Half of 195 Brown St. had collapsed and firefighters had been working for over an hour when tenant Lori Brogan came running down Brown Street last Wednesday morning. Until that moment, nobody knew whether Brogan, who had been visiting a friend at the time of the fire, had gotten out of the building alive. With […]

The National Association of School Nurses, Inc. has proclaimed Wednesday, May 10, as National School Nurse Day. National School Nurse Day was established in 1977 to foster a better understanding of the role school nurses play in the educational setting. Today, school nursing is recognized as a specialized practice that advances the wellbeing, academic success, […]

The photo at left was taken in 1960 and it shows Main Street when Brackett Street once connected to it. The church is the Westbrook Congregational Church, which was built in 1932. Brackett Street ran between the church and the building to the right,which was the Brackett Block unit built around 1810 by Zachariah Brackett. […]

Seniors Honors: Alex Baillargeon, Jenifer Blais, Matthew Brady, Spencer Carson, Adam Cote, Karen Curtis, Vanessa Enman, Rose Forrester,Trevor Jenkins, Alexander Kimball, John Justin Marcigliano, Rebecca McIntire, Amy Nesselrode, Gregory Perreault, Alexandra Stauble, Susanna Stauble, Alison Swan, Patrick Walsh, Alex Welch. Juniors High Honors: Jacob LaViolet, Eben Perkins, Meghan Quigley, Jasmin White, Alyssa Whitlock. Honors: Raymond […]

Town Population Officers per 1,000 residents Gorham 15,145 1.4 Buxton 8,062 1.8 Westbrook 16,004 2.1 Population figures are based on 2004 population estimates from the Maine Planning Office in Augusta.

A Buxton man faces charges of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and terrorizing following a domestic dispute early Saturday. Officer Jason McClure said in a police report that Jeffrey Dipaolo, 43, of 288 Pease Road threatened his wife with a handgun at 2:17 a.m. Police said Dipaolo’s wife fled the scene and went to […]

What is your position with the city and how long have you been on the job? I am the public safety secretary. I do reception at the front window. I handle all the people who come in and direct them to offices. I also handle other inside things like payroll and other human resource things. […]

The Westbrook Police Department has been awarded a grant for $11,000 from the Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice. The money will be used to purchase a digital in-car audio and video recording system. The Westbrook police have utilized systems in the past using video tape and discovered that those systems were too susceptible […]

The Westbrook Police Department has been awarded a grant for $11,000 from the Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice. The money will be used to purchase a digital in-car audio and video recording system. The Westbrook police have utilized systems in the past using video tape and discovered that those systems were too susceptible […]

I am writing this letter to anyone who may be interested in goings-on at SAD 6 or in substitute teaching in that district. If you wish to substitute teach for SAD 6, you should know that certain administrators of the district appear to be in the habit of crossing people off the list without even […]