Asphalt plant hearing Monday A stone quarry and a multi-million asphalt plant proposed for Mosher Road will be reviewed in a special meeting by Gorham Planning Board at 7 p.m. on Monday in the Gorham Municipal Center, 75 South St. Shaw Brothers Construction Inc., of Gorham is seeking a permit for the project on 125 […]

One of the questions you will be asked to vote on at the polls on Tuesday, May 22, will be whether you want to keep the city clerk’s position an elected one or make it an appointed position. There has been very little discussion on this issue prior to it going on the ballot and […]

Westbrook voters will decide Tuesday whether to build a new $29.4 million middle school and a $4.1 million auditorium off Stroudwater Street. The middle school and the auditorium will appear as separate questions on the ballot to give voters the option of choosing the middle school without approving the auditorium. The middle school should be […]

The former executive director of the Westbrook-based Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland pleaded guilty this week to stealing thousands of dollars from the nonprofit organization by padding her payroll time sheets. Diane Pecoraro, 47, of Raymond, pleaded guilty to Class C theft of more than $6,000 from the animal shelter Monday in Cumberland County […]

The Westbrook American reported on May 16, 1962, that Mrs. Dean Jewett was dinner chairperson when the Bar Mills Extension Group met for lunch. Mrs. Elma K, Trott presented a program.

I am writing this letter from the perspective of a teacher who has taught in Westbrook schools for a long time. Additionally, as president-elect of the Westbrook Education Association speaking on behalf of other Westbrook educators, I urge the citizens of Westbrook to vote on May 22 in favor of the referendum on the new […]