At the public hearings debating the issues of Stroudwater Place, those who asked realistic, objective questions were branded anti-business. One City Councilor passionately asked, what if S.D. Warren were standing before us today asking to bring his business to Westbrook? Flash forward to the present. The same city councilor is passionately objecting to Pike Industries […]

Two Westbrook residents were arrested on drug charges early Friday morning. At 5:15 a.m., police arrested Rocco Corsetti, 61, of 131 Bridgton Road, and Venus McLean, 33, of the same address. Corsetti was charged with aggravated trafficking of cocaine base and cocaine hydrochloride, and McLean was charged with possession of cocaine hydrochloride. Corsetti has a […]

Beacon Hospice of South Portland is starting a six-week support group focused on dealing with job loss. The program, which is free, is designed to help individuals confront the challenges and cope with the feelings associated with a job loss. “Losing one’s livelihood is one of life’s most stressful events. The emotional effects are similar […]

Bean supper – Saturday, Jan. 17, 5-6 p.m., Peoples United Methodist Church, 310 Broadway, South Portland. Baked beans, casseroles, homemade pies and more. $7; $16/family. Bean supper – Saturday, Jan. 17, 5-6 p.m., Amvets Post 6, Route 100, New Gloucester. Two kinds of beans, brown bread, homemade biscuits, cole slaw, American chop suey and two […]

After volunteering together for the Obama campaign for more than a year, a Cape Elizabeth family is one of many traveling to Washington, D.C., for President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration. “As a family we have been caught up in the election for at least two years, so it is a great end to the process,” said […]

The effort to reopen the Skybox Bar and Grill has been thwarted by a technicality. Though the state overturned the City Council’s decision to deny a liquor license to the Skybox, it also determined that a license could not be issued because the catering service at the same location already has one. The decision from […]

Westbrook city councilors supported rezoning the area around Five Star Industrial Park from industrial to light manufacturing Monday – a move that would prevent Pike Industries from expanding operations on Spring Street and prevent redevelopment of its Main Street property. The unanimous vote was the councilors’ first action since Mayor Bruce Chuluda proposed rezoning the […]

As city councilors voted to move forward with a rezoning of the land around Pike Industries’ quarry, Code Enforcement Officer Rick Gouzie has been charged with the task of deciding whether Pike has the right to have a quarry on Spring Street at all. City Solicitor Bill Dale explained at the City Council’s Committee of […]