WESTBROOK — Streetlights along Main Street’s downtown corridor may soon be upgraded to match the style of those in other parts of the city. On Monday, the City Council took the first step toward that initiative by approving at first reading a $25,000 bid award for Wright-Pierce, a Portland engineering firm, to redesign the lights […]

The Westbrook American reported on Sept. 17, 1958, that Joseph Soucy was installed as Grand Knight at the Westbrook Council, Knights of Columbus. The Boston Celtics were scheduled to play an exhibition basketball game against the Cincinnati Royals on Oct. 8 at Warren Centennial Gymnasium at Westbrook High School. Westbrook Junior Chamber of Commerce was […]

WESTBROOK  — City voters will elect local and state officials in November, and after a City Council meeting Monday, a local referendum question will be decided as well. On Sept. 10, on a request from school Superintendent Peter Lancia, city councilors decided 6-1 (with Councilor Gary Rairdon opposed) to put a question on the November […]

Abdullah Khuder Khuder met NFL players Abdullah Khuder, an eighth-grader at Westbrook Middle School, this summer met and even played with some NFL players during a four-day conference with the National Fuel Up to Play 60 program in Atlanta, Georgia. His Play 60 advisor and phys ed teacher, Michele Higgins, said Khuder received a scholarship […]

Darryl Wright Anne Schools Dennis Libby GORHAM — An incumbent and a new face in the political arena are running uncontested for two available seats on the School Committee while a longtime member is not seeking re-election. The two candidates on the ballot will be incumbent Darryl Wright and Anne Schools. Both seats are for three-year […]

WESTBROOK — Members of the Westbrook Democratic Committee didn’t bring forth many new names at its caucus last week. In fact, only one of the nomination the Westbrook Democratic Committee made at its caucus Sept. 6 is a political newcomer. The rest were either incumbents or had previous experience. Democrats chose Mike Foley to challenge local […]

GORHAM — The Planning Board Monday unanimously sent to the Town Council  recommendations to amend the Narragansett Development District to expand commercial uses and allow residences on floors above businesses. Buildings could be up to four stories or 50 feet tall. Poised to be renamed Narragansett Mixed-Use Development District, it stretches along a section of Narragansett Street […]