St. Pierre joins team Westbrook Fire and Rescue recently officially welcomed its newest employee to the department. Firefighter/Paramedic Adam E. St. Pierre has completed his initial three-week training program the fire department conducts with new employees to the department. St. Pierre has been assigned to one of the day firefighter shifts in the department. Blueberry […]

After voting against reducing the city clerk’s salary to a stipend, Westbrook city councilors voted Monday to hold a public hearing on allowing city employees to run for office. City Councilor Ed Symbol was the only councilor to vote in favor of reducing the clerk’s salary and against allowing city employees to run for office. […]

For students across the country, the beginning of a new school year is just around the corner. And, if you haven’t started your back-to-school shopping yet, you may soon find yourself dealing with large crowds and pricey cash register totals. Back-to-school spending is expected to jump 6.9 percent this year, and families with school-aged children […]

This letter is about the quarry and blacktop plant proposal to be constructed on Route 237 on the site of Lachance Brick Co. The engineering firm that did the air quality study for Shaw Brothers has stated that the prevailing winds during the summer are from the west and northwest. He also stated that downtown […]

This letter is about the quarry and blacktop plant proposal to be constructed on Route 237 on the site of Lachance Brick Co. The engineering firm that did the air quality study for Shaw Brothers has stated that the prevailing winds during the summer are from the west and northwest. He also stated that downtown […]

The large building in this 1942 photo at left was known as the Brown Block and was well over 100 years old when this photo was taken. The Warren Memorial Foundation owned the building and the Warren Library occupied a portion of it along with several other tenants. The Warren Foundation recognized a need to […]

The large building in this 1942 photo at left was known as the Brown Block and was well over 100 years old when this photo was taken. The Warren Memorial Foundation owned the building and the Warren Library occupied a portion of it along with several other tenants. The Warren Foundation recognized a need to […]

The large building in this 1942 photo at left was known as the Brown Block and was well over 100 years old when this photo was taken. The Warren Memorial Foundation owned the building and the Warren Library occupied a portion of it along with several other tenants. The Warren Foundation recognized a need to […]

July 1982 Leonard, a young man who uses the last name Christ “because we’re all the spiritual brothers of Christ,” passed through Westbrook on his way West. Leonard says he has been a “traveling Christian” for the past two years, roaming the country barefoot, “living in the image and likeness of Christ, as a representation […]

I have to tell you about this dream I had. What is strange is that it felt so real, so vivid. I dreamed I was living in this real nice, small college town that was mostly rural, with a village center that was not yet overgrown. I lived in a modest house near the village, […]