Westbrook’s ‘Seeing Orange’ program is now up and running. The website features project updates of major works being done downtown.
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We Love Sales
Huge yard and bake sale – Saturday, Aug. 3, 8 a.m., Buxton Centre Baptist Church, Route 22, Buxton. Hot homemade doughnuts and steamed hot dogs. Blueberry jamboree and bake sale – Saturday, Aug. 10, 9 a.m.- 2 p.m., West Gorham Union Church, 190 Ossipee Trail (Route 25), Gorham. Items for sale include Rada knives, blueberries […]
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We Love to Eat
Free dinner – Thursday, July 25, 5:30-6:30 p.m., St. Peters Episcopal Church, 678 Washington St., Portland. Chowder luncheon – Friday, July 26, and every Friday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave., Portland. Bowl of haddock chowder with crackers, $9; lobster roll lunch with chips, $10; cup of chowder, $6; combination lobster […]
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60 Years Ago
The Westbrook American reported on July 29, 1959, that Mr. and Mrs. Albert Chretien of Westbrook had returned from a two-week vacation at Harmon’s Beach in Standish. The Gorham Garden Club met with Mrs. Clinton Rines for a picnic at her Watchic Lake cottage in Standish.
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Thanks for Food Train donations
Thank you, Westbrook citizens, for putting all those coins and bills in the jars for the Food Train. Over $10,000 was gathered, and an anonymous donor matched up to $10,000! What an amazing city Westbrook is. Jeanne Rielly Director, Westbrook Food Pantry
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Concerts a bumper crop at Conant Homestead
The historic homestead has been the host a series of concerts this summer, and the successful events means another year of music on the farm.
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60 years ago: July 18
The Westbrook American reported on July 22, 1959, that Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Geraghty and family of Westbrook were vacationing at Watchic Lake. PFC Arthur Parsons was spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Parsons, on Buck Street in Gorham.
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Westbrook Notes: July 18
Library speaker series Maria Rena will speak at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 23, at Walker Memorial Library, 810 Main St. Rena’s topic is the history of Black Dinah Chocolatiers, the Westbrook shop that crafts chocolate by hand. For more information, call the library at 854-0630 Free park concert Erica Brown & The Bluegrass Connection […]
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We Love to Eat: July 18
Free dinner – Thursday, July 18, 5:30-6:30 p.m., St. Peters Episcopal Church, 678 Washington St., Portland. Chowder luncheon – Friday, July 19, and every Friday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave., Portland. Bowl of haddock chowder with crackers, $9; or lobster roll lunch with chips, $10; cup of chowder, $6; combination […]
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Looking Back: July 18
July 20, 1994 Westbrook High School Athletic Director Peter Curran, a member of the Olmsted Field Restoration Committee, told the School Committee Wednesday that in order to make proposed improvements to the high school athletic fields, a strip of land 150 feet wide and about 1,200 feet long would have to be acquired from the […]