The Westbrook School Committee is considering lessening the severity of the school code of conduct, following the suspension of at least 10 Westbrook High School students from athletics. Parents and school administrators alike are now questioning the severity of the punishment for violating the code a second time, which carries a suspension of one year […]

Education Commissioner Susan Gendron is heading to Washington, D.C., later this month to defend the state’s use of the SAT as a measurement tool at the 11th-grade level to ask the federal government to change its ruling that Maine is not in compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act. Gendron said she expects the […]

There will be a special meeting of the Westbrook School Committee’s policy committee on Wednesday, Sept. 13, at the school department’s central offices at 7:30 a.m. to discuss the department’s code of conduct for students participating in athletics or other activities. The meeting will focus on student drug and alcohol use and recent events where […]

Buxton voters might have to approve signs for a proposed Hannaford at the intersection of Route 202 and Portland Road. The signs requested by the grocery store chain exceed the size of those allowed by Buxton ordinances. Hannaford is seeking approval for a 36,000-square-foot supermarket and pharmacy in a retail complex on 13 acres. The […]

Warm, sunny weather with an occasional gust of wind replaced last year’s torrential rains at the fifth annual Riverwalk Fine Arts Festival, held Saturday at Riverbank Park. Last year, poor weather because of a hurricane forced the cancellation of the festival, but this year the show returned strongly. Many believe that is a sign that […]

It was very disappointing last week to discover that the National Republican Governors Association from Washington, D.C., aired an advertisement in Maine. But even more disturbing was the outright lies the ad is spreading about the Maine economy. Here in Westbrook, with the expansion of IDEXX, we know that Maine’s economy is growing, and that […]

Post 197 to elect board Westbrook Memorial Post 197 of the American Legion will meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at the post home, 300 Conant St. (Route 25). Dave Martin, post commander, encouraged all members to attend. “We will elect five members to the executive board at this meeting,” Martin said. “Those […]

A Westbrook man who crashed into a bus in Scarborough on Saturday during a police chase that originated in Westbrook died of his injuries Sunday. Police said that at about 6 a.m. on Sept. 9, Michael Churchill, 20, who had a warrant for his arrest on seven counts of theft, ran a red light and […]

There will be a cholesterol/blood pressure screening at the University of Southern Maine on Sept. 30 from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. The screening will take place at the Sullivan Complex on USM’s Portland campus. There is no pre-registration required, the screenings are first come first serve. The fee is […]

Melissa McLeod, standing at right, attracted attention at the Riverwalk Arts Festival with her bright, colorful paintings.