For the first time in eight years, the Westbrook High School drama club has advanced to the state finals of the Maine Drama Festival. Under the direction of English teacher Rick Solomon, the school’s Sock n Buskin theater group performed the 30-minute play, “The Zen Substitute,” by James Brandon and Tamako Niwa, at the regional […]

Here’s to Nordica It was a pleasure to hear and watch the Nordica Trio March 6 at Portland’s First Parish Church Noonday Concert. The three talented members are Graybert Beacham (violin and viola), Karen Beacham (clarinet) and Cheryl Tschantz (piano). Their combination of instruments is an interesting one, with each player having time for brief […]

March 16, 1983 Two state grants for advertising downtown Westbrook are being sought by the city. One, $48,000, is part of the Community Development application voted recently. It would be expected to stimulate $4,000 in advertising by merchants. The other is for $2,000, to be matched by $2,000 of merchants money, and was applied for […]

A City Council debate this week over tattoo parlors and one last week over a liquor license were examples of why Ed Symbol will be missed as a city councilor. Symbol recently resigned as a city councilor to return to the School Board, where he served two four-year terms before being elected to the City […]

A City Council debate this week over tattoo parlors and one last week over a liquor license were examples of why Ed Symbol will be missed as a city councilor. Symbol recently resigned as a city councilor to return to the School Board, where he served two four-year terms before being elected to the City […]

A City Council debate this week over tattoo parlors and one last week over a liquor license were examples of why Ed Symbol will be missed as a city councilor. Symbol recently resigned as a city councilor to return to the School Board, where he served two four-year terms before being elected to the City […]

The nominees for 2008 Teacher of the Year in Westbrook were scheduled to be honored at a reception on Wednesday, after the American Journal’s deadline. They are Kim Walls, Prides Corner School; Jennifer Curtis, Saccarappa School; Jean Shorey, Canal School; Gloria Noyes, Congin School; Travis McCutcheon, Wescott Junior High School; Chris Conroy, Westbrook High School; […]

The nominees for 2008 Teacher of the Year in Westbrook were scheduled to be honored at a reception on Wednesday, after the American Journal’s deadline. They are Kim Walls, Prides Corner School; Jennifer Curtis, Saccarappa School; Jean Shorey, Canal School; Gloria Noyes, Congin School; Travis McCutcheon, Wescott Junior High School; Chris Conroy, Westbrook High School; […]

With the owner hoping to get final approval and opponents convinced more questions need to be answered, a familiar scene is about to play out again as the Gorham Planning Board opens another pubic hearing Monday on a proposed asphalt plant and quarry. Danny Shaw, co-owner of Shaw Brothers Construction Inc. of Gorham, which wants […]

The Westbrook American reported on March 13, 1963, that Austin Alden was reelected as a Gorham selectman for three years. Alden defeated Carl Magnusson Jr. 501-227. In Buxton, Merle Usher and Dora Applebee were named hostesses for a Groveville Garden Club meeting with a program about spring perennials.