WESTBROOK – Anyone who drinks one too many glasses of eggnog this holiday season should think twice before getting behind the wheel in Westbrook. Westbrook police recently received grant funding from the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety to conduct high visibility holiday traffic enforcement details. The City Council approved a resolution accepting the $4,800 grant […]
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Westbrook High School winter sports schedules
Boys Basketball Dec. 10 @ Kennebunk 7 p.m. Dec. 14 Cheverus 7 p.m. Dec. 17 @ Windham 7 p.m. Dec. 21 Massabesic 7 p.m. Jan. 4 Scarborough 7 p.m. Jan. 7 @ Portland 7 p.m. Jan. 11 Biddeford 7 p.m. Jan. 13 @ Sanford 7 p.m. Jan. 15 Bonny Eagle 7 p.m. Jan. 18 Thornton […]
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Westbrook High School winter sports previews
Wrestling Coach: Ryan Hutchins Last year’s record: 15-8, Eastern Maine Regional Champions Key wrestlers: Westbrook stables an impressive array of powerful wrestlers, including seniors Glenn Emery, Troy Fogg, Steve Sawyer, Craig DiBiase, Ben Arsenault, Manny Vincent; juniors Graham Strondak and Cody Payer and sophomores Scott Kirkpatrick and Ryan Pitas. Key meets this season: The Blue […]
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Hey, Westbrook – what do you think?
WESTBROOK – The task force reviewing Westbrook’s comprehensive plan wants to hear from you on Saturday. The Westbrook Comprehensive Plan Task Force is in the midst of reviewing the city’s comprehensive plan. State law requires this process occur every 10 years, according to Molly Just, city planner. The task force has already held numerous public […]
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Gifts for young ‘heroes’
Kids in military families have a Gorham Santa GORHAM – In a Gorham warehouse Tuesday, Margo Badeau was busy wrapping and packaging gifts for children in military families. Lately, she has fielded some heart-wrenching calls from parents. “My husband is being deployed just before the holidays and the kids are a wreck,” she recalled one […]
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Earth Speaks – The full price of war
Everything is connected, including the havoc wrought by the destructiveness of war to both humans and the environment. Last September, the Brunswick Times Record sponsored a forum titled “What Price does our Community Pay for the Military Budget?” A panel, consisting of local representatives from health care, education, social services, business and green/environmental interests, addressed […]
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Tree fest marks 10 years
WESTBROOK – It has been 10 years since 18 decorated trees represented the humble beginnings of what would grow into a local phenomenon. A decade later, there will be 47 festively adorned evergreens at Westbrook’s 10th annual Festival of Trees. The event kicks off Saturday at Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church at 810 Main St. The 47 […]
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Libby questions ethics ruling
BUXTON – Jim Libby, who last month narrowly lost a bid to represent House District 131, has asked to meet with the Maine Ethics Commission about a campaign mailing issue involving his opponent, state Rep. Robert Hunt, D-Buxton. Libby, a Republican, said Tuesday that the commission allowed Hunt to mail campaign literature listing the treasurer […]
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Windham’s Rhoads takes Gorham 5K
GORHAM – While many of us were hitting the malls doing some early post-Thanksgiving holiday shopping, a group of runners eschewed the long lines to take part in the 13th annual “Burn off the Turkey” 5K road race in Gorham on Saturday. The race for the top overall spot was a close one, with 41-year-old […]
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Quinn's Corner – Earmarks are not all bad
Most of the “good guvmint” resolutions floating over Capitol Hill about killing earmarks are spurious – a distraction. It’s like a coach blaming a poor game on the hot dogs sold at the ball park. Those politicians who make so much of how they will fix Washington by eliminating earmarks are, more often than not, […]