Waltham Street resident Arthur Bragdon has seen two world wars, the coming of electricity and the automobile to Maine, as well as the advent of television and the computer. Bragdon, who turned 100 on Jan. 9, has a little more trouble getting around on his own these days. He can’t hear or see as well […]

For the past few months, each time I pass by the height of land on Saco Street, I think “wouldn’t it be nice if someone, somehow would save it…” I refer to the area and to the tradition of public winter sliding in one narrow area of the old Boivin fields, now destined to be […]

For the past few months, each time I pass by the height of land on Saco Street, I think “wouldn’t it be nice if someone, somehow would save it…” I refer to the area and to the tradition of public winter sliding in one narrow area of the old Boivin fields, now destined to be […]

A wagon driver stops in Gorham Village to water his horse from this fountain in the town square. The fountain was located on Main Street in front of the present day Amato’s Italian Sandwich Shop. Photo courtesy of George Watson, Gorham Historical Society archivist. Gorham remembered 0118

Use “THE OTHER COLUMN” logo Several years ago, I made a bad mistake. Under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t bore you with the details, because my first rule as a columnist is not to blather on about myself. It takes a hell of a writer to overcome the temptation toward self-indulgence and to translate mundane occurrences […]

A letter from Williamstown I received a letter recently from Frank Wellcome, formerly of Westbrook, now living in Williamstown, Mass. He graduated from Westbrook High School in the class with my brother-in-law, H. Merrill Luthe, and Camille Huard, whose name later was Larry Brooks, the famous Broadway singer and actor. Larry had the lead in […]

Editor’s note: This letter is in response to Editor Brendan Moran’s Jan. 11 editorial on former convict Norman Dickinson. You sounded conflicted in your piece, Brendan. I know I’m feeling conflicted. On one hand, there’s this big, bad monster named Norman Dickinson who lives in my city when he should be living “anywhere else.” He […]

Seniors meal – Wednesday, Jan. 11, noon, St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 299 Main St., Gorham. Home-cooked meal. Donation $3.50. Church luncheon – Thursday, Jan. 12, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook, $3. Bean supper – Saturday, Jan. 14, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Stewart P. Morrill Post 35 American Legion, 413 Broadway, South Portland. Two kinds […]

Seniors meal – Wednesday, Jan. 11, noon, St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 299 Main St., Gorham. Home-cooked meal. Donation $3.50. Church luncheon – Thursday, Jan. 12, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook, $3. Bean supper – Saturday, Jan. 14, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Stewart P. Morrill Post 35 American Legion, 413 Broadway, South Portland. Two kinds […]

This group was known as the “Kitchen Band.” Perhaps a reader might know more about it and when this photo was taken. The band members in the front row are, left to right, Mrs. Elizabeth Robie, Mrs. Langdon, Mrs. Burnell, Mrs. Royal, Anne Alden, Mrs. Alden and Mrs. Ridgeway. In the back row are Miss […]