This is an anniversary. It’s been more than 10 years since I had open heart surgery. I was out of work for about seven weeks and returned full time at the beginning April that year. A couple of weeks ago, I received a very long list of warning signs of a woman having a heart […]

The Westbrook American reported on March 28, 1962, that Frank H. Vail of Bar Mills had been named state director of the Babe Ruth League. Vail also was to coach the Hutchinson-Boulter American Legion team.

Books, treats at library open house The North Gorham Public Library, North Gorham Road, will host an open house Saturday, April 14. Homemade pie and coffee will be served from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and used books will be for sale. “Come and enjoy this treat,” said Virginia Rundell, librarian. The library is in […]

CUTLINE ONLY: SWEEPER PHOTOS 01 The Public Services Department has begun the annual spring street-sweeping operations. Sweeping operations run throughout the year, but the bulk of it takes place during March, April and May. Night-sweeping operations usually commence sometime in mid- to late April, and last anywhere from one to two weeks typically – depending […]

Upcoming library vote We are reading pros and cons about the suggestion to move the present main Portland library at Monument Square at the corner of Congress Street and Elm Street, to the nearby location of the Portland Public Market on Cumberland Avenue. I worked at the Baxter library building, and at the Burbank branch. […]

Upcoming library vote We are reading pros and cons about the suggestion to move the present main Portland library at Monument Square at the corner of Congress Street and Elm Street, to the nearby location of the Portland Public Market on Cumberland Avenue. I worked at the Baxter library building, and at the Burbank branch. […]

A missing teenage girl from Buxton will be featured on a Fox TV program on Saturday, March 24. Coreen Wiese, 15, was last seen on Nov. 8 in Limington near the Route 25 bridge over the Saco River. She is the daughter of Wesley and Cynthia Wiese of Henry Hill Road, Buxton. A sophomore at […]

A missing teenage girl from Buxton will be featured on a Fox TV program on Saturday, March 24. Coreen Wiese, 15, was last seen on Nov. 8 in Limington near the Route 25 bridge over the Saco River. She is the daughter of Wesley and Cynthia Wiese of Henry Hill Road, Buxton. A sophomore at […]

Historians hear Eagan The Westbrook Historical Society will meet Monday at 1:30 p.m. in their museum at 17B Dunn St. Following a short business meeting, the program “The Irish are Coming” will be presented by Eileen Eagan, associate professor of history at the University of Southern Maine and an author of one of the chapters […]

Historians hear Eagan The Westbrook Historical Society will meet Monday at 1:30 p.m. in their museum at 17B Dunn St. Following a short business meeting, the program “The Irish are Coming” will be presented by Eileen Eagan, associate professor of history at the University of Southern Maine and an author of one of the chapters […]