GORHAM – Gorham is trying to figure out a permanent use for a former elementary school. Tuesday, the Gorham Town Council agreed to spend $10,000 to hire PDT Architects for a feasibility study about future reuse of the former Little Falls School on Acorn Street. Potential uses include either a police or fire station that […]
February 2012
Posted inAmerican Journal
Old Gorham school focus of new study
GORHAM – Gorham is trying to figure out a permanent use for a former elementary school. Tuesday, the Gorham Town Council agreed to spend $10,000 to hire PDT Architects for a feasibility study about future reuse of the former Little Falls School on Acorn Street. Potential uses include either a police or fire station that […]
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Gorham notes – 2/8
Historians to hear dairymen Gorham dairy farmers Bill Rust and Bob Parsons will speak when the Gorham Historical Society meets at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 13, in the Gorham Savings Bank Operations Center on Gray Road (Route 202). Rust and Parsons, who both have Holstein herds, will talk about the history and future of […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Gorham notes – 2/8
Historians to hear dairymen Gorham dairy farmers Bill Rust and Bob Parsons will speak when the Gorham Historical Society meets at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 13, in the Gorham Savings Bank Operations Center on Gray Road (Route 202). Rust and Parsons, who both have Holstein herds, will talk about the history and future of […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Westbrook loses more state education funding
WESTBROOK – The newest state Department of Education funding allocations, based on a new formula used by the department to determine how much aid local school districts get, show Westbrook is getting a lot less help than local district leaders originally thought. Right now, the district is working on its budget for the 2012-2013 school […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Westbrook loses more state education funding
WESTBROOK – The newest state Department of Education funding allocations, based on a new formula used by the department to determine how much aid local school districts get, show Westbrook is getting a lot less help than local district leaders originally thought. Right now, the district is working on its budget for the 2012-2013 school […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Chipotle in, Blockbuster out in Westbrook
WESTBROOK – A national chain of Mexican restaurants now has its permits to open in its newest location next week in a shopping plaza in Westbrook, but the former tenant of that property, a video rental store, will not be returning to an adjacent space as originally planned. On Monday, Westbrook’s municipal officers, a governing […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Paul backers ruffle local GOP feathers
WESTBROOK – The Westbrook Republican Committee has chosen its delegates for the state convention slated for May in Augusta, and a number of Ron Paul supporters are certain to be among them, after what local Republican Committee Chairwoman Rose Marie Russell described as an aggressive effort by Paul supporters at Sunday’s caucus. With former Massachusetts […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current
Trail trek gives old friends new purpose
WESTBROOK – Dressed in lightweight workout clothes and sneakers, Denise Scales looked like any other patron of Obie’s Fitness in Westbrook, striding on a treadmill and marking time on a digital readout during a recent gym session. Except, of course, for the 30-pound pack strapped to her back. While it may look unusual, Scales has […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
BOYS BASKETBALL: Bonny Eagle outlasts Westbrook
WESTBROOK – The Westbrook High School gym was packed on Tuesday night as the Bonny Eagle boys basketball team came to town for a big late-season matchup with the Blue Blazes. The fans certainly got their money’s worth as the No. 9 Blue Blazes (8-9) battled the No. 3 Scots (14-3) tooth-and-nail in a very […]