WESTBROOK – During her 94 years, Eleanor Conant Saunders was a proud resident of Westbrook who, after her death in 2014, left $110,000 to the library, public safety and public works departments. The city council officially accepted that money in May 2016 and an additional $10,000 four months later. Now two years after initial acceptance, […]

WESTBROOK- Students at Westbrook High School know that if they want to see substantial gun reform, it is going to take a lot of effort to get their voices heard beyond the National Walkout event earlier this month or the March for our Lives event last week. On May 15, hours after participating in the […]

WESTBROOK – The high school’s National Arts Honors Society has been working for the last few weeks to make women’s history come alive on the walls of the school. The group’s exhibit, “Strong Women in History,” includes portraits students made of famous women such as Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Diana, Fridha Kahlo, Harriet Tubman, Oprah […]

Editor’s note: This story has been corrected (3/29/18). The facility offering the Virtual Dementia Tour is Avita of Stroudwater.  WESTBROOK – They say to truly understand someone you should walk a mile in their shoes, and with some cutting-edge technology a number of healthcare facilities in the area, including Avita of Stroudwater, are showing people […]

WESTBROOK – Since voters approved the idea of retail marijuana sales, cultivation and manufacturing back in November 2016, many communities in Maine, Westbrook included, have passed moratoriums on the subject in order to allow state and local leaders to establish regulations. While the Westbrook City Council opted to extend the moratorium another 180 days at […]

WESTBROOK – More than 50 girls from the area converged at Westbrook Regional Vocational Center last week to prove technical trades are not just a man’s world. The event, Totally Trades, was held through a joint partnership of the Maine Department of Transportation, Maine Department of Education and New Ventures Maine, and exposed seventh, eighth […]

WESTBROOK — Police in the city are teaming up with the police forces in Portland, Falmouth, Cumberland and South Portland to apprehend the individual, or individuals responsible for robbing eight business in the area since March 20, including a convenience store, coffee shop and sandwich shop in Westbrook. The most recent robbery took place around […]

WESTBROOK – Taxpayers can expect to foot a little more of the school budget next school year. Superintendent Peter Lancia presented to the school finance committee his initial 2018-2019 school budget March 14. The $38.5 million spending plan represents a $2.2 million, or 6.2 percent increase over the current school budget, which runs through June […]