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One Dead After Fire in Westbrook, Conn.
One person has been found dead after a fire in Westbrook Thursday morning. Firefighters responded to The Cabins on Boston Post Road right after 4 a.m. Fire officials said firefighters found heavy fire, put the fire out quickly and a person was found dead inside. A sign on the building lists the units as motel efficiencies and apartments. The fire…
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Car Driven by Child Crashes Into Maine Church
Officials said they believe the boy may have taken his parents’ keys. No one was seriously hurt.
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Child Driver Crashes Car into Maine Church
A large hole in the side of a church in Westbrook, Maine, is now covered in plywood after a car drove through the walls of a room in that building Sunday. According to Gary Wagner, assistant fire chief for the City of Westbrook, a boy who is roughly 10 years old was behind the wheel of the car at the…
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Tourists Flock to See Maine's Famous Ice Disk Back in Action
“What goes around, comes around,” is a saying that really rings true in Westbrook, Maine. An ice disk — a round, frozen circle of water in a river in the middle of the city — is back after capturing viral fame on the internet in 2019. The new disk was first noticed by local business owners this week and was…
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Maine's Famous Ice Disk Re-Forms in Winter 2022
The saying, “What goes around, comes around,” really rings true in Westbrook, Maine, where the famed river ice disk is back!
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It's Back! Giant Ice Disk Returns to Maine River Amid Cold Snap
A giant ice disk first seen in a Maine river in 2019 has returned amid the recent stretch of frigid weather. The ice disk was spotted in the Presumpscot River in Westbrook this week, three years after it made its first appearance, according to News Center Maine. It’s in about the same location as it was before. The ice disk…
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‘Big Surprise': The Wild Story of a Roadrunner's Trip to Maine
A roadrunner hitched a ride from Las Vegas to Maine — no word on whether
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Wily Roadrunner Visits Maine By Hitching Ride in Moving Van From Las Vegas
Even the fastest birds need to hitch a ride sometimes, it seems. A curious roadrunner was found in a moving van that had traveled from Las Vegas to Westbrook, Maine, this weekend, police said. A surprised father and his son spotted the bird — the one made famous by the coyote-evading Looney Tunes cartoon — in the back of their…
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Would Mainers Welcome a $75 Million Convention Center to Greater Portland?
A convention center with a price tag of $75 million could be built within the next few years in Westbrook, Maine. The facility would be located at the Rock Row development just across the city’s border with Portland. Renderings released to the public this week by Waterstone Properties, the developer of Rock Row, show plans for glass high-rise buildings, elevated…
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Could a $75 Million Convention Center Come to Greater Portland?
The facility would be sited at the Rock Row development just across the city’s border with Portland.