Despite changeable weather and memories of last year’s pummeling, event-canceling deluge, the weekend’s 28th edition of Westbrook Together Days was deemed a resounding success. For the few drops of water that fell Saturday afternoon at Riverbank Park, a tarp over the speakers and tents for the audience meant the show was still good to go. […]

With hooting, hollering, air horns and trumpets – and the wise words of Dr. Seuss – the message to the Westbrook High School class of 2007 was clear: This is not the end, but a beginning, and for Pete’s sake, go out and have some fun. The 168 members of the city’s 130th graduating class […]

Bonny Eagle High School Principal Robert Strong last week announced the top academic students from the class of 2007. The top students, listed in alphabetical order and not in order of finish, are as follows: Rebecca Bartlett Rebecca Bartlett is the daughter of Susan and Ross Bartlett of Limington. Rebecca was in the National Honor […]

I want to apologize to the community of Westbrook for being such a coward when resigning as the Westbrook High School athletic director a year ago. I am a coward for failing to communicate the issues of why I truly decided to leave the position I so much desired. I learned quickly at Westbrook High […]

Peter Burns is making another run for selectman after losing his bid last year to incumbent Cliff Emery. Burns, 61, is one of four candidates on the ballot challenging two incumbents as each vyes for one of the two selectman seats. Although he said the town needs a new public works garage, he doesn’t favor […]

Traffic relief for downtown Gorham is rolling forward, as the state gears up for construction of the long-hoped-for Gorham bypass. The state will seek construction bids this month, and on Tuesday, the Gorham’s Town Council approved a construction permit for the Department of Transportation, paving the way for the start of the project. “We’re getting […]

Traffic relief for downtown Gorham is rolling forward, as the state gears up for construction of the long-hoped-for Gorham bypass. The state will seek construction bids this month, and on Tuesday, the Gorham’s Town Council approved a construction permit for the Department of Transportation, paving the way for the start of the project. “We’re getting […]

For the last week or two, residents and visitors driving through Westbrook have probably seen a couple of those portable scrolling message trailers around the city, flashing the phrase: “click it or ticket,” alerting us to the enforcement of the state’s seat-belt law. To our west, in New Hampshire, there is some consternation in having […]