After 10 weeks of training at the FBI National Academy, Westbrook Police Capt. Tom Roth was one of 255 law enforcement officers to graduate from the program last month. The 236th session of the National Academy in Quantico, Va., consisted of men and women from 48 states and 25 countries. Training for the program is […]

This past week, I was appalled to discover that Pike Industries had submitted an Application to Use Explosives/Blasting Agents for 25 blasts at the Spring Street quarry between March 1, 2009, and Dec. 15, 2009, and for the removal and crushing of 250,000 cubic yards of material. While the city wrestles with its fate and […]

This past week, I was appalled to discover that Pike Industries had submitted an Application to Use Explosives/Blasting Agents for 25 blasts at the Spring Street quarry between March 1, 2009, and Dec. 15, 2009, and for the removal and crushing of 250,000 cubic yards of material. While the city wrestles with its fate and […]

The Westbrook American reported on April 15, 1964, that Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Newell Sr. of Gorham celebrated their wedding anniversary that day. Mrs. Robert F. Schoonmaker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ranks of Chicopee, witnessed earth tremors in Anchorage, Alaska, where she worked in a store. She wrote home that no customers or […]

The Westbrook American reported on April 15, 1964, that Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Newell Sr. of Gorham celebrated their wedding anniversary that day. Mrs. Robert F. Schoonmaker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ranks of Chicopee, witnessed earth tremors in Anchorage, Alaska, where she worked in a store. She wrote home that no customers or […]

179/179a The photo on the left was taken in 1951 and shows the old house located at 959 Main St. The house was demolished shortly after and a gas station was built on the site. Wilfred Swenson operated Bill’s Flying A Station”there for many years before closing in the mid 1960s. The building then remained […]

The one thing that most senior citizens don’t like is change. Every day we are scrambling to keep up with changes – changes in words and word meaning, changes in landscapes, communication methods and most of all, change in the medical world. Take words and changes in their meaning as an example. We had cellars. […]

The one thing that most senior citizens don’t like is change. Every day we are scrambling to keep up with changes – changes in words and word meaning, changes in landscapes, communication methods and most of all, change in the medical world. Take words and changes in their meaning as an example. We had cellars. […]

Westbrook Police said a teenager died when the car he was driving crashed at 1:42 a.m. into the Dana Warp Mill at 90 Bridge St. Randy J. McDonough, 18, of Westbrook, was pronounced dead at the scene. McDonough was alone in the car, a 2001 VW Jetta. Police said speed was a factor and the […]

Westbrook Police said a teenager died when the car he was driving crashed at 1:42 a.m. into the Dana Warp Mill at 90 Bridge St. Randy J. McDonough, 18, of Westbrook, was pronounced dead at the scene. McDonough was alone in the car, a 2001 VW Jetta. Police said speed was a factor and the […]