David and Robin Dahms were hoping to move into their dream home on Beaver Pond by Christmas. Built in memory of their daughter, Brittany, who died of cancer last January, the three-bedroom ranch was going to have a deck off the back overlooking the pond, a private back yard where the family could barbecue in […]

The Gorham Booster Station was built in 1895 by the Gorham Water Co., which was a subsidiary of or a sister company to the Portland Water Co. It’s at the corner of Main Street and Libby Avenue. It was originally steam powered. It was acquired by the Portland Water District when it formed in 1908. […]

Concert and champagne both appreciated Classical pianist Frederick Moyer gave an excellent concert on Oceanview’s Baldwin grand piano, in the Hilltop Lodge Community Room there, on Monday, Dec. 18. The hall was full, and the concert was much appreciated. Moyer spoke about the composer and the music before each number. In residencies, from one day […]

Sisters address deaf conference June L Carrier and her sister, Jane L. Byron, talked last month at the Deaf Women of New England conference in Ogunquit. The sisters, daughters of deaf parents, were born and raised in Westbrook. At the three-day conference, they told of surviving public schools and the Depression years of the 1930s. […]

When Westbrook native David Thomas came back after serving a year as a combat artist during the Vietnam War, he returned like many other veterans of foreign war – seeking to know more about the country he’d served in. He sought out the answers to his questions, and found direction for the rest of his […]

Army Reservist Matthew Small came home from duty in Afghanistan for Christmas with a severely broken leg and a harrowing war experience. About a month ago, Small was in the hills in Afghanistan helping to provide security to engineers attempting to help the Afghanis. His unit was ambushed, and mortar shrapnel left him with a […]

Army Reservist Matthew Small came home from duty in Afghanistan for Christmas with a severely broken leg and a harrowing war experience. About a month ago, Small was in the hills in Afghanistan helping to provide security to engineers attempting to help the Afghanis. His unit was ambushed, and mortar shrapnel left him with a […]