Worship in the park Trinity Lutheran Church, 612 Main St., will hold its Sunday worship service at the gazebo in Riverbank Park on Main Street at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 24. Music will be provided by the church’s Ethiopian/Eritrean choir, and a liturgical dance will be performed by Bonnie Wright. Sunday brunch in the […]

Worship in the park Trinity Lutheran Church, 612 Main St., will hold its Sunday worship service at the gazebo in Riverbank Park on Main Street at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 24. Music will be provided by the church’s Ethiopian/Eritrean choir, and a liturgical dance will be performed by Bonnie Wright. Sunday brunch in the […]

WESTBROOK – Mike Connolly was happy to finally be outside Monday afternoon following a full day of meetings. As multiple Westbrook High School fall sports teams spilled onto the fields for the first day of practices, he seemed at home, walking among the various camps and checking in on coaches. “The first thing I have […]

GORHAM – With their homework done, Gorham school officials are slated next week to upgrade the district’s kindergarten at its three elementary schools to an all-day program. “We spent a whole year getting ready,” Brian Porter, principal at Village Elementary School, said on Tuesday. “We’re really excited about it.” Gorham kindergarten and grades 6 and […]

WESTBROOK – Search and rescue teams recovered a body from the Presumpscot River in Westbrook Thursday afternoon, following an extensive search of the river. At roughly 1:10 p.m. Thursday, a dive team pulled a body from the river after a search that lasted more than three hours and included a Maine Warden Service search plane, […]

Aug. 23, 1989 Scarborough High School students can come use Westbrook High temporarily, the Westbrook School Committee unanimously decided Monday. But Westbrook won’t hold shorter classes to get out of the way earlier, as was originally suggested. Scarborough’s school department requested to hold double sessions at Westbrook High for up to 21?2 months, rent free, […]

Aug. 23, 1989 Scarborough High School students can come use Westbrook High temporarily, the Westbrook School Committee unanimously decided Monday. But Westbrook won’t hold shorter classes to get out of the way earlier, as was originally suggested. Scarborough’s school department requested to hold double sessions at Westbrook High for up to 21?2 months, rent free, […]

Aug. 23, 1989 Scarborough High School students can come use Westbrook High temporarily, the Westbrook School Committee unanimously decided Monday. But Westbrook won’t hold shorter classes to get out of the way earlier, as was originally suggested. Scarborough’s school department requested to hold double sessions at Westbrook High for up to 21?2 months, rent free, […]

“Emotion comes into play, and this is something that emotion should not have a part in.” – City Councilor John O’Hara WESTBROOK – “I want a recall, but we’re going to do it right,” City Councilor Victor Chau told his colleagues Monday at a meeting of the council’s Committee of the Whole. Discussing a proposed […]

WESTBROOK – A private cemetery containing the gravesites of notable figures in Westbrook’s history may be turned over to the city’s care. Pending approval by the City Council’s Facilities and Streets Committee, the Conant burial ground, off Conant Street, would be provided regular maintenance and protected from any future sale of the property. Ellie Conant […]