Despite the fact gunmen raked a car with bullets trying to kill Rev. Mutima Peter of Westbrook, the clergyman sees signs of peace for his homeland. Peter was hit by repair bills but otherwise returned home unscathed last month after six weeks in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Central Africa. “Killings are still going […]

Info box: The state has a backlog of an estimated 13,000 traffic ticket appeals due to a computer glitch, causing some people to wait eight months or more for an appeal. While the state is cracking down on suspended drivers who get behind the wheel, nobody has been given what is supposed to be an […]

In 1966, the Standells released their biggest hit, “Dirty Water,” a song about Boston’s Charles River, which was heavily polluted at the time. Over the years, there has been a significant effort to clean up the Charles, with a great measure of success. And for the most part, the references to the Charles’ “dirty water” […]

On a recent morning, Betty Williams stood on the campus of the University of Southern Maine near the headwaters of Tannery Brook. From there, she watched the water flow calmly between the hemlock clustered at the banks, just as it did 200 years ago. “It’s a gem,” Williams said of the brook. However, that same […]

Today, Feb. 15, is the day commuters have been dreading – the start of nine months without the Stroudwater Street bridge. Drivers who normally use the bridge to commute between Westbrook and Portland will be forced to take an alternative route for at least nine months while the bridge is torn down and replaced with […]

Westbrook police and fire department are searching for leads in a series of car fires that occurred in the early hours of Feb. 8. The fires are reminiscent of a series of unsolved crimes that took place last September. In the early morning hours last Wednesday, three cars were broken into and set ablaze in […]

The photo on the left was taken in 1960 and shows Main Street when Brackett Street once connected to it. The church is the Westbrook Congregational Church which was built in 1832. Brackett Street ran between it and the building to the right, which was the Brackett Block built around 1810 by Zachariah Brackett. Urban […]

Fearon on dean’s list Katherine Fearon has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at New England College in Henniker, N.H. SMCC dean’s list Several students from Gorham have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Southern Maine Community College. They are: Devonshire Bear, Elizabeth Borek, Eric Burnheimer, […]