Pandemic a grinch The city’s annual Festival of Trees in December has been postponed this year, which would have marked two decades of the fest. “It is with much disappointment we must postpone our 20th Festival of Trees to 2021,” Roberta Morrill wrote in a letter to participants. Organizers cited pandemic health concerns of public […]
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We Love to Eat: Oct. 1
Bean supper – Saturday, Oct. 10, 4-5 p.m., Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Pea beans, American chop suey, red hot dogs, coleslaw, Italian bread and apple crisp. Family meal $20 (pay at time of pickup). Reservations strongly encouraged; call church office from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 854-9157 ext. 10 by noon […]
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Looking Back: Oct. 1
Oct. 4, 1995 Moving day is some time in the future, but the move is now almost certain. Westbrook’s City Council voted 6-0 Monday to buy the York Insurance building as the new City Hall. It was the final vote. The uncertainty about the move date is that York’s directors haven’t yet agreed. They won’t […]
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Westbrook chief stepping down
Police Chief Janine Roberts has announced her retirement, effective at the end of the year, to start a business.
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Westbrook police chief to retire at end of 2020
Chief Janine Roberts, who took the top job in 2014 after a 29-year career in the Portland Police Department, informed the city of her plans Tuesday.
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COVID-19 test site still cranking with 100 visits a day
Westbrook is looking at ways to keep the Swab and Send facility at the Public Safety Building open when federal funding runs out at the end of this month.
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Letter: ‘Statesmanlike’ actions ended with Trump election
John Balentine, after watching the U.S. Senate debate between Susan Collins, Sara Gideon, Lisa Savage and Max Linn, says in his Sept. 17 op-ed that their performance made him “yearn for Maine’s senators of yesteryear.” He mentions Margaret Chase Smith, George Mitchell, Olympia Snow and William Cohen. He states that they are “all but dead […]
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Bicentennial Maine: Westbrook
In commemoration of Maine’s bicentennial this year, the American Journal is featuring historical highlights from our communities’ past 200 years. This feature can be found in print and online every other week.
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Crews dig landslide debris out of Presumpscot River to protect water mains
The Portland Water District feared that the constriction of river runoff from rain forecast for Wednesday would cause erosion that could undermine its pipes.
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Challenger looks to unseat Breen, a three-term incumbent, in Senate District 25
Republican Jennifer White of Gray is facing off against Democrat Cathy Breen, who is seeking her fourth term in the Maine Senate.