Buxton voters in a special town meeting this week will be asked to approve up to $15,000 in additional salary for its code enforcement officer position, following Fred Farnham’s recent retirement. The special town meeting has been set for 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 6, at the Municipal Building, 185 Portland Road. Jean Harmon, Vice […]

Several members of the Westbrook Fire Department, credited with saving the life of teenager Meghan Dadiego in September, were honored by the American Heart Association Monday. On Sept. 18, 2014, 13-year-old Dadiego went into cardiac arrest following dance practice at the Drouin Dance Center in Westbrook. The center’s owner, Danielle Drouin, who was also honored, […]

A construction project eventually meant to produce a pedestrian-friendly hub in downtown Westbrook is giving rise to concerns for residents with disabilities, who utilize wheelchairs or seeing-eye dogs. Due to utility work on the Bridge Street bridge job, sections of the road at the intersection of Main and Bridge streets are lined with above-ground water […]

A construction project eventually meant to produce a pedestrian-friendly hub in downtown Westbrook is giving rise to concerns for residents with disabilities, who utilize wheelchairs or seeing-eye dogs. Due to utility work on the Bridge Street bridge job, sections of the road at the intersection of Main and Bridge streets are lined with above-ground water […]

WESTBROOK A portion of Main Street is closed after a pickup truck ran into a telephone pole and knocked it down Friday afternoon. According to Westbrook Police, the driver of the truck was not injured in the accident, but a stretch of the road, from Spring Street to Church Street, will be closed for several […]

Aug. 1, 1990 What creature has a fedora, mask, specially designed cape and walks among the living dead? The answer is not some rerun vampire, but the debut of the modern vampire. Dale LeRoux and James LaPointe, both 1978 graduates of Westbrook High School, are the authors of one of the newest “Gothic” comic books […]

Aug. 1, 1990 What creature has a fedora, mask, specially designed cape and walks among the living dead? The answer is not some rerun vampire, but the debut of the modern vampire. Dale LeRoux and James LaPointe, both 1978 graduates of Westbrook High School, are the authors of one of the newest “Gothic” comic books […]

Aug. 1, 1990 What creature has a fedora, mask, specially designed cape and walks among the living dead? The answer is not some rerun vampire, but the debut of the modern vampire. Dale LeRoux and James LaPointe, both 1978 graduates of Westbrook High School, are the authors of one of the newest “Gothic” comic books […]

A patch of trail seen as an important link in Westbrook’s Stroudwater Trail system has connected Stroudwater Street to the downtown. Trail advocates believe the new section will be heavily used, as it provides a shortcut from the high school to the city’s skate park and downtown Westbrook. Jaime Parker, the director of Portland Trails, […]

Traveling show The Southern Maine Performing Arts Collaborative at Schoolhouse Arts presents a traveling production of “Edges,” Friday, July 31 through Sunday, Aug. 2. Performances will be at Westbrook High School at 7:30 p.m., on Friday, July 31; Bonny Eagle High School at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 1; and Saint Ann’s Episcopal Church in Windham […]