May 9, 1990 Although the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” children know so well all have Italian names, they were created on the banks of the Presumpscot River near Westbrook’s Frenchtown. Kevin Eastman, their creator, graduated from Westbrook High School in 1980. The young artist tossed pizzas at Louie’s Variety and struggled to keep up with […]

Arnold Graton, a covered-bridge rehabilitation and construction expert from New Hampshire, will speak concerning the rehabilitation of Babb’s Bridge at the United Church of Christ in North Gorham on Monday, May 11. Graton, who is based in Holderness, N.H., has repaired 64 covered bridges since 1958. He is the proprietor of Arnold M. Graton Associates, […]

Andrelle Steele, 19, is, according to My Place Teen Center Executive Director Donna Dwyer, “why we are zealots about our mission; he is the reason for it all. He is perfection. And that is why we are.” And, she added, “thank you to this wonderful city for your love and commitment to our kids.” The […]

After a long winter that battered the local landscape, Westbrook is looking for the community’s help to clean it up. City staff and volunteers hope the community clean-up day, Saturday, May 9, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., beginning in Riverbank Park, will help restore the annual effort following a less-than-desirable turnout last year. Lynn Leavitt, Westbrook’s […]

Westbrook Public Services employees Doug Eaton, left, and Dan Wight lower the estimated 80-pound bicentennial time capsule into the ground in Riverbank Park Tuesday. Fred Roberts, right, also assisted. The hole was then filled with sand, with a Sonotube filled with concrete covering the capsule, and serving as the base for a granite monument. Arty […]

Leading up to the funeral for Roger Knight, the well-known Westbrook resident and lifelong farmer who died Sunday, the community has taken to social media to share condolences. Knight died Sunday morning at his home at Smiling Hill Farm, just a few days shy of his 80th birthday. In honor of his birthday, the Knight […]

Leading up to the funeral for Roger Knight, the well-known Westbrook resident and lifelong farmer who died Sunday, the community has taken to social media to share condolences. Knight died Sunday morning at his home at Smiling Hill Farm, just a few days shy of his 80th birthday. In honor of his birthday, the Knight […]

Bob Crowley, the 2008, $1 million winner of the reality TV show “Survivor,” was taken ill Monday and admitted to Maine Medical Center in Portland, his wife said Tuesday. Crowley has reported weekly for the American Journal on the progress of Gorham’s Dan Foley, a contestant on this season’s “Survivor.” But, Peggy Crowley told the […]

Bob Crowley, the 2008, $1 million winner of the reality TV show “Survivor,” was taken ill Monday and admitted to Maine Medical Center in Portland, his wife said Tuesday. Crowley has reported weekly for the American Journal on the progress of Gorham’s Dan Foley, a contestant on this season’s “Survivor.” But, Peggy Crowley told the […]

May 2, 1990 Flags will fly over Westbrook veterans’ graves at city expense again this year, unless the City Council suffers a major change of heart. And they won’t be picked up after Memorial Day to be used again in 1991. “Maybe it’s a lean year, but I don’t think it’s that lean,” said Mayor […]