CATHERINE McAULEY HIGH SCHOOL FIRST QUARTER HONOR ROLL – NOVEMBER 2007 SENIORS FIRST HONORS (93-100 each course) SECOND HONORS (85+ each course) COMMENDABLE (only one 84 and 85+ in all other courses) Amelia Smith Rebecca Weidler Lindsay Baldwin Charlotte Kinkade-Boymer Michelle Brown Erin McKenna Rebecca Campbell Deanna McLaughlin Kathleen Demarco Megan Mullaney Anh-Thu Do Danielle […]

The reactions to Westbrook’s new parking plan have varied, but one thing is certain – it’s gotten people talking. Residents and business owners will get their last chance to voice their concerns about the new regulations at a meeting held by the Downtown Parking Committee on Friday at 7:30 a.m. in the Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church. […]

Listening to Al Hawkes Westbrook’s own Al Hawkes was featured on Nick Spitzer’s “American Routes” show Sunday on National Public Radio. Al is a popular bluegrass musician, who plays many instruments. He recorded many well-known singers and players in his record store, Event Record Studio, at Route 302 and Hardy Road, Westbrook in the 1950s. […]

Some residents expected to return to their homes in an elderly housing complex in Westbrook Friday afternoon after being evacuated because of a fire early Friday morning. Firefighters responded to the fire at Riverview Terrace, a public and elderly housing project, on Knight Street just after 2 a.m. Friday. The fire was caused by a […]

The Westbrook American reported on Dec. 12, 1962, that Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Holmes of Wood Road announced the birth of a grandson, John J. Winters Jr., son of John and Ann (Holmes) Winters, Foxboro, Mass. In Buxton, a deer was killed when it ran into the car of Mrs. Phil Cousens of Groveville,who was […]

Arrests Nov. 30 Trish Farr, 20, Main Street, on Brown Street on two warrant charges. Robert Lunt, 37, Warren Avenue, on Warren Avenue on a charge of violation of protection order. Christina Shaw, 21, Westbrook Pointe, on Brackett Street on charges of violation of conditions of release, misuse of identification and receiving stolen property. Robert […]

Gorham’s consideration of a proposed quarry and asphalt plant will continue in February. Monday, Gorham planners heard from two independent consultants about the multi-million project Shaw Brothers Construction Inc., of Gorham wants to build. The project would be on a 125-acre site in an industrial zone on Mosher Road. Sound engineer Scott Bodwell talked about […]

On the right side of the photo at left is the Foster & Brown Machine Shop, which occupied 907 Main St. for many years after it was built in the 1800s. Over the years the building was occupied by different businesses, including Sam Weisman & Son Wholesale Grocers, Main Line Fence Co., Yudy’s Permathane Inc. […]

On the right side of the photo at left is the Foster & Brown Machine Shop, which occupied 907 Main St. for many years after it was built in the 1800s. Over the years the building was occupied by different businesses, including Sam Weisman & Son Wholesale Grocers, Main Line Fence Co., Yudy’s Permathane Inc. […]

A former Gorham town councilor wants the town’s clock, removed last year for restoration, returned to its original spot in a church steeple. “I think the clock belongs in the tower,” Phil Dugas told the town council last week. “The clock is unique.” The clock, a gift to the town from Toppan Robie in 1868, […]