The Westbrook City Council approved the appointment Monday of a Washington, D.C., resident as the new city planner. In a phone interview Monday evening, Molly Just said she is looking forward to the fall foliage and cross-country skiing after she arrives in Maine to take up her new position on Aug. 6. “Molly was clearly […]

Happy bluegrass On Monday evenings in the summer at 7, musical groups entertain in the gazebo on the Barron Center lawn, off Brighton Avenue. The shows are an hour long. The June 25 concert was given by Lou Mathieu and his band, The Buzzards, consisting of a male vass viol player, a woman on the […]

Mission Possible Teen Center would like to congratulate Amanda Lord on her achievement of teen of the month! Amanda spent much of her younger teenage years at the teen center and has returned this year to learn some of the skills that it takes to work with youth. She is incredibly motivated and is working […]

The Greene family on duty Kathy and Peter Greene are in Sneads Ferry, N.C., taking care of three granddaughters while their daughter and son-in-law are deployed to the Middle East with the U.S. Marines. Capt. Pam Unger is in Afghanistan and Maj. Mark Unger is in Iraq. Pam Unger was deployed the first of April. […]

The Greene family on duty Kathy and Peter Greene are in Sneads Ferry, N.C., taking care of three granddaughters while their daughter and son-in-law are deployed to the Middle East with the U.S. Marines. Capt. Pam Unger is in Afghanistan and Maj. Mark Unger is in Iraq. Pam Unger was deployed the first of April. […]

An investigation into allegations that public works employees were picking up yard waste for friends and family while on the city’s time clock produced no evidence of wrongdoing, according to Westbrook’s human resources director. The allegations came first from an anonymous letter in late April, according to the director, Tina Crellin. The letter said that, […]

July 2 City Council, 7 p.m. July 4 City offices closed July 7 Mayor’s open office hours, 9 a.m.-noon July 10 Planning Board (rescheduled for holiday), 7 p.m. July 11 Zoning Board (rescheduled for holiday), 7 p.m. July 16 Recreation & Conservation Commission at Stroudwater Street warming hut, 6 p.m. July 20 Village Review Overlay […]

Home-based day-care providers, upset after emergency pool rules from the Department of Health and Human Services required they hire a lifeguard for most water activities this summer, have gotten a reprieve. On June 20, after a June 11 public hearing, the department dropped the requirement for lifeguards at backyard pools less that 16 feet wide. […]

Two Westbrook police dogs, Dragon and Samson, will soon be on patrol in style. Each canine’s cruiser will be outfitted with state-of-the-art dog cages thanks to firefighters. The Valentine Hose Co. and Presumpscot Hose Co., housed at the Mechanic Street station, each donated $2,500 to buy the cages. Capt. Gene Dunn of Westbrook Fire Department […]

As a pastor, the Rev. David Butler reaches out to people with a message. But Butler’s words are not only confined to the pulpit. Butler, 56, pastor of Gorham’s First Parish Congregational Church, is a moderately successful playwright. Two of the five plays he’s written have been produced on stage, and he’s waiting to hear […]