Westbrook High School students ask three of the four candidates their views on tax relief, Rock Row and support for New Mainers.
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Halloween on Main Street, Trick or Truck slated
WESTBROOK — Ghosts and ghouls will take over Main Street for Halloween trick-or-treating, a local tradition. The Westbrook/Gorham Chamber of Commerce is hosting its annual Halloween event on Main Street from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25. Families are invited to trick or treat at Main Street businesses in costume. A costume contest will be held […]
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Westbrook Notes: Oct. 17
Poetry series Lowry’s Lodge poetry series continues at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at One Westbrook Common, next to Westbrook House of Pizza. Linda Aldrich and Nick Coulombe are featured poets and hosts are Jim Donnelly and Anna Wrobel. Light fare will be served and a suggested deonation is $4. Seniors to meet Westbrook […]
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Letter: Spiller ‘walks the walk’ for city’s future
As an active member of the Westbrook community, I am (for the first time in a long time), excited about the upcoming mayoral race. The great city of Westbrook has finally hit its tipping point in Phil Spiller Jr., the right candidate to deliver Westbrook a very robust and promising future. At a very influential […]
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Letter: No one better than Morse for Ward 1
David Morse will make an excellent city councilor for Ward 1. I have known David and his family a long time. David and his wife, Kaitlyn, have already demonstrated their commitment to serving Westbrook. They have chosen to raise their young family here and to become intimately involved in our city. David has served on […]
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Letter: Rwaganje top choice for At-Large Council seat
As former president and current program facilitator of the board of directors for the Cornelia Warren Community Association and having served the city on a host of committees over the past 25 years, I feel that I am fully vested in our great city. In 2017, while researching a possible collaboration between the Intercultural Community […]
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Frog and Turtle’s modern leap ‘a dream come true’
The Frog and Turtle just reopened their first floor for customers and work on its new second floor should be finished in about a month.
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Looking Back: Oct. 17
Oct. 19, 1994 Facing the need for hundreds of thousands of dollars just to get into business, proponents of a Westbrook municipal electricity service are looking for help from people who have electricity to sell. James Fisk, Westbrook city planner, said Monday that several suppliers of power are offering financial assistance as well as technical […]
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60 years ago
The Westbrook American reported on Oct. 21, 1959, that Jennie Jones, a longtime employee in Westbrook City Hall, left on a flight for California where she would work for her brother who operated a motel. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Barden of Church Street in Gorham entertained a couple from Maryland.
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Iraqi family hopes to serve up culture at new eatery, too
The Istanbul Restaurant and Bakery, which will feature Middle Eastern menu items, is preparing to open later this fall in downtown Westbrook.