Last week Westbrook High School suspended 14 athletes for violating the school’s code of conduct by attending a party where there was underage drinking. Although school administrators said the suspensions would not damper the season, it’s obviously an unfortunate start to the school year and the athletic season. The suspensions were the result of investigations […]
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Westbrook man expected to plead guilty to robbery
A Westbrook man involved in a Newcastle bank robbery in January is expected to plead guilty to numerous charges Tuesday afternoon in Wiscasset Superior Court. Stephen Otis, 26, is expected to enter the pleas before Justice Donald Marden at 1:30 p.m. He was facing charges of robbery and aggravated attempted murder. According to a press […]
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Beech Ridge Motor Speedway report
Bub Bilodeau scores Beech Ridge win sets stage for championship showdown Saturday. Jason Larrabee, Buddy Minott and Tim Caswell also score wins. Entering the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series events this past Saturday, Bub Bilodeau trailed point leader Bobby Babb in the standings by a mere six points in the Pro Series standings. By the time […]
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Buxton sermon series
Pastor David Nicol has begun a sermon series on the book of James and living faith at the Buxton United Methodist Church. Buxton UMC is located on the corner of Chicopee Road and Cemetery Road in the Chicopee section of Buxton, near Gorham. “We are fortunate at Buxton to be one of a very small […]
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Pruning Standish
Editor, The business of how this lovely town of Standish is run at times arouses my curiosity. In the past I have come down on our town manager and town council. But today I’ll give them a breather and take issue with our public works director, Roger Mosley. Having discovered Standish 12 years ago coming […]
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Standish offers senior citizens reassurance with morning check-in
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office in Standish has started a morning check-in program for the town’s senior citizens. Started in November of 2005, the program is designed to make seniors feel safe and cared for. “This program is set up for seniors who live alone, have just been released from the hospital, or maybe don’t […]
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Businesses evacuated due to false bomb scare
Westbrook police evacuated the Air Force recruiting office and neighboring businesses on Larrabee Road due to a bomb scare that proved to be false on Aug. 30. Capt. Tom Roth of the Westbrook police said a company from Massachusetts that is banned from delivering to U.S. government buildings had called the recruiting office for directions […]
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Veteran
The Westbrook Cemetery Trustees recently began the process of installing veteran’s markers at the Saccarappa Cemetery. Research by local veterans and historians revealed that at least 125 veterans are buried at Saccarappa Cemetery. A large proportion of those veterans’ graves lack appropriate veterans markings and, as such, the cemetery trustees and the city’s Public Services […]
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Thieves target copper as prices soar
Police say a recent theft of copper from Sappi Fine Paper is the latest in a trend attributed to a spike in copper prices. Westbrook officers issued summonses to three men accused of taking copper wire from mill grounds on Aug. 18, according to Capt. Tom Roth. Sappi refused comment on the incident, but Roth […]
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MEA baseline results in for local schools
The results from the redesigned Maine Educational Assessment tests have been received by schools across the state of Maine, with local schools scoring slightly above the state average. The MEAs measure the achievement of students in reading and mathematics, and have, in the past, been limited to grades 4 and 8. This year for the […]