Two housing projects with many elderly people remained without power late Wednesday in Westbrook. Barbara Soloway of Westbrook Housing Authority said 36 apartments at Larribee Heights didn’t have power and another 25 apartments at Larribee Woods had partial electric service. Each of those apartments depend on electricity for heat. Soloway said the emergency shelter in […]

Two housing projects with many elderly people remained without power late Wednesday in Westbrook. Barbara Soloway of Westbrook Housing Authority said 36 apartments at Larribee Heights didn’t have power and another 25 apartments at Larribee Woods had partial electric service. Each of those apartments depend on electricity for heat. Soloway said the emergency shelter in […]

A contingent of National Guard troops from Company B left Westbrook last week for three-weeks’ duty in Arizona. Major Mike Backus, a spokesman for Maine’s 133rd Engineer Battalion, said the Company B personnel are being deployed to the border as part of Operation Jump Start. National Guard troops are supporting the U.S. Border Patrol at […]

A contingent of National Guard troops from Company B left Westbrook last week for three-weeks’ duty in Arizona. Major Mike Backus, a spokesman for Maine’s 133rd Engineer Battalion, said the Company B personnel are being deployed to the border as part of Operation Jump Start. National Guard troops are supporting the U.S. Border Patrol at […]

National Volunteer Week is the backdrop for festivities at Spring Harbor Hospital through April 21, as the nonprofit psychiatric center honors its volunteer mental-health ambassadors. Volunteers will receive letters of thanks, appreciation gifts, and feature articles in the hospital’s publications. The Wesbrook-based, 100-bed hospital and its outpatient programs are buoyed by the annual support of […]

Emergency responders and utility crews were working to repair damage to power lines, roads and flooded areas Wednesday, two days after a nor’easter lashed the state, leaving thousands without power, closing roads and downing trees. In Westbrook, a Central Maine Power Co. worker and a utility crew from Presque Isle went to the rescue of […]

‘Join Hands Day’ A Westbrook community cleanup will be held 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 5, with volunteers meeting at Riverbank Park at 8:45 a.m. A helper at the park will collect donated bottles and cans that can also be taken to 302 Redemption Center, 26 Bridgton Road (Route 302), Westbrook. Proceeds from […]

When someone has gone through one divorce, they can always blame it on their ex. When they’ve gone through two divorces, they have to accept some of the blame. But everyone makes mistakes – often more than once. What happens when someone has gone through more than two divorces, though? Do they then have a […]

When someone has gone through one divorce, they can always blame it on their ex. When they’ve gone through two divorces, they have to accept some of the blame. But everyone makes mistakes – often more than once. What happens when someone has gone through more than two divorces, though? Do they then have a […]

April 1982 Mayor William O’Gara’s new budget was launched into the choppy waters of the Westbrook City Council. It totals $8,130,230 for city purposes (no schools), up 20 percent, and would cost taxpayers $14.21 per $1,000 in property, up 16 percent. Alderman hope to pass on it by July 1. The school committee has been […]