WESTBROOK – It may not be the kind of business venture officials at Westbrook Housing envisioned when they built the combination residential unit and commercial spaces at 917 Main St. more than a year ago, but Gisele Perry thinks the space is perfect for her. Perry, 54, offers massage therapy and skin and nail care […]

WESTBROOK – After waiting for nearly three years, Idexx Laboratories is breaking ground in two weeks on a $35 million expansion of its corporate headquarters on Eisenhower Drive in Westbrook. Code Enforcement Officer Rick Gouzie said Idexx this week submitted an application for foundation work at the site. The Planning Board gave unanimous approval to […]

WESTBROOK – The school committee voted 6-1 tonight to close Prides Corner Elementary School. The vote is the second and final vote, confirming the closure of the 60-year-old school. The process, school officials said, now turns to transition to a new, reconfigured elementary school system in the city’s remaining three elementary schools. Committee Member James […]

WESTBROOK – This Saturday, a national television program on Animal Planet dedicated to cats will be featuring a story about a four-legged feline from Westbrook. “Must Love Cats” came to Westbrook in November 2011 to film a segment about “Jill,” a gray shorthaired cat in the care of the Westbrook-based Animal Refuge League of Greater […]

WESTBROOK – This Saturday, a national television program on Animal Planet dedicated to cats will be featuring a story about a four-legged feline from Westbrook. “Must Love Cats” came to Westbrook in November 2011 to film a segment about “Jill,” a gray shorthaired cat in the care of the Westbrook-based Animal Refuge League of Greater […]

WESTBROOK – Ellie Saunders, 91, one of the founders and oldest members of the Westbrook Historical Society, did the honors at the ribbon-cutting ceremony March 7 marking the grand opening of the museum’s new home at the Fred C. Wescott Building. “I think it’s wonderful,” Saunders said. “I’m awfully pleased. We all are.” Dozens of […]

WESTBROOK – And then there were nine. This year’s “Westbrook Idol” competition winner will be crowned on Thursday, March 15, according to Kathryn Hersom, principal at Saccarappa School and one of the coordinators of the event. The finalists, according to Hersom, are Dave Ames, Kiersten Hilton, Ingrid Ayer-Richardson, Margo Carroll, Sierra Alley, Raquel True, Jake […]

‘South Pacific’ at GHS Gorham High School, 41 Morrill Ave., presents its production of the Rogers and Hammerstein musical, “South Pacific,” with six performances opening this month and continuing through Saturday, April 7. Performance times and dates are 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, March 30 and 31; 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 1; 7:30 […]

WESTBROOK – After organizational problems kept it from happening last year, a fundraiser that has become a tradition at the Westbrook Regional Vocational Center is returning this month. “I feel like I’m starting the whole thing from scratch,” said Jennifer Ha, a senior who studies marketing at the center as part of DECA, an international […]