The Westbrook American reported on Feb. 20, 1963, reported that Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parker, Hillview Road, were in San Francisco where he attended a meeting of asphalt paving technologies. Two West Buxton couples were vacationing in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pinkham were in Fort Lauderdale and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Plummer had left […]

When the plan for a nation-wide tax rebate was first discussed, it sounded like the more money you made, the more you’d get back. For those of us in the low-income range, including many senior citizens, well, we were left out. That has changed now, and chances are you are eligible for what is called […]

An update Joan Ashley of Falmouth has sent me the recent copy of the Guillemot, the newsletter of the Sorrento Scientific Society in Bar Harbor. It is a very interesting publication listing reports of animals, birds, fish and reptiles seen in Maine, where they were sighted and some details. Astronomy, the weather and geology also […]

An update Joan Ashley of Falmouth has sent me the recent copy of the Guillemot, the newsletter of the Sorrento Scientific Society in Bar Harbor. It is a very interesting publication listing reports of animals, birds, fish and reptiles seen in Maine, where they were sighted and some details. Astronomy, the weather and geology also […]

Cooped up in a room at Holiday Inn West on Riverside Street in Portland Tuesday, a Westbrook family still didn’t know what possessions they would be able to recover from their home, destroyed by fire early Saturday morning. However, the Tuppers have already discovered just how many friends they have in the community. “The support […]

Police arrested a man wanted on several Westbrook warrant charges Monday. David McAuliffe, 43, of Westbrook, was arrested at around 6:30 p.m. at a halfway house in Saco. McAuliffe’s Westbrook charges include negotiating a worthless instrument and violation of conditions of release. According to Westbrook Police Chief Bill Baker, several other police departments also had […]

Police arrested a man wanted on several Westbrook warrant charges Monday. David McAuliffe, 43, of Westbrook, was arrested at around 6:30 p.m. at a halfway house in Saco. McAuliffe’s Westbrook charges include negotiating a worthless instrument and violation of conditions of release. According to Westbrook Police Chief Bill Baker, several other police departments also had […]

Police arrested a man wanted on several Westbrook warrant charges Monday. David McAuliffe, 43, of Westbrook, was arrested at around 6:30 p.m. at a halfway house in Saco. McAuliffe’s Westbrook charges include negotiating a worthless instrument and violation of conditions of release. According to Westbrook Police Chief Bill Baker, several other police departments also had […]

The Westbrook Republican City Committee is looking for people from Ward 3 interested in serving on the School Committee. A replacement is needed to fill the seat of Jack Gorsuch, who resigned last week. Gorsuch, 88, said he “just got a little worn out.” Gorsuch was elected in November 2005. His term expires in December […]

A fire destroyed the Westbrook home of the Tupper family early Saturday morning. Though Westbrook Fire Capt. Charles Jarrett called the Webster Street house “a total loss,” support from the community has helped keep the Tuppers going.