A two-vehicle crash shortly before noon on Wednesday closed a stretch of Saco Street near the Westbrook Public Services garage. Police said a man driving a pickup truck was taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland. Sgt. Timothy Morrell of Westbrook Police Department said the man was unresponsive when police arrived at the scene. A […]

Westbrook Assistant City Administrator Bill Baker apologized Tuesday for a profanity-laced email he wrote in February, mocking a number of residents, business owners and community volunteers. In his email to Mayor Colleen Hilton, made public Monday at the Westbrook City Council meeting, Baker said he was writing what he “wanted to say” in response to […]

Westbrook Assistant City Administrator Bill Baker apologized Tuesday for a profanity-laced email he wrote in February, mocking a number of residents, business owners and community volunteers. In his email to Mayor Colleen Hilton, made public Monday at the Westbrook City Council meeting, Baker said he was writing what he “wanted to say” in response to […]

Historians to hear Humiston, WW I talk Buxton-Hollis Historical Society is hosting a military historian who will present a program about World War I at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 12, at the society’s headquarters 100 Main St. (Route 4A), in Bar Mills (Buxton). Lee Humiston, director and curator of the Maine Military Museum and […]

Grange honors Shepard, McCauley White Rock Grange No. 380, 33 Wilson Road, on Friday honored two Gorham natives with special presentations. Bill Rust, master of White Rock Grange, recognized Town Councilor Ronald Shepard, retired Gorham police chief, as the recipient of the Grange’s Community Award. Rust presented Shepard with a certificate and a Grange shopping […]

Weiss in library workshop Westbrook poet David C. Weiss is holding a special poetry workshop 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, at Walker Memorial Library. The workshop is titled “telling Our Story, Singing Our Song.” It’s an experimental workshop and no poetry writing experience is required. Registration is required by contacting Kyle at kneuge@westbrook.me.us […]

Weiss in library workshop Westbrook poet David C. Weiss is holding a special poetry workshop 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, at Walker Memorial Library. The workshop is titled “telling Our Story, Singing Our Song.” It’s an experimental workshop and no poetry writing experience is required. Registration is required by contacting Kyle at kneuge@westbrook.me.us […]

Dan Foley of Gorham, a cast member of the “Survivor” TV show, is going into this week’s episode 12 still in the hunt to take home the $1 million top prize as the sole survivor. The show’s season began with 18 cast members. Following episode 11 on April 29, Foley was one of seven remaining […]

A nascent effort to set up a Standish Fish and Game Club could lead to the establishment of the town’s first legal shooting range. At an April 28 Standish Town Council meeting, Greg Sirpis, Dick Bernier and Dan Dyer presented a proposal for basing a new fish and game club on heavily wooded, town-owned property […]