WESTBROOK — For the last 40 years, the city has been among the 3,000 communities across the country designated a Tree City USA for its approach and dedication to municipal tree planting and maintenance. Now, it may become part of a new multi-city tree planting initiative being launched by Oakhurst Dairy. City Administrator Jerre Bryant said […]
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The Universal Notebook: Government by referendum
In one of the most blatantly hypocritical guest editorials ever printed in a Portland newspaper, an analyst for the Maine Heritage Policy Center last week complained that outside groups are funding citizen initiatives in Maine. This from a conservative political organization that is largely funded by outside groups. “Maine’s ballot initiative system,” claimed the Maine […]
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91-unit senior apartment building gets OK
WESTBROOK — The Planning Board Tuesday, with a change of heart from its chairman, approved Westbrook Housing’s Harnois Apartments, a two-phase, 91-unit development for senior citizens on a fixed income. The apartments, the second phase of Larrabee Heights, will be located near it on Liza Harmon Drive, along with Westbrook Housing’s other properties, Larabee Village, Larrabee […]
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Downtown buildings freshen facades with city help
WESTBROOK — When Tabitha Swanson bought the former Benoit Block on Main Street in June 2016, she didn’t know that getting the historic building in shape to house her public accounting firm would take more than two years. But Swanson is using the lengthy repair time as an opportunity to partner with the city to […]
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Westbrook Notes
The staff of the former Prides Corner School gathered for a reunion on July 25 at Lenny’s Pub in Westbrook. Girl Scouts host ‘night out’ The Girl Scouts of Maine will host a Girls Night Out in Westbrook for potential members and volunteers at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 10, at Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 […]
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Gorham Notes
A large gathering of mourners Monday attend a memorial service for Dean Evans, a popular longtime coach and teacher at Gorham High School. Evans died at 86 on July 24 and the service was in the Dean Evans Gym at the school. A photo of Dean Evans is displayed at the entrance to the Dean […]
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60 Years Ago
The Westbrook American reported on Aug. 27, 1958, that Glynford Stevens, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Stevens of Marilyn Street in Prides Corner, left for boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Training Center. Roger Harvey, Paul Seavey and Jeff Delcourt, all of the Rotarian Little League team in Westbrook, saw the Boston Red Sox […]
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Track & Field: Olympic hopeful Kate Hall joins St. Joe's coaching staff
STANDISH—Casco native and (with hard work and a little luck) future Olympian Kate Hall, who recently returned to Maine to focus on her training, has joined the coaching staff at St. Joseph’s College. “Coaching athletes is something I’m very passionate about,” Hall, whose long jumps and sprints are practically the stuff of myth, said via […]
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College officials defend response to mold problem as SMCC students rally
SOUTH PORTLAND — A handful of students who staged a rally at Southern Maine Community College Monday night after mold was discovered in one of the dorms say they have issues with transparency by administrators, but college officials say they responded as soon as they were informed. The discovery of mold in a 10-year-old dormitory at […]
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Opening doors: asylum-seekers made to feel welcome by area volunteers
PORTLAND — Jill Skrabalak, Eliza Matheson and approximately 160 other mentors from the Greater Portland area are aiming to welcome those seeking asylum into the community, however they can. Welcoming the Stranger is an informal group started in 2015 by a group of people in the Jewish community who felt an “affinity for people who were […]