Christmas at Park Danforth My cousin, Betty Stearns, invited us again this year on Saturday, Dec. 10, to be her guests at the dinner party at Park Danforth for relatives and friends of the residents there. The chef and his helpers put on a lovely dinner, with a full meal prepared there. We had a […]

Last week a delegation from greater Portland’s Russian sister city was touring Maine and made a stop in Westbrook. The three men and two women hailed from the Solovetski Islands, a group of islands in the White Sea off the northwestern coast of Russia about 165 miles south of the Arctic Circle that are part […]

December 1980 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 […]

A Gorham roadblock Wednesday netted one driver who was operating after suspension. The police roadblock during evening rush hour was aimed at netting suspended drivers. “There were a lot of positive comments that we were doing proactive enforcement,” said Lt. Chris Sanborn of Gorham Police. Gorham Police and deputies from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department […]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a report last week, after a 37-year-old roofer fell off a two-story building in Portland in November. After the accident, Anthony Lemire, the area director for OSHA, said the roofer worked for the Topless Roofing and Siding Company in Gorham. Lemire said the agency would be investigating the […]

A Christmas candle omen A pair of candle images appearing in the snow have created a Christmas mystery for Phil and Anita Dugas. The images have been appearing about midday recently on the snow in the couple’s front yard. The couple doesn’t have Christmas candles displayed in windows inside their home. And after looking outside […]

A Christmas candle omen A pair of candle images appearing in the snow have created a Christmas mystery for Phil and Anita Dugas. The images have been appearing about midday recently on the snow in the couple’s front yard. The couple doesn’t have Christmas candles displayed in windows inside their home. And after looking outside […]

This unusual trio is off to see the Wizard. Their wish is to find a forever home together. Toto and Scarecrow are male cockatiels. Dorothy is a Peach-Faced Lovebird; we believe her to be female. This trio was surrendered to the Animal Refuge League when their previous owner passed away. Dorothy is very shy and […]

A new arrival Lilly Nicole Fish was born on Sept. 5 to Rhiannon and Dana Fish of Portland. Karen Spiller of Westbrook is Lilly’s proud grandmother. Roberts top charity waiter John Roberts of Disability RMS was the top tip receiver at the charity luncheon during the recent Festival of Trees celebration at Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church. […]

Buxton favored overriding an increase allowed under a tax cap mandated by the state with a 19-to-2 vote in a special town meeting on Wednesday. Voters were asked to increase this year’s tax cap limit for Buxton by $186,581 to $1.1 million. The townspeople approved a $4.1 million town budget in their annual town meeting […]