Spaghetti supper – Friday, Jan. 26, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Prides Corner Nursery School, Prides Corner Congregational Church, 235 Prides St., Westbrook. Snow date, Saturday, Jan. 27.To benefit the Kevin Errington Scholarship Fund. $6, $3. To volunteer or for tickets, also available at the door, call 854-2245. Bean supper – Saturday, Jan. 27, 4:45-6 p.m., Highland Lake […]

Former House Speaker John Richardson was officially sworn in as the new head of Economic and Community Development last week, and one of his first jobs will be trying to merge his department with another to form a new Department of Commerce. Richardson will have to convince legislators to merge the departments of Economic and […]

‘Ida’ entertains Susan Poulin entertained 54 members and guests of the Westbrook Woman’s Club, Jan. 16 at Keeley The Katerer, on Warren Avenue in Portland. A performer known for her character named Ida, Poulin performed excerpts from her one-woman shows, “Ida’s Havin’ a Yard Sale” and “Spousal Deafness and Other Bones of Contention.” She played […]

‘Ida’ entertains Susan Poulin entertained 54 members and guests of the Westbrook Woman’s Club, Jan. 16 at Keeley The Katerer, on Warren Avenue in Portland. A performer known for her character named Ida, Poulin performed excerpts from her one-woman shows, “Ida’s Havin’ a Yard Sale” and “Spousal Deafness and Other Bones of Contention.” She played […]

Former Rep. Robert Duplessie of Westbrook, the assistant majority leader in the last two legislative sessions and a retired Portland firefighter, has gotten a job in the Department of Conservation as assistant to the commissioner. Duplessie spent 28 years as a firefighter in Portland and was president of the Professional Firefighters of Maine and the […]

As the newly appointed art director for the Westbrook Schools K-12, I am excited to return to the art department where my teaching career began. It is a welcoming opportunity to integrate my classroom experience and art background, giving that energy once again to the arts. Westbrook has a highly qualified, professional art staff, whose […]

Westbrook Housing Authority, which provides housing opportunities for the city’s senior and disabled residents for nearly 35 years, is seeking volunteers to assist with clerical duties. “At a time when state and federal funding for programs is ever more precarious, we find that volunteers make a dramatic difference in our ability to provide needed services,” […]

Legislators are about to tackle more than 2,200 bills of their own making, including 61 bond proposals. That’s in addition to 180 or so bills submitted by state agencies and Gov. John Baldacci’s $6.4 billion, two-year budget spanning more than 700 pages. The number of bills submitted this session is so daunting, in fact, the […]

The public is invited to attend a forum discussing the White Rock School building project at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 17, in the town council chambers at Gorham Municipal Center, 75 South St. The Gorham School Department web site reports “if all goes well, the students in the White Rock Elementary School District will […]

The public is invited to attend a forum discussing the White Rock School building project at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 17, in the town council chambers at Gorham Municipal Center, 75 South St. The Gorham School Department web site reports “if all goes well, the students in the White Rock Elementary School District will […]