In a recent ceremony at Bonny Eagle High School, six seniors, five juniors, and two sophomores were inducted into the National Honor Society. The new senior members are: Kimberly Dubois, Kai Good, Shannon Jacobson, Stephanie Lombardo, Jennifer Reaves, and Lauren Wallace. The new juniors are: Brianna Brooks, Connie Grovo, Robert Michaud, Whitney Porter, and Cori […]

The owners of Skybox Bar and Grill will have the chance to plead their case for reopening the Brown Street bar in front of the city’s Zoning Board Wednesday. Allen and Lynn Moore have already faced decisions from the City Council, the Department of Public Safety’s Liquor Licensing and Compliance Division and Westbrook’s code enforcement […]

The Westbrook American reported on March 4, 1964, that Mark Flight of Gorham turned 21 that day and became eligible to vote. In Buxton, Ethel Hammond of Cape Cod, Mass., visited Mrs. Fred Maddox and son Donald of Bar Mills and Mrs. Clayton Hartford of Groveville the past week.

Sappi Fine Paper North America announced the elimination of 70 positions Monday, including some at its Westbrook mill, as it shuts down all operations at its Muskegon Mill in Michigan. Sappi spokeswoman Amy Olson declined to say how many of the 70 positions eliminated were from the Westbrook mill, but confirmed employees from that mill […]

A woman whose art is inspired by disasters is creating a piece memorializing the Maine forest fire of 1947 at the Art Gallery on the Gorham campus of the University of Southern Maine. Michelle Forsyth, who is 37 and teaches at Washington State University in Pullman, Wash., has been working six days a week on […]