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Taken too soon

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 […]

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Bolduc, Burnett engaged Robert & Linda Bolduc of Westbrook are proud to announce the engagement of their son, Michael J. Bolduc, to Krista L. Burnett, daughter of Donna and Brian Burnett of Richmond, Vt. Michael graduated from Cheverus High School and Bucknell University with a degree in civil engineering. He received a degree in structural […]

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Looking Back

January 1981 A four-man team led by Derwood C. Judkins, 43, of Falmouth, followed the tracks of Richard Hammer, 23, of Fairlawn, N.J., on Crocker Mountain near Sugarloaf and found him frozen to death. Injured in a 40-foot fall, Hammer’s feet were also encased in ice. He had started his climb in balmy 30-degree weather […]

Posted inAmerican Journal

Looking Back

January 1981 A four-man team led by Derwood C. Judkins, 43, of Falmouth, followed the tracks of Richard Hammer, 23, of Fairlawn, N.J., on Crocker Mountain near Sugarloaf and found him frozen to death. Injured in a 40-foot fall, Hammer’s feet were also encased in ice. He had started his climb in balmy 30-degree weather […]

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The Gorham Tannery was located on Main Street in the present day location of Rite Aid, Burger King and Goodwill. In the 1800s, tanning animal hides was a thriving business in Gorham with local businessmen engaged in the industry. The tanners made the leather from which the town folk made shoes for their families. Photo […]