Buxton selectmen are accepting names of people interested in filling the vacancy left when a school board member resigned last week. Jean Harmon, newly elected chairwoman of selectmen, said this week that selectmen would appoint someone to replace Sandra G. Plummer until next year’s municipal election in June. Plummer resigned June 19 as one of […]

Bistro 21 opens A new restaurant opened in Westbrook last week. Owner Melissa Cooledge said Bistro 21, 21 County Road, said hours are 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 5-9 p.m. Saturday. Bistro 21 features lunch, dinner and children’s menus. The chef is Brentton Mathieu. For more information, call the restaurant at 773-1221. Luce […]

The following babies were born recently at Maine Medical Center: Phoebe Lynn Bowman was born April 2, 2007 to Hillary Rhoades and Joel Bowman of Westbrook. Grandparents are Rose and Roger Peacock of Westbrook and Patricia Bowman of Lewiston and Phil Bowman of Windham. Great grandparents are Mary Banker of Saco and Rita Bowman of […]

Sandra G. Plummer of Buxton resigned Tuesday as a director of School Administrative District 6. “It is with sincere regret that I tender my resignation as director for the MSAD 6 Board of Directors, effective immediately,” Plummer wrote in a letter addressed to Buxton selectmen, with a copy to Superintendent Suzanne Lukas. Plummer was one […]

June 1982 From the Westbrook police log: Sandra Wilson, Durham, ran over a beer bottle on Route 25 in Westbrook and it exploded, knocking a hole through the floor of her car. Someone shot pellets through two windows and into the side of the 1980 VW Rabbitt of John Hawkes, Portland, in an S.D. Warren […]

The Westbrook American reported on June 20, 1962, that Robert Dame, John Smith III and Dave Peckham were traveling together to Arizona. The trio had fall plans. Dame to join the Navy; Peckham, attend the University of Arizona; and Smith, attend University of Colorado.

The Westbrook School Department’s budget received a boost in revenue at Monday’s Westbrook City Council meeting, leading to a drop in the amount needed to be raised by local taxes. A $200,000 increase in miscellaneous revenues was added to the budget in order to reflect money that will be taken from the May 2008 bonding […]

A free heart-health clinic, made possible by funds from the Narragansett Number One Foundation, will be held Wednesday, June 20, from 9a.m.-noon in the Community Room at Elwell Farms, 443 Long Plains Road in Buxton. The clinic, open to all Buxton adults over age 18, provides health education and screenings including weight, blood pressure, cholesterol […]