No one was injured in the shooting early Sunday morning on Anderson Avenue, police say.
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Lessons emerge from a workplace outbreak
How companies respond can play a significant role in limiting the spread of COVID-19. Maine CDC officials say a Westbrook manufacturer – American Roots – set the standard.
Westbrook police search for missing man
Westbrook police are asking for help locating 69-year-old Stephen Bennett, who has been missing for several days.
Westbrook Notes: July 23
Sister city forum rescheduled Westbrook’s sister city of Archangel, Russia, has postponed until July 2021 an international forum about wooden ship building planned for this month. The forum will involve organizations from Finland, Norway and Sweden and will focus on the history, traditions, skill, restoration and tools used centuries ago to build wooden ships, Dennis […]
Maine Bicentennial: Westbrook
James Winslow, the first Quaker in what is now the greater Portland area, built the house in 1748. The first school in Westbrook was held at the Winslow house in 1794 and the teacher was also a Quaker, historians say. In 1830, a great-granddaughter of Winslow, Sarah Winslow, married a farmer, Benjamin Boody, and the […]
Looking Back: July 23
July 26, 1995 An unnamed tipster who was stopped at Church and Main streets in Westbrook saw three men running from behind Peoples Heritage Bank after it was robbed of $16,430 on July 17. Then, on Bridge Street, the tipster saw the same three running into the park at Saccarappa Falls. He saw two of […]
Cumberland Mills traffic upgrades postponed
Rising costs for the project result in a delay and may reduce the scope of the improvements to busy intersections.
Native Maine receives $1.35M to supply food pantries
The money is part of the the Farmers to Families Food Box Program, part of the federal COVID-19 relief packages.
Westbrook’s Pride Preserve now a reality
WESTBROOK — The Pride Preserve is now part of the Presumpscot Regional Land Trust, thanks to a successful four-month campaign to raise $80,000. The 188-acre preserve off Duck Pond Road is now the largest protected forest in Westbrook, doubles the city’s amount of protected land and is the largest preserve in the region. The fundraiser […]
Westbrook police seize drugs, gun responding to domestic case
Police say they seized over 50 grams of fentanyl in the search, which came out of a domestic call.
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