Whenever I go to Westbrook City Hall, I have often met and talked with the city clerk. I felt welcome and was treated kindly and felt warm and fuzzy after the experience. I would like that to continue. I ask the citizens of this city to be sure you know the candidates very well. I […]

Whenever I go to Westbrook City Hall, I have often met and talked with the city clerk. I felt welcome and was treated kindly and felt warm and fuzzy after the experience. I would like that to continue. I ask the citizens of this city to be sure you know the candidates very well. I […]

This is to ask for your support for Deborah Frank as your next city clerk. She has held many positions for the city of Westbrook and always did a great job. The city clerk position is a full-time job and Debbie is willing to relinquish her present position to take on this task. I hope […]

Drama club presents ‘Kilroy’ The Bonny Eagle Middle School Drama Club presents “Kilroy Was Here” at 7 p.m. on Thursday and Friday at the school. A musical comedy, it was written by Tim Kelly and Bill Francoeur and set in a United Service Organization during World War II. Tickets are $4; $2 for students and […]

Verizon Grant Verizon Pioneers Betsi Dupont, left, and Mary McCarthy, right, met on Oct. 25 with Congin School Principal Peter Lancia and Congin School language arts teacher Linda Worster to award them a $5,000 grant toward literacy instruction at the school. The money will be used for two laptops, software, Web site subscriptions and books […]

A few years ago a fiendishly clever TV ad killed a proposed casino in Sanford. It portrayed a river of cash flowing out of Maine. In the world of political advertising, where verity and clarity are sacrificed, it was well worth whatever the professionals who designed it were paid. That money flow, however, was unadulterated […]

Gorham voters will decide two local referendum questions on Tuesday, as well as fill three town council and two school committee seats. Voters are being asked to approve a $750,000 measure that would add athletic fields at the middle school, and borrow $3 million to repair roads the town maintains. For the additional fields, voter […]

Main Street in Westbrook will be closed from Spring to Mechanic streets on Friday for a party that last year brought an estimated 5,000 people to town. “There will be a lot of kids with some candy highs,” joked John Bernier, a member of the Westbrook Community Chamber, which sponsors the annual downtown trick-or-treat fun. […]

It’s a great day for ducks and these white geese, gliding along the Presumpscot River, which reflect fall colors from trees on the shore in Westbrook Sunday. The National Weather Service expects the temperature to reach 72 degrees today and 73 Monday. Just ducky fall weather

Ronald “Mr. T” Trufant, 49, is the Independent candidate for City Clerk and a newcomer to the Westbrook political scene. He was born and raised in Portland and moved to Westbrook from Windham two and a half years ago. He has been married for 26 years, has one daughter and one grandson and calls himself […]