Looking out of the window of her Westbrook apartment, Deborah Dickinson had two impressions of her first Maine winter, after she was forced from her home in Louisianna by Hurricane Katrina. Dickinson, a native southerner, said she enjoys looking at the snow, but Dickinson said she is having trouble getting used to the ice and […]

Brittany Dahms, who graduated from Westbrook High School last June in the midst of a more than year-long battle with leukemia, died Tuesday morning. Dahms, 19, who battled leukemia for more than a year, died early Tuesday morning at a Portland hospital with her family by her side. On Tuesday afternoon, her mother, Robin Dahms, […]

The Westbrook American reported in its issue of Jan. 4, 1956, that Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Sanborn of South Gorham had celebrated their 19th wedding anniversary the previous Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Oakley G. Straw of Buxton. The two couples had been married in a joint ceremony.

A Brown Street man is being held in the Cumberland County Jail following his arrest on charges of gross sexual assault on Christmas night. David E. Deshon, 50, was arrested following an incident where he allegedly forced a woman to perform a sex act at a Brown Street residence, according to police. Police Chief Paul […]

More Mainers buckled up last year and a pro racecar driver from Gorham and Gorham’s police chief touted the use of seatbelts. Jason Webster, 30, who drives in a sports series at Beech Ridge Speedway, said he automatically clicks his seatbelt when getting in a car on or off the track. “It’s second nature in […]

We were sad to report this week the news of the death of Brittany Dahms, a young woman who graduated from Westbrook High School just last spring. We’ve been following Dahms throughout her fight with leukemia, from her hospital bed to the finish line of the Boston Marathon, which Tim Walker, Westbrook director of student […]