WESTBROOK – Game wardens and both the Westbrook and Gorham police departments are warning residents that wild animals are roaming about more openly at this time of year in search of food to bulk up for the winter months ahead. John Woods, who lives on Jackie’s Way in a Gorham subdivision, found this out the […]
September 2013
Posted inAmerican Journal
Blasting hits snag
WESTBROOK – Pike Industries’ plan to blast at its Spring Street quarry in Westbrook is once again facing a legal snag. The attorney for Smiling Hill Farms filed a motion this week to enforce an automatic stay pending the outcome of its appeal to stop operations at the quarry. City Administrator Jerre Bryant said Monday […]
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Posted inMaine, News
Two charged with dealing drugs in York County
Both men are arrested after an investigation that involved surveillance and undercover purchases of drugs.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster, Web
Rails carry baggage for city
WESTBROOK – Old railroad tracks are causing headaches – not to mention tire damage – for both Westbrook drivers and city officials, and solutions are not easy to come by. The tracks, which intersect with roads in nine areas of Westbrook, are in rough condition in many locations, and city officials feel their hands are […]
Posted inNation & World, News
Washington Navy Yard reopens 3 days after massacre
Some would rather not be there, some describe the experience as surreal, while others are apprehensive as they return to work.
Posted inNation & World, News
Pope: Stop obsession with abortion, gay marriage
Pope Francis says that he too is a sinner, and the Catholic Church cannot restrict its message to just reprimanding people for their sins.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Kotzschmar's return: Portland City Hall organ hits high note in restoration
PORTLAND — The city’s Kotzschmar Organ, at one time the second-largest musical instrument in the world and today the country’s oldest municipal organ, is getting a second wind – literally. Installed at City Hall in 1912, the organ began a $2.5 million restoration last year. Now more than 50 percent of the work is done, […]
Posted inNation & World, News
Investigators review erratic behavior of Navy yard gunman
The Washington Navy Yard reopens Thursday, while investigators focus on Aaron Alexis’s mental health and alarming behavior displayed in the weeks before the massacre.
Posted inBusiness, News
US home sales hit 6½-year high but could slow soon
Mortgage rates have risen since May and have begun to restrain housing’s rebound.
Posted inMaine, News
No bomb found after threat at Gray-New Gloucester High School
Gray-New Gloucester High School was evacuated for about 2½ hours Thursday morning after school officials found a bomb threat in a bathroom.