Westbrook’s new mayor will forgo the traditional inaugural ball. WESTBROOK – There will be no black-tie affair to mark the election of Mayor Mike Sanphy and other municipal officers in January. During his inaugural address Monday, Westbrook’s new mayor announced he would break with tradition and replace the traditional inaugural ball with “a more modest” […]
December 2016
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Spirit of Christmas alive and well in Westbrook
From left, Kallie Cyr, Morgan Kendall, Riannon Doiron, and Kara Fortier of the Westbrook High School Interact Club, which is sponsored by the Westbrook-Gorham Rotary, show off their tree at Westbrook Festival of Trees. The 16th annual event runs all week through Dec. 10. The annual “Mad Hatter’s Tea Party” at Westbrook Festival of Trees […]
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Spirit of Christmas alive and well in Westbrook
From left, Kallie Cyr, Morgan Kendall, Riannon Doiron, and Kara Fortier of the Westbrook High School Interact Club, which is sponsored by the Westbrook-Gorham Rotary, show off their tree at Westbrook Festival of Trees. The 16th annual event runs all week through Dec. 10. The annual “Mad Hatter’s Tea Party” at Westbrook Festival of Trees […]
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Risbara approvals postponed
WESTBROOK—Blue Spruce Farm developers Risbara Bros. will have to wait until 2017 to receive final approval for its Phase 2 project, which will bring 110 additional apartment units onto the large subdivision. The approval process, originally starting with plans for a much larger Phase 2 this spring, has been met with constant scrutiny from surrounding […]
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Inn owner loses round with town
GORHAM—A long running dispute between an innkeeper and town fire inspectors over code issues was doused Tuesday at the Town Council meeting, but Matt Mattingy is not giving up. Mattingly, owner of the PineCrest Inn, sought intervention of the town councilors in a move to transfer fire inspections at his inn from the town to […]
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Inn owner loses round with town
GORHAM—A long running dispute between an innkeeper and town fire inspectors over code issues was doused Tuesday at the Town Council meeting, but Matt Mattingy is not giving up. Mattingly, owner of the PineCrest Inn, sought intervention of the town councilors in a move to transfer fire inspections at his inn from the town to […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster
Local police to escort wreath convoy to Arlington
GORHAM—Gorham and Westbrook police will escort a Maine convoy of trucks ladened with wreaths for veterans’ graves to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. As the Wreaths Across America convoy gets underway this weekend, Gorham Police Officers Dean Hannon and Mike Coffin will ride in style in a new cruiser freshly lettered. They’ll lay wreaths on […]
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Gorham OKs Sebago Brewing plan
The Gorham Planning Board Monday in a 4-0 vote approved a plan by Sebago Brewing Company to build a $5 million headquarters on 6.5 acres on lower Main Street. Planners Scott Firmin recused and Scott Herrick was absent. The two-story building will include a brewery, tasting room, event center, warehouse and corporate offices. The company had outgrown […]
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Looking Back
Dec. 11, 1991 Officials at the University of Southern Maine are investigating an incident that occurred in the early morning hours of Nov. 16, when 20 to 30 members of the Phi Mu Delta fraternity attacked a party on Mighty Street in Gorham with “bats, sticks and hammers.” The Judicial Affairs Department at the school […]
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Good design needn't cost more
While Risbara’s new architecture proposed for Phase II of its Blue Spruce Farm subdivision on Spring Street in Westbrook represents a positive step forward, I wish to correct the mistaken impression that good design is necessarily something “extra” added that costs more. I’m not talking about major surgery such as making the wings of the […]