The highlight of the new $9 million public services headquarters in Westbrook is the fleet maintenance garage, which will service all of the city’s vehicles including police. Eric Dudley, the city’s director of public services and engineering, said his crew will make the move into the new Saco Street facility in the coming weeks. They […]
American Journal
News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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Arts calendar
THEATER Through Sunday, Oct. 23 “Later Life,” by A. R. Gurney, at Portland Stage, 25A Forest Ave., Portland. www.portlandstage.org or 774-0465. Through Sunday, Oct. 23 “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,” Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland. Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2:30 p.m. $19-$23. 799-1421, [email protected] or lyricmusictheater.org. Friday-Sunday, Oct. […]
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Moratorium set for council vote
If approved, it will stop all residential development projects of more than 10 units for six months. Despite fears of a potential lawsuit, the Westbrook City Council appears poised to enact a 180-day development moratorium. The council’s Committee of the Whole voted 5-1 Monday in favor of sending the proposed ordinance to the City Council […]
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We Love Fairs
Crafters wanted – For Scarborough Free Baptist Church fair, Saturday, Nov. 5. Deadline to sign up to rent tables is Saturday, Oct. 22. Call 839-4491. Book and pie sale – Saturday, Oct. 29, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Bonney Memorial Library, 36 Main St., Cornish. Proceeds to benefit library expansion. Books, audio-visual materials and homemade pies. Craft […]
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Looking Back
Oct. 23, 1991 Clear directions for the next few years’ future of the S.D. Warren paper mill in Westbrook are expected to be made public in a meeting of mill employees Oct. 24 in the Portland Expo building. Production of pulp will be reduced or eliminated, production of coasted papers will be cut back sharply […]
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Freeport News
Daggett to receive Carol Kaplan Award Freeport Community Services annual meeting will recognize the 2016 Carol Kaplan Award winner, Debbie Daggett, volunteer coordinator for the past 10 years at Freeport Community Services. The event will be held Monday, Oct. 24, at 6:30 p.m., at the Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St. The award is named […]
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Durham News
Office hours The Durham Town Office hours are Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; closed Wednesday; and Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. The office will be closed Friday, Nov. 11, for Veterans Day. For more information, call 353-2561. Meetings The Board of Selectmen will meet Tuesday, Nov. 1, 15 and 29, at 6:30 p.m., at […]
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Plaza OK’d; critics hit housing plan
A massive shopping center on Main Street – which will be home to a 99 Restaurant & Pub and Maine’s first Chick-fil-A restaurant, as well as a Wal-Mart – won final approval this week from the Westbrook Planning Board. The board on Tuesday unanimously approved 7-0 Dirigo Plaza, a 500,000-square foot regional retail shopping center […]
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Senate District 30: Democrat Caterina faces Republican Volk
Scarborough Town Councilor Jean-Marie Caterina, a Democrat, is challenging Republican state Sen. Amy Volk for the Senate District 30 seat, which covers most of Scarborough, as well as the towns of Gorham and Buxton. Caterina, 61, is finishing her first three-year term on the council and owns and operates the Maine Real Estate Network’s Caterina […]
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Yarmouth News
Art festival underway The annual Yarmouth Art Festival, featuring 169 works of art by Maine artists, starts Wednesday, Oct. 19, and runs through Saturday, Oct. 22, at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 396 Gilman Road, Yarmouth. The show is open Wednesday, Oct. 19, through Friday, Oct. 21, from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 22, from […]