Responding to the growing diversity in South Portland, as well as to growing demand for instruction in less traditional foreign languages, the city’s adult education program is offering a course in beginning Arabic this fall. It will be the third year South Portland Adult Ed has offered the class, which is taught by Gorham resident […]

The Westbrook City Council showed overwhelming support Monday for new rules requiring landlords to pay back the city for any money it spends on emergency housing for displaced tenants. The move is seen as a reaction to recent events during the summer, where dozens of tenants were displaced due to serious code violations in the […]

Representatives of Casco Federal Credit Union showed the Gorham Planning Board Monday plans to relocate its West Gorham branch to a new building at the corner of Ossipee Trail and Shaws Mill Road. But because of the length of the meeting, which adjourned about 10:30 p.m., the Planning Board pushed some agenda items entirely to […]

The city has demolished an abandoned building and storage structure being used as a makeshift campsite by transients. The Westbrook City Council voted Monday in a first reading to approve emergency funds to pay for the cleanup of the property at 59 Hillside Road. The demolition work and cleanup was done by O’Brien Brothers Inc. […]

Though foot traffic from the nearby Insane Inflatable 5K didn’t materialize in downtown Westbrook, organizers are pleased with last weekend’s first “Best in the ’Brook” event. Widely considered a success was a well-attended “Plein Air Paint Out,” in which more than a dozen artists painted outdoors in various locations Saturday, and then showcased the work […]