‘Financial Football’ team meets Pats Twenty student athletes from Bonny Eagle High School participated in December in an event called “Financial Football” at Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots. The team included 10 male and 10 female athletes, representing football, girls soccer and field hockey teams. Bonny Eagle won the 2007 Class A […]

After reading the article on the inauguration and election (Jan. 10 American Journal), I wanted to respond to the remarks made by some of the people. Some of them were very inconsiderate and insulting to the mayor. First, Colleen Hilton did not support Mayor Bruce Chuluda because she wanted “fresh, new energy and creating new […]

Feb. 2, 1983 The Westbrook Housing Authority is pressing ahead with its ambition to get into direct competition with private apartment builders. Executive director James Smith told the authority’s directors last week that he has looked at a couple of locations of unsubsidized apartment buildings and may be able to report to them Feb. 15 […]

Dave Farrington, D-Gorham, who served two terms, isn’t seeking the Democratic nomination as a candidate for Maine House District 130, representing parts of Gorham and Buxton. But Farrington, 40, didn’t rule out seeking office again in the future. “At this point, I want to get back to teaching full time,” Farrington said this week. Farrington […]

Some 93,000 people in the U.S. are currently in need of an organ transplant. Seventeen people die each day, and 6,600 people each year, in the U.S. from needing an organ that is not available because of a lack of organ donors. One organ donor can save seven lives. In 2007, there were 1,915 heart […]

Redpoll sightings I have a clipping about redpolls sent by our son, Tom, who recently saw a flock of 50 of these birds flying over the field below his Hiram home. How I wish I had been there! The picture of this small bird in our copy of the Audubon Society Field Guide to North […]

Hebert visits China Jon Hebert, Westbrook, recently marked his fourth journey to China. Hebert accompanied his son, Benjamin Hebert, Long Island, N.Y., on a nine-day business trip. They flew into Shanghai and traveled by train to Beijing for five days. It marked Jon Hebert’s first visit to Beijing, capital of the People’s Republic of China. […]

Average Residential Tax Bill $3,095.25 School $1,628.11 Public Safety $448.81 Public Services $247.62 Administration $225.95 Debt $204.29 Cumberland County Tax $95.95 Trash Collection/Disposal $74.29 Recreation $49.52 Library $40.24 Public Transit $29.71 Health, Welfare & Social Services $25.69 Miscellaneous $25.07 Note: Public Safety includes police, fire and rescue. Public Services includes streets and sidewalks, parks, cemeteries, […]

The Village Review Overlay Committee is seeking those interested in serving on the committee overseeing the redevelopment of architecturally significant buildings to apply to the mayor’s office. Familiarity with architecture, historic preservation, design, and construction are important elements of skills. The Committee meets once a month, typically 7:30 a.m.-9 a.m. the second Friday of the […]

A donation from a law enforcement motorcycle club will seed a fund to help provide heat for people of Westbrook when they need it most. The City Council on Monday accepted a donation of $250 from the Blue Knights Maine IX, a chapter of the international club, of which two local officers, Thomas Roche and […]