Honoring those who served Westbrook observed Veterans Day Sunday with a parade and ceremony at Riverbank Park. In brief remarks, Mayor Bruce Chuluda urged all citizens to honor veterans and Chuluda read a poem, eulogizing veterans who gave their lives. Carolyn Bourgeois and Romeo Boucher of Post 62 of the American Legion carried flags. A […]

Thank you for re-electing me to my fourth term on the Westbrook City Council. It has been an honor and a privilege to represent you these past six years and I look forward to working with all of you for the next two years. Together, we can do great things. I will try to extend […]

‘Old Peabody Pew’ This year’s traditional production of “The Old Peabody Pew” has been set for 7 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 2, in the Tory Hill Church, intersection of routes 112 and 202, Buxton. The historic church was the original setting for the play, a romance written by Kate Douglas Wiggin. The Dorcas Society, a […]

I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who supported me in last week’s election to help me become the next Westbrook city clerk. I am honored to be the person who was chosen to follow in the footsteps of Bill Clarke and Barbara Hawkes and want you to know that I will not […]

When the state’s Revenue Forecasting Committee meets next Monday, all eyes will be on what effect oil prices will have on holiday sales. It’s not expected to be a pretty picture. “Energy prices are certainly much higher than what’s currently assumed in the revenue forecast. They’re even much higher than we thought a month or […]

Ham supper and turkey shoot – Friday, Nov. 16, 5-6 p.m., American Legion Post 62, 17 Dunn St., Westbrook. Meal followed by turkey shoot. $6, $3. Roast beef supper – Saturday, Nov. 17, 5 and 6 p.m., Sebago Lake Congregational Church, Route 35, Sebago Lake Village, Roast beef, gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, cole slaw, […]

Ham supper and turkey shoot – Friday, Nov. 16, 5-6 p.m., American Legion Post 62, 17 Dunn St., Westbrook. Meal followed by turkey shoot. $6, $3. Roast beef supper – Saturday, Nov. 17, 5 and 6 p.m., Sebago Lake Congregational Church, Route 35, Sebago Lake Village, Roast beef, gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, cole slaw, […]

As a candidate for city council in the Nov. 6 election, I would like to extend my sincere congratulations to Councilor Drew Gattine on his successful bid for re-election to the Westbrook City Council. I have truly enjoyed campaigning in Ward 2 during the past few months and consider myself fortunate to have met a […]

Some years ago, Patricia Wilson took her mother, Beatrice Elwell, to the Good Will-Hinckley School in Fairfield, where the school for troubled youth hosts a Festival of Trees. Each year since 1991, locals decorate 20 Christmas trees as a fundraiser for the school. The sight was so beautiful, and Elwell loved Christmas so much, that […]

In 1847, Grant & Lyon erected the first paper mill on the northerly side of the Presumpscot River at Cumberland Mills. The first mill was a small wooden structure. In 1854, Samuel Dennis Warren, of the paper firm of Grant, Daniel & Co. of Boston, purchased the Grant & Lyon mill. Warren started building, renovating […]