WESTBROOK – Samantha Duncan, 17, grew up in Bridgton with three brothers, and knows something about what it feels like to be the only girl in the room. “I was raised as one of the guys,” the Lake Region High School student said. That may be part of the reason why she felt right at […]

WESTBROOK – Lynda Adams, Westbrook city clerk, faces Sue Rossignol, the city’s former finance director, in the November elections. Rossignol’s job was eliminated two years ago by newly elected Mayor Colleen Hilton. Rossignol has said she felt she was treated unfairly by her removal, and by a one-year ban from City Hall that came in […]

WESTBROOK – Two years ago, Westbrook voters elected Democrat Colleen Hilton to be the city’s first female mayor, expecting a new administration to bring changes in how the city did its business. And that’s just what they got from Hilton, who narrowly defeated the Republican incumbent, three-term Mayor Bruce Chuluda. She reorganized a scandal-ridden fire […]

WESTBROOK – In a role reversal of the 2009 election, former Westbrook Mayor Bruce Chuluda now finds himself challenging the incumbent, Colleen Hilton, who unseated him at the end of his third consecutive term. But he lost by fewer than 150 votes, and this year, Chuluda, a Republican, is looking to return to the mayor’s […]

Absentee ballot info The office of Gorham Town Clerk Connie Loughran reports that absentee ballots are now available for the Nov. 8 state referendum, Cumberland County commissioner and annual Gorham municipal elections. Absentee ballots will be available until Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. There are a number of different ways to obtain an absentee […]

Portland Ballet does ‘Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ The Portland Ballet Company is putting on a production of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” on Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center, 471 Stroudwater St. There will be two performances, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets available through PortTix at 842-0800, or at www.porttix.com. […]

WESTBROOK – Despite great strides toward gender equality in recent decades, there are still some fields that remain dominated by men, which is why a special event at the Westbrook Vocational Center Friday is taking aim at that stereotype. “Heavily female occupations tend to pay less than male-dominated occupations,” said Caroline May, manager of the […]