It’s time to say thanks to so many of the Westbrook community who have helped the Food Pantry move from Lincoln Street to the old St. Hyacinth School on Walker Street. Thanks to the City Council and President Brendan Rielly, Mayor Bruce Chuluda, and City Administrator Jerre Bryant for the financial support of the move […]

Land preservation reaped a harvest recently when a lifelong farmer handed the Gorham Historical Society 75 acres and the old New England farmhouse on the land. Jim Eddy, 93, of Barstow Road in White Rock gave the society the land he plowed his life into, guaranteeing it would be enjoyed by future generations. Eddy had […]

Land preservation reaped a harvest recently when a lifelong farmer handed the Gorham Historical Society 75 acres and the old New England farmhouse on the land. Jim Eddy, 93, of Barstow Road in White Rock gave the society the land he plowed his life into, guaranteeing it would be enjoyed by future generations. Eddy had […]

Land preservation reaped a harvest recently when a lifelong farmer handed the Gorham Historical Society 75 acres and the old New England farmhouse on the land. Jim Eddy, 93, of Barstow Road in White Rock gave the society the land he plowed his life into, guaranteeing it would be enjoyed by future generations. Eddy had […]

What is your position with the city and how long have you been on the job? I am the assistant library director and reference librarian at the Walker Memorial Library. This is my fourth week on the job. What is your background? Where did you go to school? I have worked in public libraries for […]

What is your position with the city and how long have you been on the job? I am the assistant library director and reference librarian at the Walker Memorial Library. This is my fourth week on the job. What is your background? Where did you go to school? I have worked in public libraries for […]

Responding to a standing ovation Saturday night, Gerald Dickens bowed repeatedly and waved goodbye – to Buxton and to America. Dickens, the great-great-grandson of British author Charles Dickens, portrayed Ebeneezer Scrooge and other characters created by his famous forbear in “A Christmas Carol.” After a decade of tours, his final public appearance in the United […]

Cutline (RSO Gerald Dickens) – British actor Gerald Dickens, portraying his ancestor, Charles Dickens, visits the garden at the Royal Brewster mansion at Tory Hill in Buxton. He bid farewell in Buxton following his final performance in the United States last weekend. Photo by Rich Obrey

Author Eve LaPlante speaks at library On July 18 at 7 p.m., Eve LaPlante, author of “American Jezebel, The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied The Puritans,” spoke in the Wells Public Library. The lecture was sponsored by the Historical Society of Wells and Ogunquit and the Friends of the Wells Public […]

The staff of the Mission Possible Teen Center wishes to congratulate Tim Petitpas as our teen of the month. Tim has been coming to the teen center for several years now-almost every day. Underneath his quiet exterior, he is an incredibly bright, endearing young man. When he first started coming to the center he was […]