WESTBROOK – The Westbrook Police Department is actively recruiting a new police officer, but the one Police Chief Janine Roberts has in mind has four legs and a tail. At its Feb. 26 meeting, the city council officially accepted an anonymous $2,000 donation to purchase a new K9 dog. The donation comes on the heels […]
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News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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TIF approval helps develop Westbrook gateway
WESTBROOK – Waterstone Property Group has a vision of turning the old Pike quarry property it owns at 58 Main Street into a new gateway to the community. In order for that vision to materialize, it needs financial development assistance from the city. Waterstone Principal Anton Melchionda said in order to redevelop the nearly 66-acre property […]
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More than 100 members of the Westbrook school community came out Saturday, March 3 to take part in Breakfast with Cat in the Hat at Saccarappa Elementary School. At the event children also created Cat in the Hat whiskers and were able to take home a free book.
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Westbrook Council discusses retail marijuana moratorium extension
WESTBROOK – The City Council discussed extending a moratorium on adult use of marijuana, retail establishments and social clubs until Sept. 27, 2018. The moratorium would give the Council and city staff more time to figure out how to regulate the sale of retail marijuana locally. A final vote on whether to extend the moratorium […]
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Girls Basketball: Despite Holmes's late-game fury, Gorham falls to Edward Little in epic State Final
PORTLAND—If there’s one thing Gorhamite Mackenzie Holmes is not, it’s “overrated” on the court. That was the Edward Little student section’s chanted assessment of her after she missed a free-throw attempt early in Friday night, March 2’s AA State Final, held at Cross Insurance Arena. Student sections, of course, don’t exist to tell the truth. […]
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Boys Hockey: Gorham falls to Yarmouth in playoffs
YARMOUTH—The Clippers bounced the Rams 5-1 from the postseason on Tuesday evening, Feb. 27. Gorhamite Trevor Gray scored his boys’ lone goal midway through the second, and the team trailed just 2-1 at the start of the third. That, then, is when the game got away from them. “They’ve got some good offensive players,” Gorham […]
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Polar Dip makes splash at Sebago Lake
RAYMOND — The weather cooperated for the 16th annual Shaw’s Polar Dip, providing sun and warm temperatures for the participants willing to jump off the ice and into Sebago Lake for a good cause. The Feb. 24 event, which benefits the Maine Children’s Cancer Program and is part of the Sebago Lake Ice Fishing Derby festivities, […]
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Westbrook man detained by ICE in 2017 back in jail
WESTBROOK — A city man detained and facing deportation last year is back in jail, with a new charge against him to be filed by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. Abdi F. Ali, 29, of 53 Haskell St., is now at Cumberland County Jail in Portland on a 20-day sentence for violating conditions of release. […]
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Wrestling: Three Bonny Eaglers finish top-three at States
SANFORD–A trio of Scots – brothers Colby and Caleb Frost, and Brian Dupuis – finished in the top three at Class A Wrestling States on Feb. 17. Colby Frost at 106 took second overall. In the Championship Finals, Frost fell by tech fall 22-7 to Skowhegan’s Jake Craig. Frost pinned Jon Lujan (Messalonskee) in 1:05 in […]
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Boys Basketball: Westbrook falls to Greely in Regional Final
PORTLAND—Greely quenched Westbrook’s fire, 60-50, on Saturday night, Feb. 24. The Rangers utterly failed to restrain Blazes superman Zac Manoogian, who finished with 35, but they nevertheless prevailed, ably defending Westbrook’s other scorers and spreading their own offense around. “I think they shot 62 percent from three-point land,” Westbrook head coach Dan Legage said, asked […]