PORTLAND — A report disputed by ecomaine suggests people within a 3-mile radius of the company’s incinerator on Blueberry Road are at an increased health risk due to the amount of lead emitted by the waste-to-energy plant. Municipalities within the 3-mile radius include Portland, Westbrook, South Portland and Scarborough. According to the Tishman Environment and Design […]

WESTBROOK — Voters will be heading to the polls Tuesday, June 11 to vote on two items: whether they support the school budget and whether they want to continue voting for the budget through a referendum. The $40.3 million fiscal year 2020 school budget was approved by the school committee May 10 and by the city […]

June 1, 1994 “Inappropriate behavior” by one or more boys in Westbrook’s Wescott Junior High School Wednesday led to the discovery that seven boys had been smoking marijuana. An eighth boy from another junior high was charged with possessing marijuana with intent to sell it. Assistant Principal Robert Welch made a room-by-room tour of the […]

WESTBROOK — After receiving noise complaints from across the city and Portland about the first concert at Rock Row’s Maine Savings Pavilion on Sunday, organizers said they will try to make changes before the next show on June 15. “We are working with the city of Westbrook and Waterfront concerts to make adjustments based on your […]