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🌱 What Rock Row’s next phase could mean for Westbrook housing and jobs

Hi Westbrook! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What Rock Row’s next phase could mean for Westbrook housing and jobs
  • Why Westbrook’s long-awaited trail extension just missed state funding
  • Why Westbrook home sales rose while countywide numbers slipped in February

Also on today's calendar: Free Studio Access Days and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Mostly cloudy, showers around, with a high of 64 and low of 45 degrees.
  • Saturday: Cloudy, a few showers; cooler, temps: high: 52, low: 39.
  • Sunday: Rain; breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 52 and low of 33 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Proposal at Rock Row calls for 250 housing units, 120-room hotel (mainebiz.biz subscription) — Westbrook’s Rock Row could see 257 new homes, a 119-room Westin hotel, and more shops, restaurants, offices, and entertainment space under a Phase III plan now before the Planning Board. Developers aim to start construction in 2027, expanding a site that already draws millions of visitors and supports hundreds of local jobs.
   

2. Mountain Division Trail project in Windham left off new Maine Three Year Plan (thewindhameagle.com) — Plans to extend the Mountain Division Trail from Windham into Westbrook, ending near the Westbrook Community Center and adding new crossings on Bridge Street, were left out of MaineDOT’s latest Three Year Plan. The $16.2 million project could still seek funding, including from the new Maine Trails Bond, to create a continuous off-road route linking Standish, Windham, and Westbrook.
   

3. Cumberland County continues to increase median sales prices, despite dip in units sold in February (thewindhameagle.com) — Homebuyers and sellers in Westbrook should know that February home sales there ticked up even as overall Cumberland County sales volumes fell and prices climbed to a $555,000 median. The Greater Portland Board of REALTORS® says the market appears to be stabilizing and urges residents to lean on local agents who understand neighborhood-level trends.
   

4. 12-year-old girl from Skowhegan found safe three days after she went missing (wmtw.com) — Westbrook police located a missing 12-year-old Skowhegan girl in a local shopping mall parking lot and brought her into protective custody, reuniting her with her family. Investigators say tips from friends and parents helped them track a person of interest to Westbrook, ending three days of intensive searching across communities.
   

5. TD Beach to Beacon 10K is sold out (bangordailynews.com) — Westbrook runners helped fill the field for this year’s TD Beach to Beacon 10K, which sold out quickly and listed the city among its top registration hubs. The August race in Cape Elizabeth will also channel more than $60,000 and major visibility to Dirigo Reads, a literacy nonprofit serving schools across Maine.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Westbrook

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★ Featured events ★

    Saturday April 18
  • Model Train Show
    Westbrook Community Center, 426 Bridge St, Westbrook
    9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

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  • CROSSMARK posted a job opening for Product/Event Demonstrator in Westbrook. Apply here.
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Westbrook

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Westbrook

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.