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Westbrook Then & Now

144/144a The photo on the left is a view up river from Bridge Street showing the Dana Warp Mill facility. The building on the left is located on the island at the end of Dana Street and was built in 1876 by George Warren as a woolen mill. Woodbury K. Dana purchased the building in […]

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Ramblings

From France In 1927, my mother gave me, as a Christmas present, a beautiful illustrated book called “Nursery Friends from France.” Included in its 191 pages is “On the Bridge of Avignon,” with the words in English and also in French, written beneath the music of the song, for the reader to play if desired. […]

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Posted inAmerican Journal

Ramblings

From France In 1927, my mother gave me, as a Christmas present, a beautiful illustrated book called “Nursery Friends from France.” Included in its 191 pages is “On the Bridge of Avignon,” with the words in English and also in French, written beneath the music of the song, for the reader to play if desired. […]

Posted inAmerican Journal

45 years ago

The Westbrook American reported on Aug. 14, 1963, that Mr. and Mrs. E. Niles Carey of Elizabeth Street in Gorham were entertaining her sister, Mrs. Cyril J. Pierce, and nephew, Peter Peters with his wife and daughter, Susan, all of Worcester. The Groveville Garden Club will meet at the home of Ella Clark on Bonny […]

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45 years ago

The Westbrook American reported on Aug. 14, 1963, that Mr. and Mrs. E. Niles Carey of Elizabeth Street in Gorham were entertaining her sister, Mrs. Cyril J. Pierce, and nephew, Peter Peters with his wife and daughter, Susan, all of Worcester. The Groveville Garden Club will meet at the home of Ella Clark on Bonny […]

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City police appointed, promoted

Four new officers were appointed to the Westbrook Police Department at a ceremony last week. Rebecca Towne and Andy York are both joining the Westbrook department from University of Southern Maine police, and recent college graduates Ryan Close and Scott Janco are new to the force. Close, who graduated from St. Joseph’s College this spring, […]

Posted inAmerican Journal

City police appointed, promoted

Four new officers were appointed to the Westbrook Police Department at a ceremony last week. Rebecca Towne and Andy York are both joining the Westbrook department from University of Southern Maine police, and recent college graduates Ryan Close and Scott Janco are new to the force. Close, who graduated from St. Joseph’s College this spring, […]

Posted inAmerican Journal

City police appointed, promoted

Four new officers were appointed to the Westbrook Police Department at a ceremony last week. Rebecca Towne and Andy York are both joining the Westbrook department from University of Southern Maine police, and recent college graduates Ryan Close and Scott Janco are new to the force. Close, who graduated from St. Joseph’s College this spring, […]