Library closed on Christmas, New Year’s Baxter Memorial Library, 71 South St., will be closed on Thursday, Dec. 25, and New Year’s Day, Thursday, Jan. 1. On Christmas Eve, Wednesday, Dec. 24, the library will close early at 4:30 p.m. The library’s regular hours are Mondays, 12:30-8 p.m.; Tuesdays 8:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Wednesdays, 8:30 a.m.-8 […]

Edgar, the cat who recently underwent emergency surgery in Boston to reattach part of her face after it was apparently slashed off by a vehicle’s fan belt, according to an Associated Press story, is lucky to be alive. Many cats who climb up under car hoods to be near warm engines are killed when the […]

Five months after the Westbrook City Council voted not to relicense the city’s only cab company, one of its former drivers has started his own taxi service. This week, former Westbrook Taxi driver Larry Jalbert began operating as A Cab, providing a permanent solution for residents who need rides around town. After Norma Bridge’s license […]

Volunteers honored The GFWC Westbrook Woman’s Club recently held a volunteer recognition program to honor members for their service to the club. Ethelyn Chase, a past president, was recognized for being active in both the local and state organizations for 58 years. Margaret Robie, also a past president, was given a gold pin for 51 […]

Volunteers honored The GFWC Westbrook Woman’s Club recently held a volunteer recognition program to honor members for their service to the club. Ethelyn Chase, a past president, was recognized for being active in both the local and state organizations for 58 years. Margaret Robie, also a past president, was given a gold pin for 51 […]

A lot of senior citizens who are living alone are women and a lot of them are living in older houses. Many of my friends are in this category. I’ve noticed when I talk about what I do around my apartment to save heat, they sometimes are surprised and say they never thought about it. […]

Lunch among the trees A Festival of Trees luncheon was held Dec. 5 in the Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, surrounded in several rooms by the beautifully decorated trees for the 2008 Festival of Trees, which ran from Nov. 29 to Dec. 6. The luncheon was delicious. Committee member Marion Broaddus made the soup with several vegetables […]

The commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife will be in Westbrook Monday and Tuesday hearing from people concerned about fish passage on the Presumpscot River. The public hearings will restart a process that began more than a year and a half ago to determine whether the state can make Sappi Fine Paper install a fish […]

The commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife will be in Westbrook Monday and Tuesday hearing from people concerned about fish passage on the Presumpscot River. The public hearings will restart a process that began more than a year and a half ago to determine whether the state can make Sappi Fine Paper install a fish […]

The new Buxton police chief, appointed last week by selectmen by a slim margin, has an immediate challenge – filling vacancies. “I’m five people short now,” Chief Mike Grovo, 51, said in his office Monday. He said the department – rocked this year by stinging criticism from departing officers – should have eight on the […]