When the plan for a nation-wide tax rebate was first discussed, it sounded like the more money you made, the more you’d get back. For those of us in the low-income range, including many senior citizens, well, we were left out. That has changed now, and chances are you are eligible for what is called […]

Feb. 23, 1983 Dogs should be allowed to live in Westbrook’s low-income family public housing, some tenants say. “It would be nothing but headaches,” James Smith, executive director of the Westbrook Housing Authority, replies. Smith told the WHA members that “a few people started a petition” in Pine Knoll Terrace, 10 families have signed it, […]

Throughout the past 15 years, Sherry Snowdeal has lived in several different homes in Westbrook, but wherever she went, one thing remained the same – Charlie Sedita was her letter carrier. And because of that, she never knew when to expect her mail. “He knew so many people in downtown Westbrook,” Snowdeal said Tuesday. Stopping […]

115/115A In the photo on the left, a view of Dana Court from Bridge Street in the 1800s, the wooden building on the left is the carriage house for an old brick mansion that stood on Bridge Street at Dana Court. This mansion was referred to as the Bean Mansion and was demolished in 1974. […]

It’s amazing that at a time when the only identification required to get on an airplane is a driver’s license, Maine is willing to issue them to people who have not proven they are residents of this state or legal citizens of this country. Secretary of State Matt Dunlap has helped draft a bill that […]

Bean supper – Saturday, Feb. 23, 4:30-6 p.m., Elm Street Methodist Church, 168 Elm St., South Portland. Beans, casseroles, chop suey, cole slaw, hot dogs, pies and beverages. $7, $2.50. Baked haddock and baked ziti dinner – Saturday, Feb. 23, 5:15-6 p.m., St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, 150 Black Point Road, Scarborough. Menu includes rice, salad, […]

Floating through the stratosphere of Big Brother ideas in Augusta are proposals that would make use of cell phones while operating a motor vehicle a criminal offense. Do we detect bit of Chicken Little here? Is the sky really falling? Or, will these proposals – along with earlier nutcake explications such as the requirement for […]

Cutline (BUX-HOLLIS kids fishing derby) – A large contingent of children and adults attend the awards ceremony following Sunday’s annual youth fishing derby at the Buxton-Hollis Rod and Gun Club. Steve Wilson, one of the derby organizers, reports brook trout, pickerel and bass were caught in the derby held at Deer Pond in Hollis by […]