City buses to run on Sunday The City of South Portland Bus Service will start running on Sundays starting Sept. 11 on routes 21 and 24A. Route 21 runs between Ferry Village, to downtown Portland through Mill Creek. Route 24A operates between Mill Creek, downtown Portland and the Maine Mall. The Sunday schedule will essentially […]

A $27.3 million school expansion project is poised to come before voters in November after the Westbrook City Council voted unanimously on the referendum language Monday. Barring any change during a scheduled second reading on Sept. 12, voters will decide on the project that will expand and renovate Saccarappa Elementary School and add 12 classrooms […]

More than 50 people attended the annual Pillsbury Shores Association’s August sand bar pot luck supper, which was held during the recent full moon and subsequent extremely low evening tide.

“Paint Westbrook” coincides with a marathon that’s expected to bring hundreds into the city. For the second year in a row, there is an open call for local artists to participate in a plein air painting event in Westbrook, and organizers have the same goal in mind – showcase the city as a vibrant arts […]

Following a turbulent few weeks in which state political controversies have put Westbrook in the spotlight, local Democratic party leaders say there is intense interest from potential candidates for municipal seats heading into its caucus on Tuesday, Sept. 6. The results of the Democratic caucus will put the local election in focus, with eight seats, […]

The Westbrook woman, 65, enters the record books by completing a 21-mile North Channel swim. Pat Gallant-Charette of Westbrook is now the oldest person to successfully swim the North Channel between Ireland and Scotland, a 21-mile marathon that took her 14 hours to complete. At 65, the now-famous long-distance swimmer completed a channel crossing that […]