Shop, eat, dance at Idexx Idexx Laboratories, 1 Idexx Drive, in Westbrook is hosting a festival with music, a flea market, yard sale and food, from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, July 20. Proceeds will benefit the United Way of Greater Portland. Flea market vendors include Avon, Tupperware, local Maine crafters and photographers. A multi-family […]
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Portland firefighters battling blaze on Warren Avenue
The location of the fire is near the Happy Wheels Skate Center.
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LOOKING BACK – 7/20
July 20, 1988 Matty DiRenzo believes kids set the fire Wednesday that completed the ruin of his apartment house at 59 Seavey St., Westbrook. The fire broke out with explosive suddenness at 9:20 p.m., and police have labeled it arson. The five-apartment building had sat unoccupied since a $100,000 fire a month earlier. DiRenzo had […]
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Firefighters battle large barn fire in Saco
A dispatcher says the barn is attached to a residence.
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Broadway Gardens opening in Westbrook
WESTBROOK – Broadway Gardens, a greenhouse based in South Portland, is planning on opening a new location in Westbrook During Tuesday’s Westbrook Planning Board meeting, Broadway Gardens’ plans were approved to build two new greenhouses and a retail store on Route 302. The board also approved moving forward a zone change to allow businesses on […]
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Arts Calendar
Theater Thursday, July 18-27 “Adrift in Macao,” Maine premiere, presented by The Originals, Saco River Theater, Salmon Falls Road, Bar Mills. 7:30 p.m. on July 18,19,20,25,26,27; 2 p.m. July 21. $22 adults, $20 students and seniors. Thursdays, pay what you can. 929-5412. Friday, July 19-Aug. 4 “The 39 Steps,” presented by Freeport Players at Freeport […]
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River group celebrates its victories
WESTBROOK – After more than 20 years fighting for fish passages and cleaner river standards, members of the Friends of the Presumpscot finally got a chance to kick off their hiking boots and have a good time. Some 25 members of the group and supporters of the organization’s cause to clean up the river and […]
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Penna picked to lead Bonny Eagle High School
STANDISH – Paul Penna, longtime principal at Gray-New Gloucester High School, has been hired by School Administrative District 6 to lead Bonny Eagle High School. Penna, 57, has lived on Depot Street in South Windham for 30 years. He has led Gray-New Gloucester High School since 2003 and previously spent 16 years in Portland schools […]
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Downtown in Development
WESTBROOK – It’s almost sensory overload driving through downtown Westbrook. There are orange cones and brightly vested construction crews constantly moving down Main Street during daylight hours. There’s some work going on near the rotary at the end of Main Street. In between, there are new businesses, demolitions and a sense of optimism. “I know […]
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Fatal Maine collision now blamed on inattention
The crash involving a pickup and tractor-trailer in New Sharon was thought earlier to involve alcohol.