Route 302 in Westbrook is partially closed due to a water main break near Ridge Road Monday night. Traffic traveling east on 302 toward Portland will be able to pass through. Cars traveling west toward Windham will be redirected at Elmwood Avenue. Police ask drivers to be cautious of workers, equipment and ice near the […]

Regulars of County Road restaurant Bistro 21 have had to make other plans this week, after a small explosion on Nov. 25 shut down the eatery. Tammy Speed, who co-owns the restaurant with Cindy Dalfonso, said they can’t reopen until an investigation into the cause of the explosion is completed by their insurance company, which […]

Dec. 7, 1983 Westbrook Mayor-elect Philip D. Spiller has asked city engineer Edward Reidman and Code Enforcement Officer Thomas Wakefield to look for other jobs, he confirmed Monday. He said he also has had a talk with Public Works Director Kenneth Eastman, but will not ask him to leave. In mid-November, after his easy victory […]

Cold wind and raw, wet weather hasn’t put a damper on the holiday spirit. Already we’re thinking of what we’ll cook, who we’ll receive cards from and the many promises we’ll make to ourselves to plan better next year. Maybe it’s time to start looking for the boxes of decorations, extra ribbons and paper we […]

Gorham police continue the investigation of holiday gift cards reported stolen on Nov. 24 from the First Parish Congregational Church in Gorham. The gift cards were for the needy to buy groceries. “We have a strong lead we’re following,” Lt. Chris Sanborn of Gorham Police Department said Wednesday. Gorham’s First Parish Congregational Church had purchased […]

159/159a In this view of 795-813 Main St., left photo, the building barely visible on the right is the John W. Hay Funeral Home at 795 Main. The next building is 799 Main St., known for many years as the Sutermeister house for the family that occupied it. The next building at 805 Main was […]

Bloom is off When my brother, my sisters and I were young, we were aware of Henry David Thoreau, as one of the books in our parlor bookcase was a 1912 “Everyman’s Edition” of “Walden, Or Life in the Woods.” My father had been a student at the Cheshire School in Cheshire, Conn., and he […]

The Westbrook American reported on Dec. 4, 1963, that Marcella “Sally” Ray was home on Hillview Road, Gorham, from Colby College in Waterville on Thanksgiving. Ray was a freshman. In Buxton, Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Stevens of Groveville had seated 24 at their table for Thanksgiving.