St. Anne’s resumes Sunday school The fall start for Sunday school classes for four-year-olds through grade 5 will be 9:30-10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 9, St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 299 Main St. Sister Jackie Moreau, parish Catechetical leader, said coffee and doughnuts will be served after the 8 a.m. Mass each week also starting Sept. […]

Like waiters at a restaurant, the Maine Legislature is now taking orders from Maine residents who have ideas for reducing the size of state government. Whether the electronic “suggestion box” will make a difference come budget season is anyone’s guess. But, for now, it is a real chance for average Mainers to speak their mind […]

Like waiters at a restaurant, the Maine Legislature is now taking orders from Maine residents who have ideas for reducing the size of state government. Whether the electronic “suggestion box” will make a difference come budget season is anyone’s guess. But, for now, it is a real chance for average Mainers to speak their mind […]

Westbrook police are investigating several BB-gun incidents Tuesday night aimed at properties throughout the city. Capt. Tom Roth said about a dozen residents called to report damaged house or car windows, most of which occurred between 8 and 9 p.m. Roth said some people did not discover bullet holes until Wednesday morning. “The incidents were […]

Gorham is not required to consolidate with another school district because it has more than 2,500 students, but is collaborating to save money. Superintendent Ted Sharp sent a letter Aug. 29 to Maine Education Commissioner Sue Gendron outlining Gorham’s cost-saving measures. Sharp said Gorham is the founding district of the Sebago Educational Alliance and is […]

Class of 55 reunites David and Ann Morton hosted the Westbrook High School class of 1955 reunion on Aug. 18 at their summer home on Trickey Pond in Naples. “Everyone enjoyed the fellowship, catching up and reminiscing about the good old days,” said Everett Davis, who lives in Georgia. Fifty-three attended the class’s annual get-together. […]

More needs to be done to prevent suicide, a public health problem that claims a life every 16 minutes in the United States. However, stigma and misconceptions about mental illnesses and suicide continue to be barriers. Since National Suicide Prevention Week is Sept. 9-15, I would like to use this time to encourage the public […]

A simmering conflict between Westbrook Human Resources Director Tina Crellin and City Councilor Michael Foley erupted Tuesday when Crellin filed a temporary protection from harassment order against Foley, and by Wednesday Crellin reported to Westbrook police that the order was already broken. Crellin said Foley, in an example of “how he thinks he is above […]

The Buxton fire chief has resigned less than a year after picking up the reins in December, months after a former chief quit. In a letter Aug. 29, Chief Jim Graves told selectmen he regretted leaving the post, citing personal reasons. “I have issues with my family,” Graves said Tuesday. “I needed to put my […]

September 1982 In a last minute change of heart, Superintendent of Schools Carl Knowlton has decided against renting space in Westbrook’s Forest Street School for the Spurwink School’s classes for disturbed students. “Until yesterday,” he told the School Committee, “I was under the assumption that it did not have a direct impact” on Forest Street […]