July 12, 1995 After sewage sludge was spread on the fields at Llewelyn Randall’s farm on Stroudwater Street last week, the smell pushed many residents to complain to City Hall and the aldermen. Randall didn’t get any calls – he has no phone. He raises beef cattle on 30 acres. In certain areas of the […]

July 5, 1995 Westbrook has two police officers, Inger Johnson and Patrick Lally, patrolling full time on bicycles – the most extensive use of cops on wheels in the city’s history. Chief Steven Roberts said the officers “are close to the city’s action. They meet people and get to know them.” Susan Duchaine ordered the […]

June 28, 1995 Susan Duchaine’s office and limited retail park proposal on 335 Main St. in Gorham came one step closer to reality last week when the Planning Board approved her contract zoning, the first such waiver request in Gorham. The zoning contract, which would allow “complementary retail” not currently permitted at the site, now […]

June 21, 1995 A citizen is giving the money for granite curbing in Westbrook’s Riverbank Park. The donor doesn’t want to be identified, at least not yet, said Mayor Kenneth Lefebvre, who announced the gift at Monday’s City Council meeting. The value of the gift, which includes installation, is estimated at $16,000-$19,000. A core group […]

June 14, 1995 For 19 years Gorham politicians have come and gone while Town Clerk Brenda Caldwell watched from behind the clerk’s desk, but not unnoticed. Recently, she was elected to represent New England and New York on the 22-person board of the International Institute of Municipal Clerks. Board members come from all over the […]

June 7, 1995 Seven men have been appointed by the City Council to the board of the new Westbrook Environmental Improvement Corp. Four are ex officio – they hold office and will leave the board if they leave the office. They are Mayor Kenneth Lefebvre, Aldermen Lionel Dumond and Paul LeConte, and City Planner James […]

May 31, 1995 Westbrook School Superintendent Edward F. Connolly has been on medical leave since January and is expected to continue so until his retirement is official on July 22. His place has been taken by Assistant Superintendent Robert Hall, who has been named interim superintendent for the 1995-96 school year. Hall said Connolly had […]

May 24, 1995 Students at Gorham High School recently got together and raised $684 for the Oklahoma City relief fund and are challenging other area high schools to match their total. On April 19, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was destroyed by a bomb and 168 people died and more than […]