PORTLAND — A Westbrook man has pleaded guilty to federal charges for a string of armed robberies that put small businesses on edge this spring. Travis Card, 38, faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each of 11 robberies or attempted robberies.  Card was arrested April 13 in the wake of more […]

WESTBROOK— Dillon Bates will continue to serve as a Westbrook state representative until his term runs out at the end of the year despite calls for his immediate resignation, his lawyer said this week.  The call for his resignation came in the wake of published reports about his alleged inappropriate behavior with students at Maine […]

Free park concert Keanu Keanu of Portland will be in concert with a mix of 1960s, 1970s and 1980s  pop and rock 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 15, at Riverbank Park on Main Street. The concert is free and part of the summer series that continues through Aug. 22. The Stephen Manchester Post 62 of […]

WESTBROOK — The city and the Maine Department of Transportation will share the cost of improving three of the most heavily traveled roads in Westbrook. The council Monday gave preliminary approval to enter into partnerships with the Maine Department of Transportation to split the cost of milling, paving and sidewalk reconstruction at the Cumberland Mills traffic […]

WESTBROOK — A program aimed at making sure students across Maine are reaching their highest potential is coming to Westbrook High School this school year. Westbrook is the recipient of a grant to bring a Jobs for Maine Graduates program to the high school, Superintendent Peter Lancia said at a school board meeting last week. […]

Zach Mills, a 2015 graduate of Gorham High School, is an intern this summer in the office of Sen. Susan Collins in Washington, D.C. Mills Congressional intern U.S. Sen. Susan Collins recently announced that Zach Mills, a Gorham native, is a summer intern in her Washington office.  Mills, a 2015 graduate of Gorham High School, is […]

Aug. 11, 1993 A proposed new Westbrook school health education philosophy touches on some “pregnant” issues, including AIDS and AIDS education, Superintendent Edward Connolly warned the School Committee this week, and they may want to read it carefully. It will come before the committee Aug. 18. He offered no details of what the philosophy says. […]

Buxton-Hollis Historical Society will hold its Blue Bird Benefit Bash fundraiser Saturday, Aug. 18, on the grounds and barn at the Brewster Mansion in Buxton. Weymouth funeral Sunday The funeral for Harry Weymouth of Buxton, a 30-year volunteer with the town’s fire department and a lieutenant for the South Portland Fire Department, will be held Sunday, Aug. 12.   […]

National Night Out was held Tuesday behind Anderson-Watkins Insurance on Quimby Avenue in Westbrook. The event, which included free food, activities and demonstrations, is aimed at creating a better relationship between police officers and residents. School Resource Officer Sandy Mailman hands out stickers and other items to children at the Westbrook Police Department’s National Night […]