Westbrook, Maine

• With MOOMilk, it's all about the families
  

  While the recent news regarding Mainea s Own Organic Milk Co. has been about lack of cash and milk cartons, the real story of MOOMilk is about Maine families.

• Sanford man accused of tattooing minors
  

  Police say they're seeing a 'resurgence in unlawful tattooing,' and the Maine CDC expresses concern.

• Maine senator wants drivers to steer clear of texting
  

  AAA members back a state ban on the practice, but police officials think a law would be difficult to enforce.

• Council tables vote on Pike after hearing
  

  Emotions ran high Monday night as the City Council weighed sharply opposing views on a proposal that would let Pike Industries continue mining its rock quarry in the Five Star Industrial Park.

• What happened to St. Mary's?
  

  I drive down the main thoroughfare in Westbrook, Maine where I used to pass the St.

• Letter: Support the Falmouth Flyer
  

  For the past four years I have been taking the Flyer bus to Portland and back at least once a week.

• Maine schools look online for courses
  

  Shreyas Joshi has a passion for physics. The Falmouth High School sophomore took an AP physics B class last year, even though his schedule was full.

• Mall stores report a strong summer
  

  Maine Mall retailers are reporting heavy foot traffic and strong sales this summer, boosted by tourists and shoppers looking for bargains, especially for students heading back to school.

• Robbery spree lands suspect in hot coffee
  

  A McDonald's worker douses the man with hot coffee as he tries to steal a cash register.

• Reagan/Mooney
  

  The wedding of Kathryn Reagan and Brock Mooney took place on June 26, 2010 at Bracket Street Memorial Methodist Church on Peaks Island.

• Idexx still plans sizable expansion
  

  Idexx Laboratories says it still plans to grow its Westbrook facility significantly, even though the company backed away from a proposed $50 million expansion in an announcement last week.

• Police: Missing woman found
  

  Westbrook police say a woman who went missing Tuesday has been found safe. Diane Sanders, 61, was last seen Tuesday morning as she walked away from her group home on Chesley St.

• Little attention paid to Windham's wastewater plan
  

  A $67.8 million proposal for a wastewater collection system in North Windham hasn't caught the attention of its residents.

• Chili cooks have three chances in Maine to bowl judges over
  

  Chili cook-offs will be held this weekend in Wells, Westbrook and Scarborough. At least two dozen members of the International Chili Society will descend on Scarborough Downs to compete in the Southern Maine Regional Chili Cook-Off on Sunday.

• Designing Women offers fine art and craft
  

  Mary Ann Small's Maine Island Rag Rugs have been displayed at the Blaine House in Augusta; Archipelago and the Jonathan Frost Gallery in Rockland; the Art Gallery at the University of New England's Westbrook campus; the National Folk Festival in Bangor; and, most recently, at the Camden Garden Club's Showcase House rooms sponsored by Phi Home ...

• Dispatches, Aug. 24, 2010
  

  Starting next month, Portland will require that all new single-family homes and duplexes be built with sprinkler systems for putting out fires.

• METRO Offers Student Discounts
  

  Students attending Portland, Westbrook and Falmouth schools are being offered fare discounts for the coming school year.

• Fans of closed eatery offer financial advice that leads owners to try again
  

  First, the French Press Eatery in Westbrook had a grand re-opening to celebrate a major expansion.

• Gang sweep nets 24 arrests in Portland area
  

  Twenty-four people have been arrested in Maine as part of a regional action against gangs led by federal immigration authorities.

City Description

Westbrook is a city in Cumberland County, Maine, United States and a suburb of Portland. 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,

City Contained By:

• Cumberland County
• Maine
• United States of America

City Contains:

• Cumberland Mills Historic District
• Vallee Family House
• Westbrook High School
• Spa Tech Institute-Westbrook

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 44.2887966867 km squared

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