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 […]

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 […]

Turkey supper – Friday, April 13, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Stewart P. Morrill Post 35, 413 Broadway, South Portland. Turkey, vegetables, cranberry sauce, bread, dessert, coffee, tea and punch. $6, $3. Bean supper – Saturday, April 14, 4:30-6 p.m., Buxton Center Baptist Church, Route 22, Buxton. Two kinds of beans, red hot dogs, chop suey, cole slaw, […]

Hazel Clarke of 134 Rochester St. in Westbrook views a tree that fell in her backyard during this week’s snow storm. The tree narrowly missed her deck. The spring storm left thousands without power. Storm topples tree in Westbrook

A lack of state highway money has halted plans for reconstruction of Brackett Road and part of Libby Avenue, a major commuter thoroughfare in Gorham. “I’m sure that Brackett and Libby improvements will not be made this year in great part because of Maine Department of Transportation cash challenges,” John Duncan, director of Portland Area […]

The Westbrook American reported on April 11, 1962, that Terrance Towle of Fort Hill Road and Stephen Gilman of College Avenue had been selected by the Gorham High School Key Club as delegates to the Key Club convention, April 13-15, in Hartford, Conn.

The Westbrook American reported on April 11, 1962, that Terrance Towle of Fort Hill Road and Stephen Gilman of College Avenue had been selected by the Gorham High School Key Club as delegates to the Key Club convention, April 13-15, in Hartford, Conn.

Westbrook residents will have a chance to learn about proposed plans to expand a natural gas pipeline that runs through the city at a public hearing this Thursday. Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, operators of a pipeline that runs from Nova Scotia to Massachusetts, will hold a public information meeting on April 12 at 7 p.m. […]

Subject to its own rules, each member of the Maine Legislature is entitled to propose as many, or as few, laws or resolutions as he or she wishes. The 2,500 proposals this year offer a fascinating sketch of Maine’s problems and concerns and, in some cases, pronounce upon the authors. The number of bills each […]

Subject to its own rules, each member of the Maine Legislature is entitled to propose as many, or as few, laws or resolutions as he or she wishes. The 2,500 proposals this year offer a fascinating sketch of Maine’s problems and concerns and, in some cases, pronounce upon the authors. The number of bills each […]