A CLOSER LOOK Family Fun Day is from 12-3 p.m. on Monday at Riverbank Park on Main Street in Westbrook. The event is free, but donations are appreciated. Donations can also be sent to the Cumberland County Sheriff c/o Mark Dion, 31 County Way, Portland, ME 04102. Children’s musician Rick Charette and the Bubblegum Band […]

The Westbrook Arts and Culture Committee has announced that the sixth annual Riverbank Art Festival will be held Sept. 8 (rain date Sept. 9) in Riverbank Park. The festival will include a variety of artists, many of them local, who display and sell their works. The artistic media will include watercolor, oil and acrylic paintings, […]

The Westbrook Arts and Culture Committee has announced that the sixth annual Riverbank Art Festival will be held Sept. 8 (rain date Sept. 9) in Riverbank Park. The festival will include a variety of artists, many of them local, who display and sell their works. The artistic media will include watercolor, oil and acrylic paintings, […]

The Animal Welfare Society of Kennebunk is continuing to work around the clock to ensure that all of the recently seized Buxton puppy mill animals are provided with proper care. The Animal Refuge League of Westbrook has been working right along side them cleaning kennels, bathing, feeding and watering the neglected pooches since the seizure […]

The old Westbrook music scene features prominently in a new book from Bath author Will Anderson about rock ‘n’ roll in Maine, circa 1955-1960. From concert venues to musician Al Hawkes and his Event Records recording label, Westbrook was a hopping spot “When Rock ‘n Roll Rocked Maine.” The book, released last month, covers the […]

The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded an Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Grant in the total amount of $82,217 to the City of Biddeford, U.S. Representative Tom Allen announced on Aug. 24. The grant will be used by the York County Sheriff’s Office ($18,910) for tactical training and equipment; by […]

This landmark was moved to Glenwood Avenue from Main Street in January 1985 to make way for a Gorham Savings Bank addition. This house was known for many years as the home of Edna and Louis Woodward. The home, moved by James Merry of Scarborough, was built about 1878.

The following births occurred recently at Maine Medical Center: Anna Kimber Fedorka was born May 22, 2007, to Joshua and Stacie Fedorka of Cape Elizabeth. grandparents are Alton Blier and Joan (Roy) Blier of Fort Kent and Charles and Alana Fedorka of Carrollton, Ohio. Great grandparents are Charles and Helen Fedorka of Carrollton, Ohio. Elizabeth […]

Police and volunteers were testing, cleaning and treating dogs at a Buxton kennel Wednesday afternoon after seizing more than 250 dogs from what one rescuer called a puppy mill. Police Tuesday worked with the Westbrook Animal Refuge League and the Kennebunk Animal Welfare Society to remove an estimated 50 dogs from the site. The remaining […]

Police and volunteers were testing, cleaning and treating dogs at a Buxton kennel Wednesday afternoon after seizing more than 250 dogs from what one rescuer called a puppy mill. Police Tuesday worked with the Westbrook Animal Refuge League and the Kennebunk Animal Welfare Society to remove an estimated 50 dogs from the site. The remaining […]