Hebert Principal’s Award honoree

A senior at Westbrook High School, Olivia Hebert, has been selected to receive the 2009 Principal’s Award, Principal Mark Gousse said recently.

“Throughout her experience at Westbrook High School, Olivia has distinguished herself in the classroom, on the playing field and as an exemplary leader in our school and community. She has excelled in all areas of our school program,” Gousse said.

“Her contributions to academics, school improvement, spirit and co-curricular programming define her as a leader and role model for her peers.”

The Principal’s Award, sponsored by the Maine Principals Association, is presented in more than 140 Maine public and private high schools. The award is given in recognition of academic achievement and citizenship.

Hebert and Gousse, along with other award winners and their principals, will be honored at a luncheon at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 4, in Bangor.

Individual plaques and five $1,000 scholarships will be awarded at the luncheon.

“Olivia embodies all of the characteristics and recognition associated with the Maine Principals Association Award,” Gousse said. “She is an outstanding young woman who characterizes the qualities of integrity, humility and service above self – she consistently and quietly demonstrates the attributes we hold in the highest regard for our citizens.”

Seniors to dine

Westbrook Senior Citizens will be served a baked haddock dinner at noon on Monday at Mill Brook Estate, 300 East Bridge St.

A meeting will follow the meal and vocalist Jeff Caron will entertain,

Seniors are planning two trips in May. The group on May 13 will see the Four Aces perform at Lake Pearl in Wrentham, Mass. Then on May 27, the seniors will travel on a five-day trip to Branson, Mo.

For more information, call 854-2292 or 854-2705.

Cutter siblings on dean’s list

Andrew Cutter and Megan Cutter were named to the dean’s lists for the first semester at Stonehill College in Easton, Mass.

They are the children of Earl and Judy Cutter of Westbrook.

A graduate of Westbrook High School in 2005, Andrew Cutter is a senior majoring in neuroscience. Megan Cutter, a Westbrook High School graduate in 2008, is a freshman.

Johnson earns honors

Jill L. Johnson has been named to the first honors on the dean’s list for the fall semester at Clark University in Worcester, Mass.

Johnson, who attended Catherine McAuley High School in Portland, is a member of the class of 2011.

Proud grandparents of twins

Ernest and Germaine Dandeneau of Westbrook are grandparents of twin boys, Michael Mark and Samuel William Redlon, born Jan. 16 in Maine Medical Center, Portland.

Richard and Christine Redlon of Kennebunk are also grandparents.

The twins are the children of Mark and Karen Redlon of North Windham.

Westbrook waters just ducky

Eric Hynes, staff naturalist at the Audubon Society in Falmouth, reported last week that a rare duck native to Europe was still being spotted in the Presumpscot River in Westbrook.

The male tufted duck, only the third ever documented by a photo in Maine, was first seen in early January in the river and bird watchers traveled from afar to see it. Speculation is that the tufted duck was blown off course in a storm and sought refuge in the open water both above and below the downtown falls.

Cutline (an old Westbrook snow photo) – There was snow back then, too, Former Westbrook resident Bob Eaton, now of Southport Island, took this photo of city snowplowing during the 1960s at Monroe Court. Eaton’s son Bob Eaton, owner of R.G. Eaton Woodworks, Inc., on Rochester Street submitted the photo.