WESTBROOK — Maine Medical Center has purchased One Riverfront Plaza for $10.75 million, a sale that will bring 400 to 500 workers to the downtown, according to an MMC spokeswoman. The office building, vacant since November 2015, will house the medical center’s integrated Information Services employees along with other administrative functions currently spread across eight office […]
American Journal
News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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City hopes to have workfare in place this summer: Council also plans for a moratorium on medical marijuana facilities.
WESTBROOK — The City Council has adopted new ordinance language to add a workfare component to the city’s General Assistance program. The council on Monday unanimously approved the ordinance amendment, which is in line with the Maine Municipal Association’s Model General Assistance Ordinance. Councilors also approved a first reading of a moratorium on medical marijuana growing […]
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City hopes to have workfare in place this summer: Council also plans for a moratorium on medical marijuana facilities.
WESTBROOK — The City Council has adopted new ordinance language to add a workfare component to the city’s General Assistance program. The council on Monday unanimously approved the ordinance amendment, which is in line with the Maine Municipal Association’s Model General Assistance Ordinance. Councilors also approved a first reading of a moratorium on medical marijuana growing […]
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60 Years Ago
The Westbrook American reported on June 12, 1957, that Westbrook Postmaster and Mrs. George Robinson have moved to their farm in Gorham for the summer. Former Westbrook resident Peter Potter, a Bowdoin College junior, was to appear on the Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts TV program on CBS on June 24. Potter, 22, was then a Portland […]
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Westbrook Together Days: Community, family, friends
WESTBROOK — The 38th annual Westbrook Together Days was missing a little something this year, but attendees were too busy celebrating the city and enjoying their families and friends to notice. Westbrook Together Days, which took place June 2-3, usually has a theme for its annual Saturday morning parade. But even though some parade floats in […]
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Looking Back
June 10, 1992 Under protest and with a sense of resignation, the Gorham Town Council last week reluctantly agreed to adopt state-mandated shoreland zoning rules that require wide buffers along rivers and streams and will affect around 600 parcels of land in town. Town Attorney Bill Dale had told the council that Gorham would be […]
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Westbrook Notes
Boy Scout Troop 83 reunion Organizers are planning a get-together of all boys, adults and families who have at any time been part of Boy Scout Troop 83 in Westbrook. The event will be 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, June 24, at Prides Corner Church, 235 Pride St. The meal will be potluck and those […]
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Westbrook Notes
Boy Scout Troop 83 reunion Organizers are planning a get-together of all boys, adults and families who have at any time been part of Boy Scout Troop 83 in Westbrook. The event will be 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, June 24, at Prides Corner Church, 235 Pride St. The meal will be potluck and those […]
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Gorham Notes
Furniture refinisher seeks OK for store A woman who sells furniture she has refinished is planning to open a store in the space that recently housed The Gorham Grind on South Street. Lynne Wykes, owner of “The Stripper Lady,” has met with town officials to obtain necessary permits, according to David Galbraith, zoning administrator. Wykes […]
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60 Years Ago
The Westbrook American reported on June 12, 1957, that Westbrook Postmaster and Mrs. George Robinson have moved to their farm in Gorham for the summer. Former Westbrook resident Peter Potter, a Bowdoin College junior, was to appear on the Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts TV program on CBS on June 24. Potter, 22, was then a Portland […]