149/149A In 1909, Dr. Felix Barrett established a hospital at 537 Main St., to serve Westbrook and the surrounding area. The hospital was for many years known as the Barrett Hospital, before becoming the Westbrook Hospital. As Westbrook and the surrounding areas grew, it became evident that this hospital was too small to adequately serve […]

Westbrook police and the Southern Maine Violent Crimes Task Force arrested a fugitive, on the run since November 2007, on Rochester Street Tuesday. According to authorities, Jesse Mahlon Robbins, 20, was wanted on charges of felony possession of scheduled drugs, assault and operating after revocation. Police say they have been tracking him to Virginia and […]

Ecumenical energy fair Oct. 11 The Gorham Ecumenical Council is sponsoring an Energy Resource Fair on Saturday, Oct. 11, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at Cressey Road United Methodist Church on Cressey Road (off Route 25), Gorham. Agencies attending the fair include the Maine State Housing Authority, Southern Maine Area Agency on Aging, Efficiency Maine, People’s […]

Westbrook police are continuing to investigate an incident in which a projectile object struck a school bus Monday. The bus, carrying children from the Canal School, was struck at around 3:10 p.m. at the intersection of Brackett and Prospect streets. According to police, witnesses reported seeing a black male hanging out of a green sedan […]

The neighbors of a Buxton woman applying for kennel permit remained unconvinced she wouldn’t breed her dogs commercially after the Planning Board did a site walk at her home Monday. Gloria Steiger has maintained that she just wants to keep her nine dogs as pets. She is applying for a kennel permit because, with more […]