WESTBROOK —The Greater Portland METRO bus service will begin the Husky Line to connect the University of Southern Maine campuses in Gorham and Portland via Westbrook on Monday, Aug. 27. Although the bus line hasn’t gone live yet, some concern has been expressed about the placement of its Gorham-bound bus shelter on the corner of […]
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News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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Westbrook, Gorham retain new diploma approach
WESTBROOK — Westbrook and Gorham school districts are sticking with proficiency-based education, which is no longer mandated by state. The state last month pulled back a previous mandate that school districts implement proficiency-based education and left it up to individual districts to decide. Under the proficiency-based model, students must prove they are proficient in academic […]
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Caucuses set to vet council, school board candidates
WESTBROOK — Republicans and Democrats are getting ready to nominate a slate of candidates for three expiring terms on the City Council and four expiring terms on the School Board. Up for reelection this year is the Ward 3 council seat of Anna Turcotte, the Ward 4 seat of Gary Rairdon and the At-Large seat of […]
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Community Center lot repaving about to begin
WESTBROOK — The Westbrook Community Center is a hot bed of activity winter, spring, summer and fall, but activity will lessen later this month when some programs are disrupted as the parking lot gets paved. The project will include repaving, and re-striping the entire parking lot, as well as expanding the lot toward the soccer […]
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Westbrook youth vie at State Meet
AUGUSTA — A hefty group of Westbrook youth track athletes descended on Cony High School this past Saturday, Aug. 11, for the 2018 15-and-under State Meet. The cadre performed extremely well, taking 11th overall, not just an accomplishment in its own right, but also an improvement over last year. The future looks promising for the […]
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GNCBL: Norsemen down Nor'easters in championship double-header
OLD ORCHARD BEACH—Norsemen second-baseman Ben Nelson (Gorham/Merrimack) choked off the opposition Nor’easters’ bottom-of-the-ninth comeback attempt in the first game of a double-header on Sunday afternoon, August 12. Nelson leapt and snatched a one-out line-drive from midair, then whipped the ball over to first to catch a Nor’easters runner, one who’d dashed away from the bag […]
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GNCBL: Norsemen clobber Windjammers, move on to championship
SOUTH PORTLAND—The Greater Northeast Collegiate Baseball League’s Norsemen squad barreled their way into this summer’s championship last Thursday, Aug. 9, besting the Windjammers 7-2 and bouncing them from the double-elimination tournament. “We’ve played them a lot,” Norsemen head coach Chris Tilton said of the Jammers. “They got us quite a few times in the regular […]
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Letter to the editor: Does Balentine purposely write to incite?
There will be ups and downs, says Balentine! He’s not all bad … hopefully the ride will be worth it! Even Trump’s negatives have silver linings? Why is this guy writing editorials, is it to insult people? Is he smirking knowing that he incites reactions in readers who keep hoping for sane opinion pieces from […]
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60 Years Ago
The Westbrook American reported on Aug. 13, 1958, that Harlan Grant, 78, was the fourth generation of his family on his 125-acre farm on Cumberland Street in Westbrook. He raised alfalfa, cattle, poultry and vegetables. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Perry of Halidon Road, Westbrook, were visiting in Colebrook, N.H.
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Westbrook featured in new tourism site
WESTBROOK — Maine Development Foundation’s Maine Downtown Center has launched Main Street Maine (mainstreetmaine.org), an interactive website aimed at attracting tourists to the state’s 10 nationally accredited Main Street downtowns, including Westbrook. Through the website, visitors get a glimpse of what is available, and unique, about each downtown. “The site is full of advice and blog […]