0111BEHS Kindergarten students at Jack Memorial School in Buxton were recently entertained by Bonny Eagle High School students performing “Home for the Holidays.” The students traveled to Jack Memorial, Eliza Libby, and Hollis schools, and also performed for senior citizens at the Standish Town Hall. Attending and performing at Jack Memorial School were, from left, […]

Benefit dinner Members of the First Parish Congregational Church, 1 Church St., are sponsoring a chicken pie dinner at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 19, to benefit a mission trip in February to La Masica, Honduras. The church members will travel to Honduras as part of a medical team. The benefit dinner menu is chicken […]

ecomaine, a municipally owned and operated recycling and waste disposal operation based in Portland, is soliciting nominees for its annual eco-Excellence Awards, which are given in recognition of outstanding recycling efforts. Nominations must be received at ecomaine by Friday, Feb. 1. Entry forms can be found online at www.ecomaine.org or by calling 773-1738. Each nomination […]

It’s been more than a year since Westbrook’s Zoning Board of Appeals told Bob Ledoux the chickens he kept at his Chestnut Street home had to go. Though the city put a hold on enforcing the board’s recommendation, allowing Ledoux to keep his chickens for the time being, the City Council will address the issue […]

New Year’s Eve music Violinist Joshua Bell was the guest at the New York Phiharmonic’s New Year’s Eve concert this year at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. Lorin Maazal conducted the orchestra and soprano Renee Fleming hosted the broadcast. In a release, “Live From Lincoln Center,” I learned that Bell came to national attention at […]

Three Biddeford residents were arrested and charged with armed robbery and a variety of other crimes over the New Year’s holiday, according to Maine Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland. The three – Armand Goudreau, 39, Wayne Harlow, 27, and Nicole Mouzas, 25 – are believed to have been involved in the robberies that took place […]

A delay in permission from the state for Westbrook to borrow money to build a new middle school won’t affect the construction schedule, according to Superintendent Stan Sawyer. Sawyer announced Tuesday that the state has delayed giving permission for the bond for the Westbrook middle school for five months, along with four other projects in […]

Bruce Chuluda’s personality is an unusual one for the city’s top elected office. Uncomfortable in the spotlight, he has no swagger in his step and doesn’t speak in sound bites. Chuluda sees himself as an average guy who is dedicated to working for a city he loves. In the last four years, he’s proven his […]

I have paid close attention to the proceedings that led up to the current agreement between the church and the town regarding the clock’s placement. I have spent many hours learning about our town clock. Let me remind you that I am not a member of the First Parish Congregational Church. I grew up in […]

(109/109A) William Clarke Drive (Wayside Drive) was built on the bed of the Boston & Maine railroad tracks that once went through Westbrook. The photo on the left shows the tracks in the early 1900s, looking east from Mechanic Street. The building on the left was the old Boston & Maine train station that was […]