WESTBROOK – With both sides contentiously debating the legality of a petition that aims to rezone a Stroudwater Street parcel, the Westbrook City Council voted Monday to let residents decide the issue. Voting 6-1, with Councilor Michael Foley opposed, the council made the difficult decision to send a question to residents that many believe to […]

WESTBROOK – With both sides contentiously debating the legality of a petition that aims to rezone a Stroudwater Street parcel, the Westbrook City Council voted Monday to let residents decide the issue. Voting 6-1, with Councilor Michael Foley opposed, the council made the difficult decision to send a question to residents that many believe to […]

Community meal – Thursday, May 1, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Smothered beef. Suggested donation, $5. Public lunch – Friday, May 2, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., North Yarmouth Congregational Church, 3 Gray Road, North Yarmouth. Homemade haddock chowder and desserts, a monthly special, and grilled sandwiches. Takeout available. All proceeds benefit the church’s […]

May 3, 1989 A Westbrook police dog, still attending school, is getting much of the credit for capturing two inmates around 91?2 hours after they escaped from the Maine Correctional Center in Windham Thursday. Westbrook Police Officer Michael McCaffrey said his 21?2–year-old German shepherd dog, Taro, found one inmate hiding in some underbrush near the […]