Position Current Salary Proposed 2005-2006 Salary 1 School Superintendent $106,326* $109,250 2 Assistant School Superintendent $84,502 $86,363* 2 Curriculum Coordinator $84,502 $86,363 4 City Administrator $85,483 $85,483 5 Westbrook High School Principal $79,877 $82,074 6 Director of Special Education $77,214 $79,338 7 Wescott Junior High Principal $75,551 $77,602 8 Westbrook Regional Vocational Center Director $74,551 […]

For the first nine months after Larry Roukey died, his wife, Ryann, filled her life with tributes to her late husband and the responsibilities of raising two children alone. There was the funeral, a benefit picnic for the family, the acceptance of a Purple Heart and a speech in California to the postal workers union. […]

The annual Frenchtown Neighborhood Cleanup Day will take place from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 14. Everyone is welcome to come help. Pizza will be served after the cleanup. Those interested in participating will meet that morning at 198 Brown St. The rain date is Sunday, May 15.

The annual Frenchtown Neighborhood Cleanup Day will take place from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 14. Everyone is welcome to come help. Pizza will be served after the cleanup. Those interested in participating will meet that morning at 198 Brown St. The rain date is Sunday, May 15.

Instead of being elected on an annual basis as in years past, officers from the Westbrook Fire Department’s call company will now be nominated for three-year terms. This year, pending City Council approval, the new officers for the call companies will be the following: in Squad 1, Rich Dorr, captain, James Gammon, lieutenant and Michael […]

Time for a contract As the Westbrook Police Association nears three years without a contract, the relationship between the city and its patrolmen seems as poor as ever. As we report in a front page story this week, police believe the city has been withholding information about the cost of retirement benefits they want. City […]

Historians to hear Crabtree Allan Crabtree of Standish will speak about Danish immigration into Maine from Canada when the Westbrook Historical Society meets at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 4, in its headquarters on Dunn Street. The public is invited. Chicky’s anniversary weekend Mike Ryan of Austin, Texas, who has an alternative-country, Texas style, will […]

Seniors meal – Wednesday, April 27, noon, St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 299 Main St., Gorham. Home cooked meal. Donation, $3. Church luncheon – Thursday, April 28, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Chicken with mushroom soup. $2.50 Bean supper – Saturday, April 30, 4:30-6 p.m., North Scarborough Grange, Route 22, North Scarborough. Sponsored […]

April 1980 S. D. Warren warned its Westbrook paper mill employees, “It is possible we may have some short time, if customers don’t begin to place more orders.” Warren also warned college students who are summer employees not to count on summer jobs this year. Warren hired 232 last year. Westbrook aldermen are looking at […]

Taken around 1900, this photo of Main Street looks east from Brackett Street. The building on the left was the F. H. Whitney Cash Fish Market. The building to the left of it was the first Westbrook Trust Company office. The fourth building from the left was known as the Springer Block, with shops on […]