Westbrook’s mayoral race this year is a replay of the one that took place two years ago. Democrat Jim Violette is challenging Republican incumbent Bruce Chuluda. In the last contest, Violette lost by 240 votes – a margin that did not convince him it wasn’t worth a second try. The way Violette sees it, he […]

Westbrook residents are seeing a rematch of the mayoral race from two years ago. Democrat Jim Violette is challenging Republican incumbent Bruce Chuluda. While we endorsed Violette last time and have not endorsed Chuluda in his previous two bids for mayor, this time our nod goes to Chuluda. It’s not that we think Violette would […]

Westbrook residents are seeing a rematch of the mayoral race from two years ago. Democrat Jim Violette is challenging Republican incumbent Bruce Chuluda. While we endorsed Violette last time and have not endorsed Chuluda in his previous two bids for mayor, this time our nod goes to Chuluda. It’s not that we think Violette would […]

Westbrook residents are seeing a rematch of the mayoral race from two years ago. Democrat Jim Violette is challenging Republican incumbent Bruce Chuluda. While we endorsed Violette last time and have not endorsed Chuluda in his previous two bids for mayor, this time our nod goes to Chuluda. It’s not that we think Violette would […]

Michael Foley, 20, is the incumbent Democratic at-large city councilor. He is running for his second term against Republican incumbent John O’Hara and Democratic newcomer Phil Gagnon for one of two seats. Foley works for the Kennebunk police dispatch and has his own business fixing computers. Before graduating from Westbrook High School and becoming a […]

Michael Foley, 20, is the incumbent Democratic at-large city councilor. He is running for his second term against Republican incumbent John O’Hara and Democratic newcomer Phil Gagnon for one of two seats. Foley works for the Kennebunk police dispatch and has his own business fixing computers. Before graduating from Westbrook High School and becoming a […]

Burleigh H. Loveitt, 60, is asking voters for an additional three-year term on the town council. He is one of three incumbents facing five challengers for council seats. Improving transportation in Gorham is a passion for Loveitt. “Good roads, that’s what we need,” said Loveitt, who has not favored the town subsidizing any municipal bus […]

The Westbrook American reported on Oct. 24, 1962, that SN Carol Pierce was home on leave from the National Navy Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. She visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Pierce, Robie Street. Julie Smith of West Buxton had gone to the home of Marguerite Soule on the Warren Farm for the […]

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is conducting an outbreak investigation after a rash of illnesses in Cumberland County were confirmed as salmonella poisoning, Dr. Andrew Pelletier, an epidemiologist for the state, said on Wednesday. The state lab has confirmed eight cases of Salmonella Newport, one of over 2,000 types of the salmonella […]

Sampson honored on 90th Dorothy “Dot” Sampson of White Rock, born in 1917 in North Windham, turned 90 on Oct. 10. As a 3-year-old, Sampson moved to a farm in White Rock with her parents, Willie and Annie Lamb, along with her sisters Viola and Elizabeth. Later, another sister, Helen, joined the family. Sampson and […]