120/120A In 1849, Capt. John Warren built a large, three-and-a-half story building on Main Street at Bridge Street, left photo. There were retail shops on the first floor, including the C.B. Woodman Pharmacy on the corner of Main and Bridge streets – later becoming the Vallee Pharmacy, operated by Charles Vallee, father of entertainer Rudy […]

120/120A In 1849, Capt. John Warren built a large, three-and-a-half story building on Main Street at Bridge Street, left photo. There were retail shops on the first floor, including the C.B. Woodman Pharmacy on the corner of Main and Bridge streets – later becoming the Vallee Pharmacy, operated by Charles Vallee, father of entertainer Rudy […]

The developer of a neighborhood being built in the Mitchell Farm area was denied a waiver of the requirement to install granite curbing by the Westbrook City Council Monday. Developer Andre Belluci, who has built a dozen homes on Kennard Street in the past couple of years, argued bituminous curbing matched the surrounding neighborhoods. Residents […]

The jazz band from Wescott Junior High School in Westbrook claimed second place in its division at the Maine Music Educators Association State Middle School Jazz Festival at Westbrook High School on Saturday. The band’s three-song set included “Topsy,” arranged by Rick Stitzel; “Estancia,” by Doug Beach; and “It Don’t Mean a Thing,” arranged by […]

The jazz band from Wescott Junior High School in Westbrook claimed second place in its division at the Maine Music Educators Association State Middle School Jazz Festival at Westbrook High School on Saturday. The band’s three-song set included “Topsy,” arranged by Rick Stitzel; “Estancia,” by Doug Beach; and “It Don’t Mean a Thing,” arranged by […]

Jimmy Webster receives a plaque from Mayor Bruce Chuluda at his retirement party Friday. Webster is retiring after 24 years with the Public Services Department. One of his primary responsibilities was caring for the city’s boardwalk along the river. Jimmy Webster receives a plaque from Mayor Bruce Chuluda at his retirement party Friday. Webster is […]

Salary increases and the spike in the cost of heating oil are two of the driving forces behind the nearly $1 million increase in Westbrook’s school budget for next year. Though increases in heating oil, electricity, diesel fuel, salaries and benefits amount to about $1.2 million, Superintendent Stan Sawyer was able to keep the total […]

All businesses in Westbrook operating as a sole proprietor or as a partnership need to register their business with the City Clerk’s office and pay a $20 registration fee. Those same businesses are also required to notify the City Clerk’s office when their business dissolves. This is a mandate of state law: Title 31, Chapter […]

The First Parish Congregational Church in Gorham is asking for more time to raise money to pay the cost of reinstalling and maintaining an historic clock that has been absent from its steeple since 2006. The town, which owns the clock, had agreed to lease it to the church, where it had been in the […]

March 30, 1983 A fire that was almost a carbon copy of the Jan. 19 Fruitland fire swept through the second and third floors of a three-story apartment house at 593 Main St., Westbrook, Sunday night. All the tenants were left homeless. The fire started when cooking oil caught fire in a second-floor front apartment […]