Since the Portland Water District built a pumping station across from Dave Harradon’s home, the Gorham resident has been keeping a daily smell log. In it, he records the times odor permeating from the building has awoken him from sleep, forcing him to shut all the windows in his home. Other entries simply read “HWO” […]

Paul Phelan moved to Westbrook in 2000. Since then, the 87-year-old has donated his time as the weekly keyboard-sing-along player at both Westbrook’s Springbrook Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and the Maine Veterans’ Home in Scarborough. Last week, that work earned Phelan the Volunteer of the Year Award from the Maine Association of Retirees, whose membership […]

This is not science fiction or life 100 years from now. No, we must prepare now for life without oil. Nobody likes to be told they are going to have to change their lifestyle but we can either do it in a planned and coordinated way or it will be imposed on us by economics. […]

A first-term Gorham town councilor who won a decisive victory in an eight-way race for three Gorham town council seats last fall will challenge incumbent state Sen. Phil Bartlett. Phil Csoros, a Republican, is running for the District 6 seat held by Bartlett, a Democrat, since 2004. Csoros said he is running because of a […]

The Westbrook Planning Board will hold a public hearing and take a vote Tuesday on the contract zone for Stroudwater Place, the 1.6-million-square-foot retail center proposed for Stroudwater Street. The vote Tuesday will be a recommendation to the City Council on whether to approve the contract zone proposed by Jason Snyder and his design team […]

Westbrook Housing is introducing free job postings for area employers. The new service is designed to help both employers and Westbrook Housing clients. “We see people every day with an extraordinary number of job skills but, due to circumstances beyond their control, find themselves unemployed,” said Susan Eldridge, deputy director of Westbrook Housing. “We also […]