The project just received $450,000 in grant money to complete engineering and design work on the proposed 5-mile trail.
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Westbrook Middle School heat system conking out, replacement could cost millions
Geothermal pumps fail too often, and the school department is looking into scrapping the entire system for a new one.
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Gorham, Westbrook residents concerned for Ukrainian, Russian family, friends
Locals with ties to the two countries say neither side wants a war.
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Pace slows at Westbrook COVID-19 test site
Hours have been cutback and the site could soon close, the interim fire chief says.
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Westbrook joins in lawsuit against opioid companies
The city of Westbrook is joining a nationwide lawsuit against two pharmaceutical companies that produce opioids to be part of a $26 billion settlement with approximately 4,000 communities in 45 states. The settlement requires distributors McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health Inc. and AmerisourceBergen Corporation to pay up to $21 billion over 18 years and for Janssen, […]
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Holy Cross School pays tribute to Westbrook woman
A scholarship has been established in the name of Wendi Leavitt, an active parent and volunteer at the South Portland school who died in the fall.
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City prepared to assist any displaced Shaw’s employees
The store at Westbrook Crossing will close later this month.
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Letter: More Westbrook residents need to pay attention to recycling
As a dog walker in my Westbrook neighborhood, I’d say that most people who live here recycle adequately. But about a quarter of my neighbors don’t. I see lots of trash, from plastic bags to kitty litter, stuffed into the blue recycling bins. It’s disappointing to think that if this disregard continues we will all […]
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Westbrook Notes: Jan. 27
Library friends making plans for book sale, annual meeting Friends of Walker Memorial Library will have a full agenda when the group meets from 5:30-6:30 Thursday, Jan. 27, in the library at 800 Main St. Among the topics up for discussion will be the 2022 Westbrook High School and tech school scholarship recipient, planning the […]
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Westbrook to require notice on sale of mobile homes
The move comes after the city wrote off about $22,000 in unpaid taxes from mobile homes in the Hamlet that are now uncollectable after cash sales.