WESTBROOK – When Maine permitted the sale of consumer fireworks last year, it also issued regulations on their use, but many municipalities, including Westbrook, have deemed the state regulations too loose to govern use within city limits. On Monday, Westbrook city councilors pieced a variety of amendments together into a proposal that would allow residents […]
2013
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Neighbors show distaste for planned Westbrook restaurant
WESTBROOK – Two new restaurant-bars set to open along busy intersections on Route 302 may spur growth in the area, but it may be too much for one neighborhood. Jacob Simcock and Linda Brabrook, co-owners of a new venture called 250, at 33 Elmwood Ave., off Route 302, heard plenty of opposition to their plans […]
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Maine lawmakers to consider bonds this fall
Though the next legislative session is scheduled to begin in January, Democratic leaders intend to return to Augusta earlier to take up state borrowing proposals.
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Gorham notes – 7/4
Baxter Museum open for tours The Baxter Museum, 67 South St, next to Baxter Memorial Library, in Gorham is open for free tours from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays through August. The house was built in 1797 as a private home. A benefactor, James Phinney Baxter, gave the town the library and his […]
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LePage grants $50K to addiction treatment center
The donation to the Open Door Recovery Center, a drug treatment center in Ellsworth, comes from the Governor’s emergency contingency fund.
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Westbrook student's art enlivens baby journal
WESTBROOK – Emma Lombardo’s mother is already gathering items for when the soon-to-be seventh-grader starts her own family, and the first item she’s saved for her daughter has special meaning: a keepsake baby journal distributed statewide that includes art work from Lombardo. “I’m saving the book for Emma if she decides to have kids. I’m […]
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Westbrook student's art enlivens baby journal
WESTBROOK – Emma Lombardo’s mother is already gathering items for when the soon-to-be seventh-grader starts her own family, and the first item she’s saved for her daughter has special meaning: a keepsake baby journal distributed statewide that includes art work from Lombardo. “I’m saving the book for Emma if she decides to have kids. I’m […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Westbrook student's art enlivens baby journal
WESTBROOK – Emma Lombardo’s mother is already gathering items for when the soon-to-be seventh-grader starts her own family, and the first item she’s saved for her daughter has special meaning: a keepsake baby journal distributed statewide that includes art work from Lombardo. “I’m saving the book for Emma if she decides to have kids. I’m […]
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Westbrook student's art enlivens baby journal
WESTBROOK – Emma Lombardo’s mother is already gathering items for when the soon-to-be seventh-grader starts her own family, and the first item she’s saved for her daughter has special meaning: a keepsake baby journal distributed statewide that includes art work from Lombardo. “I’m saving the book for Emma if she decides to have kids. I’m […]
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Sports Digest
BASEBALL UMaine pitcher Tommy Lawrence namedECAC Division I pitcher of the year University of Maine junior Tommy Lawrence was named the ECAC Division I pitcher of the year Tuesday. Lawrence, a right-hander, went 11-3 with a 2.32 ERA for the Black Bears this season. He was also named a first-team ECAC All-Star. Maine junior third […]