RSO Deer on Road0923.jpg – A young deer gambols down a dirt room in Gorham as the final days of the 2006 hunting season draw near. Staff photo by Rich Obrey

The staff at Mission Possible Teen Center has congratulated Qazeem Sayed as the Teen of the Month. Although Qazeem is a newer addition to the teen center, his strengths and qualities have been a great contribution to Mission Possible. Qazeem participates in the study center upon arrival ,and completes his homework before participating in activities. […]

The Westbrook American reported in its issue of Nov. 28, 1956, that William H.S. Ellingwood, a former joint superintendent for Westbrook and Gorham schools for eight years, had died at 85.

Westbrook’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony will take Sunday from 5-6 p.m. at Riverbank Park. The ceremony will begin with Christmas carols in which anyone can join. Santa Claus arrives at 5:10 p.m., followed by the lighting of the tree at 5:30 p.m.

Richard Batteese of Freeport and Jo-Ann Christian of New Gloucester stood at the Limington Rapids Sunday morning and watched as a boat from the Maine Warden Service drove upstream toward the bridge that has been the focus of the search for a 15-year-old Buxton girl. The Warden Service has been searching the water for more […]

Crowd-pleasing recital The well-attended Nov. 11 evening organ concert at Westbrook’s Trinity Lutheran Church was a crowd-pleaser. Ellen Cutting, the church organist, played nine pieces, all by classical composers from the 1600s through the 1900s, including Buxtehude, Brahms, Handel, Bach, Mozart, Brunhns, Vierne and Langlais. Cutting majored in organ performance at Hope College, Holland, Mich., […]

Women honor past presidents Past presidents of the Westbrook Woman’s Club were honored guests at a recent meeting. Those who attended were Constance Kimball, Judith Reidman, Marjorie Eames, Marcia Willock, Margaret Robie, Nancy Curran, Frances Fogg, Evelyn Meserve and Elaine Spiller, presiding officer. The Maine Federation of Woman’s Club state president, Gloria O. Leveille, of […]

FBI agents, Buxton police and the Maine Warden Service are continuing the search for a missing 15-year-old girl, but an FBI command post in Buxton manned by Boston agents has been disbanded. “We’re still checking every possible avenue,” said Buxton Police Officer Mike Grovo, who has been involved in the search for Coreen Wiese of […]

Westbrook parent Greg Blake said it takes his two second-grade boys 45 minutes for their half-mile ride from home to Prides Corner School in the morning. He said he drives his boys this year because one of them gets carsick being in the bus that long. Blake is one of many residents who have spoken […]

Westbrook could soon be in a better position to attract more businesses. The city is hoping to establish a Pine Tree Development Zone for the Warren Avenue industrial district, an area of about 350 acres that includes the Sappi Fine Paper property. The Pine Tree Development Zone initiative is a state program created in 2003 […]