Veterans cookout The veterans appreciation cookout is set for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at Riverbank Park on Main Street, with food, music and camaraderie. Westbrook Veterans’ Services Officer Arty Ledoux said he hopes many veterans will turn out for the event. Backpacks needed Donate backpacks and small Hannaford gift cards to […]
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We Love to Eat: Sept. 7
Pot roast takeout supper – Saturday, Sept. 9, 5-6 p.m., Raymond Village Church, 27 Main St., Raymond. Pot roast and gravy, potatoes, green beans, carrots, roll and brownie, $12. Takeout only with outside seating available. To order, call 655-7749 before noon Sept. 9 and leave a message with name, number of meals and pick-up time, […]
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Forum: Westbrook’s local Warren charities are community treasures
Following my July 27 opinion column, “They paved paradise – and put up a parking lot,” about Westbrook City Hall’s apparent lack of community engagement these days, and after a citizen-led community meeting two weeks ago with over 100 concerned taxpayers about the city’s plan to develop the remaining downtown parking lots without citizen input, […]
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Mold temporarily shuts down Westbrook Performing Arts Center
The mold is isolated and does not impact Westbrook Middle School or its events, officials say, although some non-school bookings have been forced to relocate.
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Maine’s gun laws couldn’t stop 2 deadly shootings this year. Are more laws the answer?
Violent incidents in Bowdoin and Westbrook have been used by advocates on both sides of the gun control debate to argue that the current laws don’t work as intended.
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Westbrook man charged with killing couple in front of their young children enters insanity plea
Court records indicate Marcel LaGrange, 24, told detectives that he shot 2 people. He’s now facing several charges in the deaths of Brittney Cockrell, 37, and Michael Hayter, 41.
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Westbrook Notes: Aug. 31
Author to speak on Underground Railroad Author Mark Alan Leslie will speak about the Underground Railroad in the 1800s at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, at the Westbrook Historical Society. Leslie, whose historical novel, “True North: Tice’s Story,” was a Publishers Weekly featured book, said Portland became a hub of Underground Railroad activity, with escaped slaves […]
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We Love to Eat: Aug. 31
Free community meal – Wednesday, Sept. 6, 5-6 p.m., Westbrook Community Center, 426 Bridge St., Westbrook. Face masks and social distancing. Bean supper – Saturday, Sept. 9, 5-6 p.m., Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Beans, coleslaw, red hot dogs, American chop suey, Italian bread, pies and beverages. Call 854-9157 for advance orders; pick […]
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Plans to replace parking lots with affordable housing opposed in Westbrook
Replacing the three free parking areas with housing would be devastating to downtown businesses and a local church, opponents say.
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Letter: Eliminating free parking lots will wreck city
I just learned about the city’s plans to develop three of our free public parking spaces in the downtown area. How can Westbrook possibly attract anyone (tourists or residents) to our downtown when the major source of parking is located on the far end of town and is not particularly accessible to most of the […]