Westbrook resident Suzan Norton said she was infuriated when she saw the damage done to her ancestors’ graves at Saccarappa Cemetery two weeks ago. “I’m so angry,” she said at the cemetery on Saturday. “I came here today ready to explode.” The latest round of vandalism done to Saccarappa Cemetery over the last weekend in […]

Sen. Chandler Woodcock, the Republican candidate for governor, is trying to make Cabela’s request for an exemption on collecting sales tax for its Internet and catalog sales in Maine into a campaign issue in his bid to unseat Gov. John Baldacci. The issue came up at a campaign forum sponsored by the Maine Municipal Association […]

The Southern Maine Agency on Aging’s first Medicare Birthday Party is full, but the organization continues to offer regular Medicare clinics for anyone turning 65. Those interested can come in to the Scarborough-based agency and review their Medicare options. For more information, contact Rancourt at 396-6500.

A proposed $10 million asphalt plant in Gorham is drawing criticism from some residents, who fear the air emissions from such a plant could be hazardous to their health. But Danny Shaw of Shaw Brothers Construction Co., which is proposing to build the plant, said fears about emissions are unjustified. Shaw Brothers plans to build […]

The national teachers union pumped $465,000 into the effort to oppose the Taxpayer Bill of Rights over the last several months, and with the help of other state and local employee unions the opposition has collected $625,000 since mid-July. In contrast, the group pushing the initiative, known as TABOR, raised just over $148,000 in the […]

The national teachers union pumped $465,000 into the effort to oppose the Taxpayer Bill of Rights over the last several months, and with the help of other state and local employee unions the opposition has collected $625,000 since mid-July. In contrast, the group pushing the initiative, known as TABOR, raised just over $148,000 in the […]

The exodus of businesses from Portland to Westbrook continues with the recent move of an office-furniture retailer to the recently remodeled Edwards Block. Business Interiors, a retailer specializing in designing office spaces for businesses, moved into the Edwards Block building, which also houses Portland Pie Co., in the summer. The firm celebrated its move last […]

Jennifer Libby is part of a population that is invisible to most people living in Westbrook – the mother of two children, Libby is homeless. Although homeless people live in Westbrook and other communities around Portland, they are nowhere near as visible as they are in a city like Portland, where all one has to […]

With the help of the public, the Westbrook police have located a registered sex offender who failed to comply with the registry. Former Westbrook resident Randi Rush is being charged with failure to comply with the Sex Offender Registry Act, a Class D misdemeanor that could carry a sentence of up to one year in […]

(hard copy photo) – The late Dewayn Shaw of Gorham owned this 1946 Lacombe aircraft. It’s pictured here in about 1960, on the former Portland and Rochester Railroad right-of-way, across New Portland Road from the present-day Dodge Oil Co. The single-engine plane had two seats. Shaw removed the railroad tracks and graded the bed for […]