BUXTON – Police Chief Mike Grovo said Tuesday a suspect remained in York County jail following a double stabbing Saturday evening. Grovo said Michael C. Crockett Jr., 25, of 41 Perimeter Ave., Standish, is facing two charges of aggravated assault and one charge of violating bail conditions. Buxton police had received several calls of a […]

Gorham Community Access Television and the Cable Advisory Committee will sponsor a “Meet the Candidates” forum for the upcoming Gorham Town Council election. The event is open to the public and will be held on Thursday Oct. 22, at 7 p.m., in the Gorham Municipal Center 75 South Street. The event will feature an interview […]

With the debate around the rezoning of Five Star Industrial Park still unresolved and budgets expected to be as tight as ever, Westbrook city councilors could be faced with some tough decisions as soon as they take office. Five of the seven seats on the council will be decided through contested races. In Ward 2, […]

The fanfare surrounding the rezoning of the Five Star Industrial Park was at its height this week, with both Pike Industries and Westbrook Works launching high-profile campaigns to garner the public’s support before a Planning Board hearing Tuesday. There were news conferences and press releases, T-shirts, stickers and signs – all efforts leading up to […]

WESTBROOK – Seventeen incidents in the past six months at Skybox Bar and Grill, including fights and a liquor law violation, have fueled a new effort to revoke the bar’s liquor license. The city’s Municipal Officers, which include the seven city councilors and the mayor, will hold a public hearing Monday on whether to revoke […]

WESTBROOK – As a challenging budget season looms ahead, the Westbrook School Department not only has a brand new superintendent at the helm but has also been left searching for a new business manager. Michael Kucsma, business manager for Westbrook schools, accepted the same position last week with the Sanford School Department, effective next month. […]

From as nearby as Methodist Road to as far away as Italy, four artists are vying for the chance to make their mark on Westbrook’s new middle school. A local committee has been working since the spring to define the school’s art needs and figure out who best can fill them. About $44,000 will be […]

Madison Gouzie is representing Maine in Cosmopolitan magazine’s feature, Hottest Bachelors of 2009. The day after returning home from a photo shoot in the Hamptons, Madison Gouzie had a voice mail message on his cell phone. It was a representative from Cosmopolitan magazine with a pressing question: Does he wear boxers or briefs? “I thought, […]