An investigation into allegations that public works employees were picking up yard waste for friends and family while on the city’s time clock produced no evidence of wrongdoing, according to Westbrook’s human resources director. The allegations came first from an anonymous letter in late April, according to the director, Tina Crellin. The letter said that, […]

Air Force Senior Airman Shaun P. Emery, of Standish, has arrived for duty at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. Emery, a public affairs news writer, is assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo. The senior airman has served in the military for four years. He is the son of Clifford and Cheryl Emery of Blueberry Lane, Buxton. […]

Westbrook City Council could be soon finalizing a new zoning ordinance to allow so-called “hobby farming” in residential districts after a first public hearing Monday produced no opposition. The ordinance comes some nine months after the council first sent the question of urban farming to the planning board. The council acted following two complaints about […]

The late Edgar Carswell owned a drug store at 12 Main St. for many years. He and his wife had once lived at the corner of South and Lincoln streets and later on Gray Road. In an American Journal article about Gorham’s history Jan. 15, 1986, Mildred Loveitt wrote that Carswell had been born in […]

Despite promises last fall to make tax reform one of the top priorities in Augusta, proposed reforms crumbled last week in the Legislature. The proposal that died in committee would have raised more than $230 million by expanding the sales tax to services and amusements it doesn’t cover now, raising the meals and lodging tax […]

Police are investigating a homicide after a man was found dead of gunshot wounds at Woodlawn Cemetery in Westbrook. Kevin Foley, 58, of Portland, was found dead near his car at the back of the cemetery on Friday at 8:25 a.m. by a public works employee, according to a state police press release. The car, […]

The Westbrook American reported on June 27, 1962, that three Gorham teachers would be traveling to Europe as part of a University of Maine summer session. The trio was Ruth Putney, Ruth Hansen and Marilyn Farrar.

The photo on the left shows the old Brackett Block in 1974, just prior to being razed during the urban renewal project. The building was also known as the LaFond Block, after a dry goods store that occupied the first floor for many years. This old building was once part of the Underground Railroad that […]