WESTBROOK – A newly revealed plan to finally close the controversial Maine Energy Recovery Co. trash incinerator in Biddeford could have big repercussions in Westbrook – construction of a long-delayed transfer facility on land owned by Casella Waste Systems. Casella’s history in Westbrook is a long one, as the company has put forth several proposed […]
2012
Posted inAmerican Journal
After a long wait, groundbreaking in Westbrook
WESTBROOK – Tuesday morning was a day three years in the making. After a long wait and some tense moments when it seemed like the project was in danger of falling through, Idexx Laboratories broke ground on a new $35 million expansion to its corporate headquarters on Eisenhower Drive in Westbrook. Jonathan Ayers, Idexx chief […]
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Gorham’s spending plans trend upward
GORHAM – Gorham’s proposed municipal budget would rise by a slim margin, but no jobs would be lost and the level of services would stay intact. Town Manager David Cole handed his proposed budget to the Town Council Tuesday. It calls for $12,133,463 in spending, up $164,609, representing a 1.38 percent increase from this year’s […]
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Gorham jittery after arson cases
GORHAM – Three cases of arson in one week in unoccupied buildings have put Gorham residents on edge. Gorham Police Chief Ronald Shepard said this week residents planning to be away are asking police to keep an eye on their homes, while other citizens are alerting police to vacant homes in their neighborhoods. “People are […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
New store in Westbrook caters to kids
WESTBROOK – One thing that every parent knows is that kids’ clothes can get very expensive, and kids grow so fast that it’s hard to get your money’s worth out of something before it’s outgrown. Now, families in the Westbrook area have a new option for kids’ clothes with the opening of The Kidz Closet […]
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New store in Westbrook caters to kids
WESTBROOK – One thing that every parent knows is that kids’ clothes can get very expensive, and kids grow so fast that it’s hard to get your money’s worth out of something before it’s outgrown. Now, families in the Westbrook area have a new option for kids’ clothes with the opening of The Kidz Closet […]
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Familiar face in a new place
WESTBROOK – For most kids, starting off the year in a new school can be a daunting experience. There is a new building to learn, new teachers to meet and the pressure of being labeled “the new guy.” For a new principal, it can be much the same experience: Learning a whole new group of […]
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Dispatches
Snowe to address grads at USM’s commencement / Driver of stolen car arrested after hitting historic house / Insanity defense OK’d in case of grandmother set on fire . . . and more Maine news.
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Making Math Accessible
BRUNSWICK — In one of Hungarian mathematician Eva Szillery’s early junior engineering classes in Maine, the gears weren’t turning. Instead, the small plastic gears were attached to the sides of students’ Lego robots. “They used (the gears) for decorations,” Szillery said, “to make them look like some things they had seen about robots on the television […]
Posted inTimes Record
Woolwich-RSU 1 rift remains
WOOLWICH — A Maine Revenue Services representative told Woolwich selectmen on Monday that there was no mistake in state valuation figures used to calculate the town’s share of the Regional School Unit 1 budget. With Woolwich slated to see a nearly 10 percent increase in its share of the RSU 1 budget next year, Board of […]