Traffic is backed up to Main Street, as police and firefighters clear the scene of an accident on Bridge Street that happened just after 2 p.m. Wednesday. The driver of a black Mazda 626 rammed into the a row of cars lined up behind a vehicle attempting to turn left off of Bridge Street. Two […]

Traffic is backed up to Main Street, as police and firefighters clear the scene of an accident on Bridge Street that happened just after 2 p.m. Wednesday. The driver of a black Mazda 626 rammed into the a row of cars lined up behind a vehicle attempting to turn left off of Bridge Street. Two […]

It was the morning of the first day back from spring vacation, and School Resource Officer Kathy Oelschlegel already had an incident on her hands. She was meeting with a student, who had been assaulted over the break. He had brought a knife into school to protect himself, but decided he wanted to turn it […]

People who lived near and worked with the Westbrook couple found dead from stab wounds at their home Tuesday afternoon say they saw no signs of trouble between what they thought were a happy husband and wife. But police say there had been two previous calls for domestic violence incidents between Ken and Belinda Taylor […]

A Westbrook couple was found dead Tuesday afternoon, their bodies discovered by their teenage daughters returning home from school, said neighbors. Neighbors said the couple, who lived in a condominium on Juniper Lane, were Ken and Belinda Taylor. Police would not disclose any information at the scene Tuesday, but confirmed the names of the couple […]

Indoor yard sale – Saturday, April 25, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Limington Town Hall, Route 11, Limington. Sponsored by Limington Extension to benefit Bonny Eagle High School scholarships. Items include Patriots sweatshirts, bug repellant and clothing, Lots of items for 25 cents. For more information, call Karen at 642-3508. Rummage sale – Saturday, April 25, 9 […]

(Cutlines for Then & Now, Thursday, April 23) – The photo on the left shows Rocky Hill School at 570 Bridge St., which was built in 1916 as a four-room school. This building replaced the old one-room school, which was built in 1875 and located a short distance away at the lower end of Methodist […]

Chicken salad luncheon – Friday, April 24, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Woodfords Congregational Church, Woodford Street, Portland. Sponsored by Woman’s Literary Union to benefit its scholarship fund. Bridge and games. RSVP at 774-7200. $12. Bean supper – Saturday, April 25, 5 p.m., First Congregational Church, Route 115, Gray. Beans, casseroles, salads, homemade breads and desserts. Handicapped […]

An official with a research institute based in Gorham cautioned Tuesday against eating fish caught in Maine lakes because of high mercury levels. “I wouldn’t eat fish under any circumstance from any Maine lake because of mercury,” said Wing Goodale, deputy director and senior scientist at Biodiversity Research Institute. Goodale said mercury winds up in […]

After May 1, there will be only one library in Westbrook. The closure of the Warren Memorial Library, in combination with the recession, will shortly have as a consequence an enormous increase in the volume of activity at the Walker Memorial Library. To deal with this, the city administration proposes a budget that has a […]