WESTBROOK — For years the River Walk has been a nice place for a stroll and to take in the views of the Presumpscot River, but a matter scheduled to come before city councilors this month could make it a nice place to sit and enjoy an adult beverage as well. City staff is working […]
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News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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‘A huge part of our school community:’ Westbrook mourns loss of Simba the cat, longtime, daily visitor to high school
WESTBROOK — Westbrook High School students will be without one of their favorite classmates next school year. Simba, the orange tabby who was a beloved, daily visitor at the school for the last 18 years, passed away last week. “He was a friendly and social cat, so he would go over to the high school because […]
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Legion Baseball: Yankee Ford dispatches Topsham Post
SOUTH PORTLAND—Yankee Ford battered Topsham Post to the tune of 10-3 on Saturday, June 30. The Yankee Forders looked especially sharp through the middle innings, while the Topsham Posters scraped together just a couple early and one more late. The game unfolded at Wainwright Sports Complex. “We actually started off pretty slow,” said Yankee Ford […]
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GNCBL: Patriots inch past Nor'easters
OLD ORCHARD BEACH—The Greater Northeast Collegiate Baseball League’s summer season is in full swing, and at the Ballpark on Sunday, July 1, the Patriots edged past the Nor’easters 4-3. “Great baseball game,” Patriots head coach Andrew Wood said. “I think we’re in last place, and they’re in second place. I think the last game was […]
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Legion Baseball: Coastal Landscape batters Cole Post
SOUTH PORTLAND—Coastal Landscaping brutalized Cole Post on Saturday afternoon, June 30, stringing 13 hits into 16 runs. Coastal comprises players from Deering, Cheverus, Yarmouth, Windham and Westbrook, while Cole aggregates athletes from Noble, Massabesic, Sanford, Thornton, Biddeford and Lake Region. Interestingly, when the teams met, earlier in the season, Cole emerged narrowly victorious: 1-0, and […]
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Briefs
District attorney’s officejoins investigation of North Street fireWESTBROOK — The Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office has joined the state and local investigation into the cause of a June 8 fire that destroyed a three-unit apartment building at 9 North St. “We are meeting with the district attorney’s office and going over the entire case with them […]
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Looking Back
June 30, 1993 Gorham and many small member towns in Regional Waste Systems likely will be the big losers from last week’s vote to kill plans for constructing a recycling complex in Gorham. The RWS board voted 17-8 Thursday against funding another $10 million to develop the site located off Route 25. Just over $8 […]
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Event fees get pushback, sent back for review
WESTBROOK — City councilors are rethinking a proposal to charge groups to hold events on city property after bring told such fees could jeopardize long-standing events, such as Westbrook Together Days, Halloween on Main Street and Kiwanis skate night. The fee proposal was set for final council action last week, but was punted back to […]
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New Buxton restaurant opens in old landmark
Restaurateur Max Brody opens The Buxton Common in historic Mustard House. Guy Frenette, chef at the recently opened The Buxton Common, shows the restaurant’s smokehouse. Buxton residents Danielle Henry and Guy Frenette work in the restaurant’s kitchen. BUXTON — A restaurateur with international experience has opened The Buxton Common in a makeover of the so-called Mustard House, a 228-year old […]
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Gorham Notes
Baxter House Museum, 67 South St., is open to the public from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays through August. Admission is free. The house was built in 1797 and later became the boyhood home of James Phinney Baxter, father of Maine Gov. Percival Baxter. It contains Baxter family furnishings and other artifacts from the town’s […]