Mother’s Day solutions What do you do when you have two mothers, two sisters who are mothers, two friends who are mothers and you want to spend Mother’s Day with each of them? What could have been the mother of all problems was easy for Cathy and Frank Feeney of Hurlin Smith Road. They hosted […]

There has been a great deal of discussion lately about the word “priorities” when used in the context of governing, both here in Westbrook and in Maine as a whole. I believe we lack the right priorities in our city when it comes to our government and that has been borne out over the last […]

The Westbrook Police have received a $5,000 federal grant to help fight underage drinking. Westbrook is one of nine police departments and five sheriff’s departments in Maine to share nearly $84,000 from a federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention grant through the Maine Office of Substance Abuse and the Maine Department of Public Safety. Westbrook […]

It is my understanding that a developer is asking for a zone change to allow them to build ninety (90) units between Spring Street and Stroudwater Street. However, the entrance will be on Spring Street next to the Springbrook Nursing Home. These are to be elderly and assisted living. The price is to be in […]

Two Wescott Junior High School students have been suspended from school and could face criminal charges in connection with a series of bomb threats at the school last week. School staff members evacuated students and staff twice last week as school administrators along with police officers and firefighters investigated threats written on a bathroom wall […]

Total health insurance cost per employee Single Employee with children Two adults Family City* $462.58 $754.77 n/a $1,037.60 School $480.89 $851.16 $1,083.96 $1,319.32 *City employees pay nothing for single coverage and 15 percent of the cost of all other plans. School employees pay 15 percent of the cost of all insurance plans. Source: city of […]

The Westbrook Police Department arrested a Lori Lane man on May 5 after it was discovered that he failed to properly register as a sex offender. Detective Tim Gardner said John Turner, 61, of 35 Lori Lane, had been previously convicted of unlawful sexual contact with a 13-year old girl and was required by law […]

I’m writing this open-letter to all residents and taxpayers of the city of Westbrook in an effort to help clarify my position on the budget that I presented to the City Council, on behalf of each and every one of you, on April 9, 2005. Last week’s American Journal pointed to tensions between the city […]

The City Council and Mayor Bruce Chuluda voted Monday night to approve two vehicle towing licenses that had been delayed over concerns that the two companies shared the same owner. Acting as municipal officers, The councilors and Chuluda voted unanimously to approve the towing licenses Maietta Towing and Pleasant Hill Auto Sales, which are both […]

On recent trip to India, Dianne Reynolds and Jennifer White saw poverty most Americans can only imagine – starving children, open sewers running down village roads and women walking miles just to get water. The experience had a profound effect on both women. White of Gray said, after she returned, she felt a pain in […]