. The city’s director of economic and community development, Erik Carson, […]

The city of Westbrook appears to be considering another development proposal for Saccarappa Park after a Cape Elizabeth developer couldn’t get financing for his proposal. The Saccarappa Park Redevelopment Committee was scheduled to meet Thursday morning. However, it was unclear what they would be discussing. The city’s director of economic and community development, Erik Carson, […]

Buxton voters approved a measure 1,968 to 1,146, to rezone part of Buxton Center, allowing School Administrative District 6 to buy land to build a new elementary school. The town’s selectmen sent the proposal to referendum for the school district. The vote changes an area adjacent to the Hanson-Jewett school complex from rural to a […]

I had lawn-ornament envy. I know it’s the wrong season to be thinking about putting out bird baths and little jockey boys, but I had recently driven by a place in New Portland with a huge, art-deco, concrete turtle in the front yard. It was just what I needed, impervious to the weather, to the […]

I had lawn-ornament envy. I know it’s the wrong season to be thinking about putting out bird baths and little jockey boys, but I had recently driven by a place in New Portland with a huge, art-deco, concrete turtle in the front yard. It was just what I needed, impervious to the weather, to the […]

I had lawn-ornament envy. I know it’s the wrong season to be thinking about putting out bird baths and little jockey boys, but I had recently driven by a place in New Portland with a huge, art-deco, concrete turtle in the front yard. It was just what I needed, impervious to the weather, to the […]

A photo of Main Street at Harnois Avenue, left, was taken just before these buildings were cleared to make way for the new Rite-Aid Pharmacy. Port City Glass had just vacated the building on the corner and moved to Rochester Street. This building was at one time a Mobil Gas station operated by George Robicheaw. […]

A photo of Main Street at Harnois Avenue, left, was taken just before these buildings were cleared to make way for the new Rite-Aid Pharmacy. Port City Glass had just vacated the building on the corner and moved to Rochester Street. This building was at one time a Mobil Gas station operated by George Robicheaw. […]

A new Buxton fire chief will start duties next month. Selectmen chose James A. Graves, 38, of Winslow, from a field of 11 applicants for the job. Selectman Bob Libby said Graves would take the helm on Dec. 19. “We all agreed he’s the guy we should have,” Libby said. A veteran firefighter, Graves has […]

The debate on the Taxpayer Bill of Rights started early this morning, as voters came out to the polls before heading out to work. In Buxton, where polls opened at 6 a.m., the first person to vote said he opposed the TABOR referendum question. Keith Emery, a public works employee and chairman of the town’s […]