Start-ups Plant Botanicals, which has a seaweed skin care line, and Healing Harbors, which sells a cannabis-based oil, head to the finals on May 23 to battle with others for a $25,000 prize.
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Westbrook police rescue dog from roof, but how did it get there?
A Westbrook police employee sees the strange sight and calls for help.
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Stolen car crashes into Westbrook building, 2 men arrested
The driver of the vehicle tried to run away but was apprehended, police say.
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Revised retail development would add 750 apartments in Westbrook
A Massachusetts builder overhauls a previously approved plan for the former Pike Industries site, unveiling a 1 million-square-foot venture that would integrate housing and commercial interests.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Police standoff with armed suicidal man ends peacefully in Westbrook
Officers negotiated with the man, who was at a home on Bridgton Road and reportedly had knives, and he surrendered after near 4 hours, a police captain says.
Posted inBusiness, Life & Culture, Local & State
Westbrook bookstore dumps books by author accused of sexual harassment
Quill Books & Beverage is identified in national news reports as one of two bookstores pulling titles by Junot Diaz.
Posted inBusiness
Idexx reports increased revenue, net income in the first quarter
The Westbrook company plans to break ground on a $62 million headquarters expansion.
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Westbrook council takes final budget vote Monday
If approved by voters next month, the budget would carry the largest tax rate increase in nine years.
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Westbrook fire officials sue the city, accuse mayor of retaliation
The chief and deputy chief say Mike Sanphy undermined and threatened to fire them after they raised safety and legal concerns, but the mayor says ‘there’s a lot more to the story than meets the eye.’
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Authorities release mugshot of Westbrook man they say caused drug scare at jail
Brent Gross, 29, was being booked into the Cumberland County Jail when fentanyl he had on him went airborne, officials say.