WESTBROOK (AP) — A Westbrook police officer has filed notice of her intention to sue the city, claiming she was sexually harassed after issuing a speeding ticket to another officer’s girlfriend. Officer Melissa May filed a notice of claim Aug. 20, announcing her intention to file a lawsuit alleging violations of the Maine Human Rights […]
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Billed as ‘toughest event on the planet,’ Tough Mudder obstacle course draws more than 13,000 to Westbrook
WESTBROOK — “The finish line is the thing I’m looking forward to the most.” Those words, uttered by first-time participant Tim Maloney of Chicago, could have been said by several thousand people gathered at Sunset Ridge Golf Links in Westbrook on Saturday morning to run in the first Tough Mudder event held in Maine. Billed […]
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Two Maine asylum seekers join General Assistance suit against state
AUGUSTA — Two women seeking asylum in Maine are asking to join a lawsuit against Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s administration regarding general assistance aid. The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine and Maine Equal Justice Partners said on Thursday that they have a complaint on behalf of the immigrants. The lawsuit filed by the Maine […]
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Portland, Westbrook join lawsuit over immigrant aid
PORTLAND (AP) — Portland and Westbrook will join a municipal group to challenge Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s administration’s policy banning some immigrants from receiving welfare. The cities say they will take part in lawsuit the Maine Municipal Association plans to file over the directive that immigrants who can’t prove that they’re in the country legally […]
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Farmington board accepts truck bid
FARMINGTON — The Board of Selectmen accepted a bid Tuesday for a 2014 Freightliner truck cab and chassis for $75,628 from Freightliner of Maine in Westbrook. The company was the second-lowest bidder, Public Works Director Denis Castonguay said. The lowest was $301 less, but didn’t meet the specifications the department requested. Payment will be taken […]
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Westbrook man dies in Allagash motorcycle crash
ALLAGASH — Police say a Westbrook man has died in a weekend motorcycle crash in Allagash. The Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office says 23-year-old Dana Watts was headed east on Route 161 just before 6 p.m. Saturday when he failed to negotiate a corner and lost control. The motorcycle left the road and Watts sustained fatal […]
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Westbrook man dies in Allagash motorcycle crash
ALLAGASH (AP) — Police say a Westbrook man has died in a weekend motorcycle crash in Allagash. The Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office says 23-year-old Dana Watts was headed east on Route 161 just before 6 p.m. Saturday when he failed to negotiate a corner and lost control. The motorcycle left the road and Watts sustained […]
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Scarborough man gets nine years for role in pill ring
PORTLAND (AP) — A Scarborough man prosecutors say used the proceeds from his oxycodone distribution ring to finance a strip club has been sentenced to nine years in prison. Adam Goodwin was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Portland after pleading guilty in July to health care fraud and conspiracy to distribute and possession […]
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Westbrook girl’s ‘Mitten Trees,’ receives national recognition
WESTBROOK — The fact that Marissa Bates was still wearing her hat and mittens as she came home from school upset the young girl, who was 9 years old at the time. “She saw some other kids at school who weren’t wearing hats or gloves,” her mother, Veronica, recalled. “She had tried to give them […]
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Westbrook victim saved a patient’s life days before murder
WESTBROOK — Less than a week before police say he was likely ambushed and killed by an ex-boyfriend as he returned home from work, Westbrook native Matthew Rairdon saved a woman’s life. On Monday, Maine State Police released additional details about what investigators are calling a domestic violence murder-suicide that took place at Rairdon’s Main […]