The city of Westbrook is joining a nationwide lawsuit against two pharmaceutical companies that produce opioids to be part of a $26 billion settlement with approximately 4,000 communities in 45 states. The settlement requires distributors McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health Inc. and AmerisourceBergen Corporation to pay up to $21 billion over 18 years and for Janssen, […]
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Holy Cross School pays tribute to Westbrook woman
A scholarship has been established in the name of Wendi Leavitt, an active parent and volunteer at the South Portland school who died in the fall.
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City prepared to assist any displaced Shaw’s employees
The store at Westbrook Crossing will close later this month.
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Letter: More Westbrook residents need to pay attention to recycling
As a dog walker in my Westbrook neighborhood, I’d say that most people who live here recycle adequately. But about a quarter of my neighbors don’t. I see lots of trash, from plastic bags to kitty litter, stuffed into the blue recycling bins. It’s disappointing to think that if this disregard continues we will all […]
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Westbrook Notes: Jan. 27
Library friends making plans for book sale, annual meeting Friends of Walker Memorial Library will have a full agenda when the group meets from 5:30-6:30 Thursday, Jan. 27, in the library at 800 Main St. Among the topics up for discussion will be the 2022 Westbrook High School and tech school scholarship recipient, planning the […]
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Westbrook to require notice on sale of mobile homes
The move comes after the city wrote off about $22,000 in unpaid taxes from mobile homes in the Hamlet that are now uncollectable after cash sales.
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Good news as Westbrook School Department deficit falls by $3M
The $3.5 million deficit found two years ago now stands at $587,000.
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Westbrook Common razed for revamp
The downtown park and its underlying utilities are being upgraded, a project that has been discussed since 2002.
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Betty White Challenge donations top $45,000 at Animal Refuge League
The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland has received more than $45,000 in the Betty White Challenge as of Jan. 24 The social media-fueled fundraising campaign asked donors to contribute to animal shelters and other nonprofit animal rescue groups on Jan. 17 in honor of what would have been White’s 100th birthday. White, an iconic […]
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Shaw’s to close its Westbrook supermarket
The company did not say when the supermarket would close.