With the arrival of spring, many residents are looking to clean up their yards. There is a drop-off area for yard debris items at the Westbrook Public Services yard at 371 Saco St. The items eligible for drop off are as follows: Tree Branches/Brush – branches that are 3 inches or less in diameter. There […]
2006
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Sports Digest AJ
Wolfpack on the prowl Twenty members of the Westbrook Wolfpack program competed in Saturday’s Maine Pee-Wee Wrestling Championships at Noble High School, and 14 placed among the top four in their weight class. Ryan Lund and Andrew Reardon both won state titles, while Jesse Dibiase, Tylor Work, DJ Breunig, Michael Cleveland, Christian Coons, Marty Rioux-Pena […]
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Bypass moving along
Construction of the long awaited Gorham bypass will get underway next year, state transportation officials said last week. About 100 people attended a Maine Department of Transportation informational meeting about the project last week in Gorham. “We want to catch everybody up to speed,” said Shawn Smith, an MDOT spokesman. Transportation officials said the bypass […]
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Young wrestlers have 'really blossomed'
Bonny Eagle Middle School athletes took top honors in four weight classes and nine other Scots finished among the top four at Saturday’s Eagle Wrestling Invitational in Windham. Wescott Junior High School also had a good showing, with three winners at the middle school tournament, which featured 10 teams and 180 wrestlers. “This is the […]
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Ramblings
Literary Union hears about divorce mediation The March 24 meeting of the Woman’s Literary Union was held at Park Danforth on Stevens Avenue, Portland. Anne Harwood’s interesting subject was “Divorce Mediation.” She completed the certificate program in mediation at the University of Southern Maine and she is a licensed clinical worker with a masters in […]
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Baker honored Jocelyn M. Baker received faculty honors for the fall semester at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. Clements on dean’s list Meghan Clements has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Merrimack College in North Andover, Mass. Lindeman on dean’s list Amy Lindeman has been named to the dean’s list […]
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Buxton Rite Aid robbed
The Rite Aid pharmacy at the intersection of routes 112 and 22 in Buxton was robbed on Sunday. It was the second time the store was robbed this year. Buxton Police Officer Ken Brislin said the robber got away at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 26, with an undisclosed amount of prescription medication. Police described […]
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Looking Back
March 1981 President Ronald Reagan was wounded by a young man who fired a bullet from a small 22-caliber pistol. Secret Service Agent Timothy McCarthy, standing protectively next to Reagan, took the would-be assassin’s second shot in the stomach. He also survives. Surrounded by concerns, Reagan joked, “If I’d had this much attention in Hollywood […]
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Westbrook to hold underage drinking summit
Westbrook residents are invited to attend a public underage drinking summit on April 5 at 7 p.m. in the Westbrook High School auditorium. Westbrook’s underage drinking summit is part of a nationwide effort to increase understanding of underage drinking, and to encourage communities, including parents, young people, teachers, law enforcement and elected officials to come […]
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Bonny Eagle robotics team going to nationals The Bonny Eagle High School honor flag was recently raised for the Bonny Eagle High School robotics team, who along with Midcoast School of Technology, Team 1276, from Rockland and Milford Area Youth Homeschoolers Enriching Minds, Team 1519 from Milford, N.H., won the BAE Granite State Regional competition […]