The Walker Memorial Library has packed away its rare signed copy of the latest Harry Potter book, several months after fans lined up at local book stores to buy it. In August, the Walker Memorial Library was fortunate to receive a very special copy of the global bestseller “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince,” […]

Former Westbrook resident Katie Day, who was living on an island off the coast of Thailand when a series of tsunamis devastated the region in late 2004, left the country with her family earlier this year and is now living in Singapore. Day’s sister, former Westbrook City Councilor Martha Day, said her sister and her […]

Westbrook 2005 Year in review cutlines Steeple 1/19 In January, Eric Smith and Rev. Rick Small held a 24-hour vigil on the steeple of the First Parish Church in Gorham. The pair was raising money for local food pantries. Staff photo by Rich Obrey Wesley In February, Kristin Young of Gorham cuddled with her 23-month […]

Historians host road show The Gorham Historical Society will host their sixth annual Antique Gorham Road Show at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 9, at the Gorham Savings Bank operations center off Gray Road. Members can to bring an antique, and Tim Gould, an antique auctioneer from Smithfield will provide a free appraisal. The public […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]