Westbrook, Maine

• State seeks input for education 'race'
  

  Maine's Department of Education is asking teachers, school administrators, business people and others for advice as it prepares to apply for up to $75 million in federal funds aimed at education reform.

• Officials tout programs for weatherizing Maine homes
  

  Millions of dollars in incentives are available to Mainers of all incomes who make efficiency improvements.

• Food on stove cause of Westbrook fire
  

  A fire Wednesday in a four-unit apartment building that injured one man and left some tenants without a place to live was caused by food left on a stove, said the city's fire inspector A Westbrook firefighter opens up a wall to see if fire has spread behind a kitchen stove at the scene of a blaze on Brown Street on Wednesday.

• Westbrook residents, church vie for parking
  

  The Catholic diocese and city officials are trying to develop more spaces near St.

• Portland man arrested for selling drugs to cops
  

  Westbrook Police and Maine Drug Enforcement Agents say James Sulinski sold Oxycodone and Morphine to undercover agents.

• Robber Steals Drugs From Westbrook Pharmacy
  

  Police are looking for the man who robbed a Rite Aid Pharmacy in Westbrook. A security camera snapped a picture of the suspect.

• News and such in Maine's dog owning and training community
  

  Bri is one of the very few Am Staffs that competes in obedience. She turns quite a few heads.

• Portland Man Arrested, Charged With Drug Trafficking
  

  Westbrook police have charged a Portland man with trafficking drugs in the parking lot of the Westbrook Crossing Shopping Center.

• High winds through early Friday; flash flood warnings through Friday PM
  

  High wind advisory for Thursday ...High Wind Warning Remains In Effect From 1 PM This Afternoon To 1 AM EST Friday... .Low Pressure Developing Off The Mid Atlantic Coast This Morning Will Deepen As It Moves North...Reaching Southern New England Tonight And Friday.

• Westbrook considers hiring for fire, rescue
  

  City councilors met in executive session Monday night to consider contracts for hiring an interim leadership team for the city's Fire and Rescue Department.

• Presumpscot River spills over its banks
  

  One spot that saw some major flooding from Thursday night's storm was the Presumpscot River.

• Legacy Publishing Company Announces Promotion of Amanda Field ...
  

  WESTBROOK, Maine-Feb. 25, 2010-Legacy Publishing Company is proud to announce that Amanda Field has recently been promoted to Accounting Clerk and joined Legacy's Finance Team.

• Slow winter storm pounds East Coast
  

  A slow-moving winter storm packing heavy, wet snow and potentially flooding rain spread over the Northeast on Thursday, disrupting air traffic and closing schools.

• Get your girlfriends and do something different. Limo for $25. All ...
  

  GetA your girlfriends and do something different.A Limo for $25.A All night. A Keep reading!A If any of you girls can get enough friends together we will have an all girl party limo to Bangor Saturday, February 27th.A Sorry guys.A Get your guy friends and go to Portland/Westbrook...A $30 per person.A Call me.

• Vehicle goes into Presumpscot River canal
  

  Emergency crews have converged along Middle Jam Road in Standish, right near where the town borders Gorham and Windham.

• Man faces burglary charges 2 times in 1 month
  

  A man is facing burglary charges for the second time in February after an early morning arrest.

• Adoption case may end with plea deal
  

  PORTLAND The attorney for a Westbrook woman who is charged in an adoption scam has told a judge that his client hopes to reach a plea agreement with prosecutors at a hearing on March 19.

• Kon Asian Bistro: Hibachi Dinning in Westbrook, Maine
  

  A few months ago Kon Asian Bistro moved in down the road from us here in Westbrook, Maine.

• Fired Maine fire chief threatens to sue town
  

  The former fire chief in Westbrook is threatening to sue the city, claiming his firing violated the city charter.

City Description

Westbrook is a city in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 16,142 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area. Originally known as Saccarappa after Saccarappa Falls on the Presumpscot River, it was a part of Falmouth (now Portland) until February 14, 1814, when it was set off and incorporated as Stroudwater. It soon changed its name to Westbrook after Colonel Thomas Westbrook, a commander during Dummer's War who became an early settler and mill operator. In 1871, Deering was set off as a separate town, which in 1889 became part of Portland. In 1891, Westbrook was incorporated as a city. Saccarappa Falls and Congin Falls provided water power for early mills within the city. In 1829, a sawmill was built at the former which made the mill town noted for its lumber. Other industries followed, manufacturing grain bags, machinery and water wheels, carriage and harness, boots, shoes and moccasins, tinware, leather board, bricks, wooden boxes, box shook, meal and flour. The Portland Manufacturing Company built a cotton textile mill at Saccarappa Falls for making "sheetings, stripes and ducks." A paper

City Contained By:

• Cumberland County
• Maine
• United States of America

City Contains:

• Cumberland Mills Historic District
• Vallee Family House
• Westbrook High School

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 44.2887966867 km squared

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