George Saad was delayed from joining his wife at her family’s kitchen table one evening last week in Gorham. A lieutenant colonel in the Lebanese Army, Saad was home for Christmas and already busy with one of his first duties on the homefront – giving his children baths. “It was my first assignment,” the 23-year […]

George Saad was delayed from joining his wife at her family’s kitchen table one evening last week in Gorham. A lieutenant colonel in the Lebanese Army, Saad was home for Christmas and already busy with one of his first duties on the homefront – giving his children baths. “It was my first assignment,” the 23-year […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

The sixth-grade students of Heather Russell and Paula Ross are learning about food production in a project under way at Gorham Middle School. Russell wants her students to know that “food doesn’t magically” appear on shelves. For the third year in a row, students are working in a garden after school with produce helping the […]

As Pat Larrabee sat at her desk talking about her 35 years as the children’s librarian at the Walker Memorial Library, a young boy approached and asked her where he could find a certain book. Larrabee interrupted her monologue and turned and pointed him in the right direction. It was a simple act, done attentively […]

As Pat Larrabee sat at her desk talking about her 35 years as the children’s librarian at the Walker Memorial Library, a young boy approached and asked her where he could find a certain book. Larrabee interrupted her monologue and turned and pointed him in the right direction. It was a simple act, done attentively […]