Buxton police arrested a suspect on April 5 on charges of robbing the Rite Aid Pharmacy at the intersection of routes 112 and 22 in Buxton last month. Dean Yankowsky, 20, of Limington, was arrested at the Buxton Police Department on a York County Superior Court warrant, charging him with the Rite Aid robbery. Yankowsky […]

Westbrook police, school officials and residents are banding together in an effort to bring an end to underage drinking in the city. This effort includes a community meeting held last Wednesday and another upcoming meeting on April 25. The police are taking part in both forums and are also doing some things of their own. […]

Merritt G. Pride owned and operated the service station pictured at left at 922 Main Street for many years. He was also the owner of the Byron G. Pride Company at 543 Main Street which sold coal, wood, ice and in later years, fuel oil and heating equipment. This business later became the Ace Gulf […]

Merritt G. Pride owned and operated the service station pictured at left at 922 Main Street for many years. He was also the owner of the Byron G. Pride Company at 543 Main Street which sold coal, wood, ice and in later years, fuel oil and heating equipment. This business later became the Ace Gulf […]

Merritt G. Pride owned and operated the service station pictured at left at 922 Main Street for many years. He was also the owner of the Byron G. Pride Company at 543 Main Street which sold coal, wood, ice and in later years, fuel oil and heating equipment. This business later became the Ace Gulf […]

Seniors meal – Wednesday, April 12, noon, St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 299 Main St., Gorham. Home cooked meal. Donation $3.50. Church luncheon – Thursday, April 13, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Shepherd’s pie, $3. Bean supper – Saturday, April 15, 4:30-6 p.m., Buxton Center Baptist Church, Route 22, Buxton. Two kinds of […]

Westbrook High School juniors are getting a variety of rewards for taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test, ranging from pizza to a Friday off from school. The day off, with parental permission, is just one of the incentives the school offered students to take the test this year. The school is placing such a large emphasis […]

Westbrook Public Services Department’s spring sweeping program is now in full swing. Approximately 400 cubic yards of street sweepings have been removed since the start of the program in early March. The Public Services Department’s goal is to sweep designated areas at least twice each year. Streets are swept on a prioritized basis depending on […]

Westbrook Public Services Department’s spring sweeping program is now in full swing. Approximately 400 cubic yards of street sweepings have been removed since the start of the program in early March. The Public Services Department’s goal is to sweep designated areas at least twice each year. Streets are swept on a prioritized basis depending on […]

Police are blaming alcohol for a crash early Saturday morning that injured two people on the Westbrook Arterial. Police said a Westbrook man drove the wrong way on Westbrook Arterial after an alleged night of drinking and hit a Scarborough woman head on. Both drivers were injured, although police said the injuries were not life […]