A private road in the area of Gray where a secession effort is under way may receive long-sought maintenance from the town, according to the preliminary municipal budget. The town of Gray has $56,000 in its 2016-2017 budget for maintenance on a private section of Gore Road, located on the western side of Little Sebago […]
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News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
No fish, just dip for annual derby
Kelsey Earley, Miss Maine 2015, walked a slightly less glamorous red carpet than the Miss America stage when she took an icy plunge last weekend into Sebago Lake. Pieces of red carpet were laid in a path to a hole in the ice where Earley, dressed as a lobster and wearing a tiara, was one […]
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Urgent-care plans sent back for triage
Citing ongoing disappointment with the design, signage and lighting plans for a proposed downtown urgent-care medical office, the Westbrook Planning Board on Tuesday halted the approval process again. The board tabled discussion on the ConvenientMD project, and voted 5-2 against a contract zone amendment that would allow larger signage on the western side of the […]
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Urgent-care plans sent back for triage
Citing ongoing disappointment with the design, signage and lighting plans for a proposed downtown urgent-care medical office, the Westbrook Planning Board on Tuesday halted the approval process again. The board tabled discussion on the ConvenientMD project, and voted 5-2 against a contract zone amendment that would allow larger signage on the western side of the […]
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90 years of community service
A small but strong Westbrook Kiwanis Club maintains its dedication to the city. When Dana Smith rang the bell to signal the start of the Westbrook Kiwanis meeting last week, a few people were still shifting their chairs around a small table at the Westbrook Community Center, making room for more. Smith, who has been […]
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Watching the dark
Several years ago, my wife and I and some friends had brunch with a Muslim man and his wife. I had questions for this guy, but he and his spouse had just had a baby, and that’s all they wanted to talk about. Diaper rash and 2 a.m. feedings dominated not only the conversation, but […]
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Town meetings add spice to March’s bland days
Some people in Maine towns mark the date as soon as they get their calendar for the new year. Others don’t want to know anything about it. We’re talking about town meetings, which are designed to do some important town business and add a little excitement to this thrill-challenged time of year. When our colonial […]
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Now it’s fire chief: Freeport must replace another longtime town employee as Darrel Fournier says he is retiring.
The drip, drip, drip of senior department heads retiring in Freeport might just cease for a while, now that veteran Fire Chief Darrel Fournier has announced he will pack it in on May 6. Fournier’s announcement, made to the Town Council last week, marks the third time a department head with more than three decades […]
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Search intensifies for Maine Maritime Academy student from Westbrook
An expanded search for David Breunig, 21, of Westbrook, continued Monday, three days after he was reported missing Friday in Orono. The Maine Warden Service and forest rangers from the Maine Forest Service are now part of the search, which authorities said now includes about 60 people. According to the Orono Police Department, Breunig was […]
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Body of missing Westbrook man found
The body of missing Westbrook area resident Richard Goff was discovered in the Presumpscot River Sunday morning. Goff, 44, had been reported missing since Thursday, Feb. 25. Since that time, Westbrook community social media pages had been active with friends and family members hoping to escalate the search. According to a police press release, Westbrook […]
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