All but one of the charges against a former Portland police officer were dropped Tuesday because his wife, the alleged victim, didn’t want to go to trial. Brian Regan, 40, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge, which will be dismissed in nine months, as long as Regan obeys certain conditions, including being subject to […]

Peter on peace mission Rev. Mutima Peter of Westbrook will lead a group leaving the United States Sunday, Aug. 24, on a 19-day peace mission to violence-torn Central Africa. “There is always violence and death threat,” Peter responded Friday by e-mail. “We will be visiting Rwanda, Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo. Please keep us […]

Since graduating from Mount Holyoke College this spring, Asheley Ireland of Westbrook has been working with horses in Georgetown, Mass. As captain, she led her college dressage team to win the national championship in April, and is now getting ready for a show in September. During a visit home last week, she sat down with […]

After a harrowing experience just minutes into a trip down the Kennebec River, a well-known Westbrook business owner’s first rafting excursion quickly became his last. Don Littlefield, who owns Sportsman’s Hardware and several other properties in Westbrook, was released from Mercy Hospital in Portland last Thursday after complications from nearly drowning in West Forks Aug. […]

Glazer in concert Pianist Frank Glazer will perform as a celebrity guest at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 24, at Saco River Grange Hall, 29 Salmon Falls Road, Bar Mills. Glazer is artist-in-residence and lecturer in music at Bates College in Lewiston. His concert, “Musical Reminiscences of Our Youth,” will include music by composers Rubinstein, […]

Nearly a year after a messy public dispute that spurred the resignation of the city’s human resources director, Westbrook finally has filled the position. Mayor Bruce Chuluda announced Tuesday that Kristina Gould, 37, was chosen from a field of more than 50 applicants. She will be paid $72,610. Gould has extensive experience in human resources […]

144/144a In the early 1960s, Stop & Shop Corp., of Braintree, Mass., purchased a large tract of land on Main Street at the Portland line. The company constructed a large building on the north side of the property to be occupied by a Bradlees store in one half and Martin’s Discount Foods leasing the other […]

Grads gather The class of 1958 of Westbrook High School had a busy Aug. 9 reunion weekend, with a banquet, visit to the high school and a tour of the Westbrook Historical Society. The society president, Donna Conley, was a member of that class and sent me this account of their weekend: The Class of […]

I live in the Birdland neighborhood and I don’t think an active gravel pit, rock crushing operation and asphalt plant should be allowed to come to this part of the city. While a number of the businesses in the area have gone on record in opposition to Pike’s plan of expanding to this part of […]

I live in the Birdland neighborhood and I don’t think an active gravel pit, rock crushing operation and asphalt plant should be allowed to come to this part of the city. While a number of the businesses in the area have gone on record in opposition to Pike’s plan of expanding to this part of […]