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Building for the future

Students in the Architecture 2 class at South Portland High School will spend the rest of the school year constructing a storage shed for use by the track and football teams. The new 10-by-16-foot structure is going up near the football field. The students spent the past few months learning how to frame the floor […]

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Westbrook debuts pop-up art walk Saturday

A pop-up art walk taking place this Saturday in downtown Westbrook could test the waters for an eventual monthly event, says organizer Andy Curran.  The “Paper City Pop-Up” art walk, on Saturday, May 14, will showcase multiple pieces from 13 artists working in southern Maine, with the work hanging at seven creative downtown businesses. Most of […]

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Cities refigure plaza traffic patterns

Planning officials from Westbrook and Portland are meeting next week for talks on the potential traffic and stormwater impacts from the proposed 500,000-square-foot Dirigo Plaza shopping center, which straddles the city line. At issue is how the new site – formerly owned by Pike Industries – will impact surrounding traffic flow, especially at aging intersections […]

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Looking Back

May 15, 1991 A fire that someone may have set burned for nearly seven hours in a pile of 4,000 tires at Westbrook’s Sandy Hill landfill Saturday. The first alarm was called at 7:55 p.m. The smoke was so thick that Deputy Fire Chief Gerald Pellerin turned his headlights on at Vallee Square as he […]

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Firefighters swap strategy with sister-city peers

A group of Westbrook firefighters and EMS providers treat a “patient” during a simulated rescue in Archangel, Russia recently, during a joint training session.  Westbrook Fire Department members made a trip to Archangel, Russia – Westbrook’s sister city – last month to work together of firefighting and rescue straties. According to Westbrook Fire Chief Andrew […]

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Open house May 21 at Cape home going solar

ReVision Energy is offering a residential solar power open house on Saturday, May 21, at 9 a.m. The event will be held at the Payson family home, located at 223 Mitchell Road in Cape Elizabeth. The public is welcome to come and learn more about residential solar systems and their ability to lower energy bills […]

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New Westbrook facility taking shape

An upgraded Westbrook Public Services facility has been a long time coming – especially for the employees who call it home at least five days a week. Construction crews working on the city’s $8.9 million consolidated public services and fleet maintenance facility this week were putting together some key elements of the project, including a […]

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Area briefs

Store collecting peanut butter for food pantries Now through May 31, Nonesuch Books & Cards in South Portland will collect donations of peanut butter for area food pantries. Receive a 20 percent discount on any item, exclusive of magazines and newspapers, with a peanut butter donation. Call 799-2659 for more information. Land trust hosts plant […]