Westbrook News

L.L. Bean's plan to leave Congress Street next year has raised the question: Just what does Portland need downtown? City officials said they will work with the building's owners, their retail brokers, the Portland Downtown District and others to take a good look at the market and what might work at 542 Congress St., for a potential business and for ...

The Connecticut Supreme Court has reinstated a lawsuit filed by the owners of a dump truck that caused a fatal 20-vehicle wreck in Avon, in a dispute over whether there was insurance coverage on the truck at the time.

Heavy rain associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ida moved through Maine Saturday, prompting flood warnings and road closures.

Fugitive David Sanborn turned himself in to law enforcement officials around 1 p.m. Wednesday near the Gray exit of the Maine Turnpike.

School Stuff Submitted by Westbrook Schools on 2009-11-12.   Provided by Westbrook Schools Westbrook High School students Michael Cormier, Harlan Toussaint, Andrew MacMillan, Arianna Cote use the school's newly acquireed super safe table saw.

Even Maggie Gallagher points out , "There are not very many Mormons in Maine, or black people, either, so they cannot blame this loss on either minority group.

Like many of the local men and women who volunteer as troop greeters at Bangor International Airport, Chuck Knowlen is inspired to greet flights because of the experience he had when he returned from his U.S. Army service in Vietnam.

Dan Coyne of Westbrook was hired at the Maine Center for Economic Policy as a fiscal policy analyst.

Machine Vision Products today announced it would be demonstrating the award winning Supra Series AOI Solutions at Productronica 2009 in Munich from November 10th to 13th.

Submitted by Al Diamon on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 12:22pm. Maine Media Woodward joined the BDN in 1971 as a reporter.

Nancy Watson, the daughter of Sandra and Perley Goodrich Sr., says the mental health system failed her family in allowing her brother Perley Goodrich Jr.

A man suspected of driving erratically led police on a chase through several towns before spinning out.

They sold their confections from the parlor of their house on Forest Avenue in Portland, Maine .

Two female Westbrook firefighters have filed a lawsuit claiming sexual harassment and gender discrimination.

A controversial bar at the corner of Brown and North streets has another chance to restore its standing with the city, following a decision Monday by the mayor and the City Council to bring all parties together to resolve issues.

A Westbrook man is charged with trafficking drugs in the greater Portland area. Westbrook police arrested Joshua Carver, 26, on Saturday and charged him with aggravated trafficking of Oxycodone.

WESTBROOK : Acorn Productions has selected five full-length plays to be given dramatic readings in the Acorn Studio Theater as part of the process of choosing a featured play for this year's Maine Playwrights Festival.

Legendary trombonist Don Doane, who has played with Maynard Ferguson, Woody Herman, Count Basie and Duke Ellington, takes the stage for Harvestfest today.

Johann Wilhelm Ziegler, 79, a resident of Sinnott Road, died Monday, Oct. 12, 2009, at RiverRidge Center in Kennebunk.

ECOMAINE, the waste disposal cooperative owned by 21 communities in southern Maine, will hold an open house at its landfill from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.