CUTLINE ONLY AWARD10-02-07MH01.tif: Peter Littlejohn, a Grade 4 teacher at Canal School in Westbrook, receives the Office Max Adopt-a-Class award at a surprise assembly at the school in Westbrook on Tuesday. Adopt-A-Classroom increases opportunity for student success by helping teachers with community partners and funds to purchase resources for the classroom. Staff photo by Mike […]

Fall treasure and harvest sale – Saturday, Oct. 13, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Saco Grange, North Street (Route 112), Saco. Proceeds to benefit St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Many homemade treats from the seasons harvest to purchase including pastries, breads, pies, homemade canned jams, and other garden treats. Baskets with many gifts for autumn; many treasures of […]

Although representatives for the school departments of Westbrook, Windham and Raymond have not yet tied the knot officially, this week they choose a date for the hypothetical tri-town school district to begin operating. In an impromptu vote at the end of a meeting Monday, the consolidation committee voted unanimously to approve July 1, 2009, as […]

The Westbrook Fire & Rescue Department suggests that, with the heating season just about here, it is a good time to schedule an annual furnace and space heater checkup with a heating contractor. Here are some furnace tips: • Inspection and prevention maintenance are your best insurance against problems down the road. • Maintenance not […]

As the South Portland School Department is inviting members of the public to tour the city’s high school to convince them costly renovations are necessary, a building committee met in Westbrook Tuesday to update the public on the plans for a new middle school. While the two projects are both being planned in the interest […]

Although the owner of a Westrook day care where a 3-year-old boy drowned last spring said deciding to reopen the pool was extremely difficult, she chose to do so after hearing a mother tell her of another freightening incident in the water at a summer camp. The woman’s child was found face down in the […]

Although the owner of a Westrook day care where a 3-year-old boy drowned last spring said deciding to reopen the pool was extremely difficult, she chose to do so after hearing a mother tell her of another freightening incident in the water at a summer camp. The woman’s child was found face down in the […]

Historians to hear Roberts The Westbrook Historical Society will hold its monthly meeting and free program on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at 17B Dunn St. John M. Roberts, proprietor of JaYar Signs in South Portland, will be the speaker. Roberts has been in the sign trade for 52 years. His business is tailored specifically to […]

Gorham’s Fire and Rescue Department needs beefing up immediately, a study committee concluded Monday. As volunteer numbers sag, the Fire and EMS Study Committee is advocating augmenting a small Fire and Rescue Department corps by hiring a full-time fire inspector, a deputy chief for the town’s rescue service, two additional, full-time firefighters/emergency medical technicians; and […]

October 1 – 7pm City Council October 2 – 7pm Planning Board October 3 – 7pm Zoning Board of Appeals October 5 – No school, teacher workshop day October 6 – 9am-12pm Mayor’s Open Office Hours October 8 – City offices closed for Columbus Day; No school October 9 – 7pm WJHS Re-Use Committee meeting, […]