WESTBROOK – With more than 1,000 family members and friends looking on, members of Westbrook High School’s class of 2014 received their diplomas Saturday during a spirited ceremony at Merrill Auditorium in Portland. Leading their classmates onto the stage during “Pomp and Circumstance” were class marshals Rachel Germaine and Austin Blake, all smiles despite the […]

WESTBROOK – With more than 1,000 family members and friends looking on, members of Westbrook High School’s class of 2014 received their diplomas Saturday during a spirited ceremony at Merrill Auditorium in Portland. Leading their classmates onto the stage during “Pomp and Circumstance” were class marshals Rachel Germaine and Austin Blake, all smiles despite the […]

WESTBROOK – You might think that after several decades as one of Maine’s most prominent musicians, Tony Boffa would be used to the spotlight, but that’s not the case. Boffa, a Westbrook musical mainstay, doesn’t like calling attention to himself. “It’s weird, I’ve been doing this my whole life,” he said. “But that’s just not […]

WESTBROOK – You might think that after several decades as one of Maine’s most prominent musicians, Tony Boffa would be used to the spotlight, but that’s not the case. Boffa, a Westbrook musical mainstay, doesn’t like calling attention to himself. “It’s weird, I’ve been doing this my whole life,” he said. “But that’s just not […]

Benson recognized Erica Benson was recently awarded the Maine International Trade Center’s Future Global Leader award at the 34th annual Maine International Trade Day in Bangor. Benson graduated from Gorham High School in 2007 and the University of Southern Maine in 2013. She is the daughter of Eddie and Becki Benson of Gorham. Her undergraduate […]

Benson recognized Erica Benson was recently awarded the Maine International Trade Center’s Future Global Leader award at the 34th annual Maine International Trade Day in Bangor. Benson graduated from Gorham High School in 2007 and the University of Southern Maine in 2013. She is the daughter of Eddie and Becki Benson of Gorham. Her undergraduate […]

Garden club tour and lunch The Buxton Garden Club will host “Full of Promise and Promises Fulfilled,” a self-guided garden tour featuring six gardens in the Buxton and Hollis area. The event is set for 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, June 21, and will be held rain or shine. The cost is $18 with lunch, […]

Garden club tour and lunch The Buxton Garden Club will host “Full of Promise and Promises Fulfilled,” a self-guided garden tour featuring six gardens in the Buxton and Hollis area. The event is set for 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, June 21, and will be held rain or shine. The cost is $18 with lunch, […]

June 14, 1989 Nineteen momuments, including some of the nicest, were damaged by vandals Thursday night in St. Hyacinth Cemetery, Stroudwater Street, Westbrook. Police have no clues who did it. The damage was in the highest part of the cemetery, hidden from view of traffic. It’s the third time recently in which vandals have smashed […]

WESTBROOK – Pending approval by the Westbrook School Committee this week, Michael Connolly will become the school department’s new athletic director, joining Westbrook after two years at the helm in neighboring Portland. Connolly, 39, will replace Marc Sawyer, whose resignation in April was the culmination of months of controversy stemming from the handling of student […]