Currier, retired USCG vice commandant, dies Retired U.S. Coast Guard Vice Commandant John Currier died Feb. 29 at age 68 in Michigan, according to former Westbrook Mayor Mike Sanphy. A vice admiral, the highly decorated Currier grew up in Westbrook and was once a city police officer, Sanphy said. In 2012, Currier assumed duties as […]
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Oakhurst rolls out program that will benefit teen center
Oakhurst has partnered with Full Plates Full Potential to address child hunger through the creation and funding of after school meal programs.
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Letter: Like it or not, Mr. Beem, Trump is legitimate president
Oh Mr. Beem, as Ronald Reagan said, “There you go again.” I could, quite easily, dispute your “facts,” but that doesn’t appear to do any good so I will offer a point of view instead. I was like you. I didn’t want/like Donald Trump as president. I worked a desk job with standard business hours […]
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Westbrook Notes: Feb. 27
Para dies at 57 Westbrook businessman James Para of Gorham passed away Feb. 19 from a second bout with lung cancer. He owned the Westbrook House of Pizza in the city’s downtown. He was born in 1963 in Albania. At age 25, he and his wife, Flora, fled to the United States from a collapsing […]
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We Love to Eat: Feb. 27
Community meal – Thursday, Feb. 27, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Shepherd’s pie, $5. Baked haddock – Friday, Feb. 28, 5-6 p.m., St. Anne’s Church, 299 Main St., Gorham. Sponsored by Knights of Columbus. $10, $5 (children can choose fish, pizza or macaroni and cheese. Baked haddock – Friday, Feb. 28, 4:30-6 p.m., […]
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School health clinic to open after survey shows at-risk behavior
Westbrook High School is set to open a health clinic in April that will provide needed healthcare to students.
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Westbrook School Dept. says third time’s the charm
The School Department says it will present actual deficit numbers next week, along with its budget proposal for next year.
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Westbrook’s first Winter Fest draws a big crowd
The Winter Fest at the Falls was a big success, pulling in more than double the number of expected attendees to downtown Westbrook.
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Polls open Tuesday for presidential primary, immunization law referendum
Polls will be open Tuesday, March 3, for voters to weigh in on a statewide immunization law and to choose their party’s presidential candidate. A statewide referendum asks voters whether they want to overturn an immunization law that now removes religious and philosophical exemptions to immunization requirements for students at schools and colleges in Maine […]
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Police Blizzard Bash brings fun to Brown Street
Crafts, snacks and snowshoes are part of a community building event hosted by the Westbrook Police Department.