Feb. 7, 1990 Mayor Fred C. Wescott is looking into his power to order all parked cars off Westbrook streets for snow plowing. He told the City Council Monday that the Public Works Department had to deal with “a lot of cars illegally parked” in the snowstorm Sunday. “I’ll be asking the Legal Department,” Wescott […]

After three months and nearly $300,000 in renovations to a historic church in downtown Westbrook, Marc Bagala and his crew were in clean-up mode Tuesday. “This is the way it would have originally been,” Bagala said, pointing to places where walls were removed, revealing the original layout of the open rooms. Bagala’s business, Bagala Window […]

After recently announcing a new location in Westbrook, a maker of gourmet chocolate truffles, Black Dinah Chocolatiers, will open a “pop-up” store for Valentine’s Day. According to a press release from the company Friday, the store will be open Friday, Feb. 13 and Saturday, Feb. 14 from noon – 6 p.m. at 869 Main St. […]

The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested a Westbrook woman Thursday in Portland on charges of selling heroin and cocaine. According to a press release issued Friday afternoon by Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland, drug agents arrested Rachel Rembert, 28, of Westbrook, for class A aggravated trafficking in schedule W drugs (heroin), class […]

The town of Gorham has banned parking along any town-owned roads through noon on Saturday, Jan. 31.

Jan. 31, 1990 Without much audience notice, the Gorham Town Council passed a rule change Jan. 23 limiting public input at meetings and suggested holding comments to 5 minutes per person. The rules apparently give the chairman the power to rule someone out of order for not keeping to the topic. The rules also apply […]

The Westbrook City Council will vote next week on budget adjustments caused by a significant amount of public safety overtime costs. Between police, fire, and dispatch at Westbrook Public Safety, the city is projecting to spend $340,000 in overtime costs above what was included in the fiscal year 2014-15 budget. The fire department was budgeted […]

The Westbrook City Council will vote next week on budget adjustments caused by a significant amount of public safety overtime costs. Between police, fire, and dispatch at Westbrook Public Safety, the city is projecting to spend $340,000 in overtime costs above what was included in the fiscal year 2014-15 budget. The fire department was budgeted […]

The Westbrook City Council will vote next week on budget adjustments caused by a significant amount of public safety overtime costs. Between police, fire, and dispatch at Westbrook Public Safety, the city is projecting to spend $340,000 in overtime costs above what was included in the fiscal year 2014-15 budget. The fire department was budgeted […]