The Westbrook Fire Department has received a $18,681 grant to buy a replacement boat for river rescues. The department will purchase a 14-foot aluminum boat with a 30 horsepower jet-powered motor with the grant from FireHouse Subs, a restaurant chain known for donating and providing grants to local fire departments. A FireHouse Subs location recently […]
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Westbrook Housing applicants must update information or lose spot on waitlist
Westbrook Housing is urging current Section 8 and Housing Choice Voucher waitlist applicants to update their information by Feb. 17 to keep their applications active. As part of an upgrade to the state’s centralized housing waitlist system shared by local housing authorities, including Westbrook’s, waitlist applicants must ensure their information is up to date to […]
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Westbrook pool programming expands with popularity
You can now learn to kayak, snorkel, scuba dive or swim like a mermaid as part of new offerings at the indoor pool at the Westbrook Community Center.
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Senior apartment building moves forward in Westbrook
The City Council approved a tax deal Monday that will help finance the project across from the high school.
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We Love to Eat: Feb. 9
Free, takeout boxed meal – Wednesday, Feb. 9, 1-2 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church parking lot, 612 Main St., Westbrook. Sponsored by Trinity Lutheran Church and Wayside Food Services.
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Westbrook Notes: Feb. 3
Community center switches free meals to takeout Due to a rise in cases of COVID-19, the sit-down weekly meal served at Westbrook Community Center will now be distributed as a boxed meal available for takeout from 1-2 p.m. Wednesdays in the parking lot at Trinity Lutheran Church at 612 Main St. “The fellowship of eating […]
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Westbrook-Windham rail trail moves forward
The project just received $450,000 in grant money to complete engineering and design work on the proposed 5-mile trail.
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Westbrook Middle School heat system conking out, replacement could cost millions
Geothermal pumps fail too often, and the school department is looking into scrapping the entire system for a new one.
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Gorham, Westbrook residents concerned for Ukrainian, Russian family, friends
Locals with ties to the two countries say neither side wants a war.
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Pace slows at Westbrook COVID-19 test site
Hours have been cutback and the site could soon close, the interim fire chief says.