Hamblen calling on veterans Town Councilor Cal Hamblen, a Marine, is urging veterans of all ages to turn out for Memorial Day activities on Monday, May 29. The parade in the village will form up at 8:30 a.m. in front of Robie Gym on South Street. Following ceremonies at the Eastern Cemetery and at Phinney […]

Westbrook residents rallied for the victims of the April 26 fire on Brown Street by coming out in droves to a benefit supper at St. Anthony’s Parish on Saturday. The hall was packed from 5 to 6:30 p.m. with diners coming in to donate money and have salad and meatballs and spaghetti for a good […]

Westbrook residents rallied for the victims of the April 26 fire on Brown Street by coming out in droves to a benefit supper at St. Anthony’s Parish on Saturday. The hall was packed from 5 to 6:30 p.m. with diners coming in to donate money and have salad and meatballs and spaghetti for a good […]

The building at 89 Saco St. in the photo at left served as the Saco Street School for many years. This building became too small to serve increasing demands for education and the larger and more modern Saccarappa School was built on Huntress Avenue. This building was closed and it was eventually sold to the […]

Sex Ed meeting- Westbrook parent Robert Foley questions the school board curriculum committee about changes to the sex ed curriculum at a meeting Monday night while George Rodrigues, a Westbrook parent who had spoken earlier, listens in the background. Staff photo by Charlie Smith Longley and Brogan- Lori Brogan and fiancA?©e Joseph Langley pose before […]

Until 1887, Maine had no summer. Instead of celebrating Memorial Day (which, come to think of it, Maine also didn’t have) by welcoming hordes of tourists, the state acknowledged the end of May by beginning preparations for another long winter. There was no frolicking in the waves (although a prototype of the Atlantic Ocean had […]

Until 1887, Maine had no summer. Instead of celebrating Memorial Day (which, come to think of it, Maine also didn’t have) by welcoming hordes of tourists, the state acknowledged the end of May by beginning preparations for another long winter. There was no frolicking in the waves (although a prototype of the Atlantic Ocean had […]

Proposed changes to the Westbrook health curriculum continue to be questioned by some parents even as the School Committee prepares to vote on the changes this week. The School Committee will discuss the changes and vote on them at a meeting tonight, May 24. On Monday night, the school’s Curriculum Committee voted to send the […]

During World War II, citizens in cities and towns across the United States sacrificed for the war effort and showed appreciation to those wearing military uniforms. “You couldn’t walk into a restaurant and not get your food paid for,” said Bob Libby of Buxton. “At 17 or 18, it was pretty big stuff.” It was […]

Cutline One of the highlights of Westbrook’s annual Together Days is the parade on Saturday morning. Last year, a group of first graders marched to show off their new books. This year’s parade is on Saturday, June 3. File photo by Mike Higgins