PORTLAND — Greater Portland Metro, which provides bus service throughout Portland and parts of South Portland, Scarborough, Falmouth, Westbrook and Gorham, has reinstituted full bus service. Buses, however, will no longer stop at the Westbrook Crossing plaza on the Portland/Westbrook line, but instead will stop across the street at Market Basket at Rock Row. That […]
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Therapeutic horse program kicks off fundraiser for future move
Horse and Rider Connection is kicking off their capital campaign in Falmouth, which they hope will generate interest and donations to help them move to the Greater Portland area.
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Looking Back: Aug. 27
Aug. 30, 1995 Gorham Police Chief Edward Tolan said he chose to resign last week and head to Falmouth because of the lack of enough funding for the department. Tolan, 46, will end a 4½ year stretch in Gorham on Sept. 8 and start as Falmouth’s chief three days later. “We have really had to […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Therapeutic horse program looks for home in Westbrook
The Horse and Rider Connection in Harrison is about to kick off a capital campaign to help them relocate somewhere in the city and expand offerings.
Posted inAmerican Journal
Westbrook takes more aggressive tack with tax delinquents
The city will be able take land whose owners owe significant back taxes on foreclosed properties, but provides protections for residences.
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SoPo, Westbrook program examines recycle bins, contamination
The program allows ecomaine interns to examine people’s trash and educate residents on proper recycling
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Letter: Make well, not war
John Balentine says “…Trump fittingly invoked a wartime analogy.” (“Rise from your foxholes, teachers,” Aug. 13) Secretary of Defense Mattis asserted that defunded State Department diplomacy would mean he’d need more ammo, his way of urging peace as preferable to war. But let’s employ Balentine’s war metaphor. How’s that Commander-in-Chief doing? In eight months, American […]
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Neglected animals held in pandemic limbo slowly move toward adoption
The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland finally got custody of 15 dogs and other animals seized by the state in March, but dozens more can’t be released until courts resume hearings in cruelty cases.
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With new precautions, Market Basket opens in Westbrook
Shoppers who visited the chain’s second store in Maine on its first morning said they felt safe inside.
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Westbrook Notes: Aug. 20
Westbrook native retires after 45 years of teaching The Boothbay Register reported earlier this summer that special education teacher Toby LeConte has retired after 45 years. LeConte is the daughter of former Westbrook City Councilor Paul LeConte and the late Dianne King LeConte, who worked at Walker Memorial Library 41 years. Toby LeConte’s aunt, Beverly […]