The first major tenant of the 500,000-square-foot Dirigo Plaza shopping center project in Westbrook was announced Tuesday, and it’s a familiar one for the city. Walmart will open a 155,000-square-foot store as the anchor tenant of the project’s north campus, between Main Street and Larrabee Road. While the term “superstore,” is no longer used by […]
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News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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Municipal budget vetting begins
Westbrook City Council’s Finance Committee begins its formal review of the proposed fiscal year 2016-17 municipal budget on Thursday, April 7, at 6 p.m. Westbrook’s municipal finances have been seen as positive this year, with revenues from building permits and excise tax above budgeted levels, as well as police department and fire department overtime costs […]
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GPS confused by new Bridge Street
When Westbrook’s new downtown bridge officially became Bridge Street, it left the addresses of two businesses located on its former edge in limbo. The construction realigned the new bridge to the other side of the Edwards Block building, leaving the former beginning of Bridge Street at a dead end after Tigris Market. According to James […]
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Looking Back
April 10, 1991 The Westbrook Maine Hardware store, an institution in downtown Westbrook for decades, will closed its doors for good 60 days from Friday. “It was a situation where we were not profitable in that location,” said Peter Zimmerman of Cape Elizabeth, president of Maine Hardware. The company will continue its Portland, Biddeford and […]
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Local talent helps Maine Moose become national U16 champs
The Maine Moose U16 boys hockey team repped for the state from March 31 to April 4 at this year’s USA Hockey Youth National Championships in Wayne, N.J. – and they won the whole shebang. That’s right, the Moose went 6-0 in the tournament, defeating the Armstrong Arrows of Pennsylvania 7-4 in Monday morning’s title […]
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Local talent helps Maine Moose become national U16 champs
The Maine Moose U16 boys hockey team repped for the state from March 31 to April 4 at this year’s USA Hockey Youth National Championships in Wayne, N.J. – and they won the whole shebang. That’s right, the Moose went 6-0 in the tournament, defeating the Armstrong Arrows of Pennsylvania 7-4 in Monday morning’s title […]
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We're all thumbs
This week is another edition of “We’re all thumbs,” in which the editorial staff of Current Publishing picks proverbial winners and losers, heroes and villains from recent news stories: • Thumbs UP to the Shaw Family Foundation in Gorham, which is finalizing a purchase from ecomaine of a 258-acre parcel located on Route 25 near […]
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Walmart first anchor for Dirigo Plaza
The first major tenant of the 500,000-square-foot Dirigo Plaza shopping center project in Westbrook was announced Tuesday, and it’s a familiar one for the city. Walmart will open a 155,000-square-foot store as the anchor tenant of the project’s north campus, between Main Street and Larrabee Road. While the term “superstore,” is no longer used by […]
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Urgent-care project moves closer to OK
ConvenientMD, the urgent-care provider, received initial Westbrook City Council approval Monday to allow the use of larger signage on one side of its future location at the corner of Main Street and William Clarke Drive. For the company, the vote could signal a final hurdle following a lengthy approal process in the city. Due to […]
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Upcoming skating show boasts impressive lineup
The North Atlantic Figure Skating Club – based at the Family Ice Center in Falmouth – has an impressive lineup scheduled for their upcoming show, one that includes big names like Ross Miner, who took fifth at the 2016 National Championship, and local standouts like Morgan Sewall, silver medalist at this year’s New Englands, and […]