Stoudt earns master’s degree Jennifer Stoudt recently graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a master’s of arts degree, focusing on elementary education. A Gorham High School graduate in 2008, Stoudt is the daughter of Will and Brenda Stoudt of Gorham, who attended the ceremony. Stoudt has been teaching second grade in […]
May 2014
Posted inAmerican Journal
EDITORIAL: Remembering the brave
Memorial Day commemorates Americans who have died in battle. We mark their sacrifice with our attendance at local parades and ceremonies, raising a flag in our yards in their honor, and with thoughts throughout the day about their heroics. Most of all, Memorial Day reminds us to thank these fallen soldiers for their service. Our […]
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: Time to rev up the YSI, ASAP
Now that black flies are beginning to come alive around here, Maine’s largest industry also begins to show signs of life. I’m referring, of course, not to BIW, but to the YSI – the Yard Sale Industry. It’s as important to Maine’s socio-economic life as BIW, tourism and potatoes combined and is overseen by the […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: Time to rev up the YSI, ASAP
Now that black flies are beginning to come alive around here, Maine’s largest industry also begins to show signs of life. I’m referring, of course, not to BIW, but to the YSI – the Yard Sale Industry. It’s as important to Maine’s socio-economic life as BIW, tourism and potatoes combined and is overseen by the […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Obama asks for ‘soul searching’ after Trayvon Martin verdict
Obama asks for ‘soul searching’ after Trayvon Martin verdict
Posted inAmerican Journal
‘Min’ makes impression in Gorham
GORHAM – A Gorham family, teachers and students have learned much from Hyunmin Bae, an exchange student at Gorham High School who will return to South Korea this summer after studying and tasting life in Maine. Bae, 17, is known by her nickname “Min” at Gorham High School. She was selected by CIEE, a nonprofit, […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly, Web
ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: ‘Vet to Vet’ volunteers prepped
We’re always interested in programs or resources that are designed to serve and provide help to military veterans. A while back, I read about the “Vet to Vet Project,” and now can report a little more information, which was in a recent publication from Southern Maine Agency on Aging, a nonprofit organization that cares in […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: ‘Vet to Vet’ volunteers prepped
We’re always interested in programs or resources that are designed to serve and provide help to military veterans. A while back, I read about the “Vet to Vet Project,” and now can report a little more information, which was in a recent publication from Southern Maine Agency on Aging, a nonprofit organization that cares in […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Gorham eyes historic preservation
GORHAM – With its Main Street ravaged by demolition in past decades, Gorham will begin a task next month to see whether it should develop an ordinance aimed at historic preservation in the 278-year old community. Town Councilor Bruce Roullard, chairman of the Historic Preservation Committee that the council recently named, said all areas of […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Longtime school volunteer feted on 90th
WESTBROOK – With Popsicles in hand, students at Westbrook’s Saccarappa Elementary School lined up in the school’s garden Monday to give longtime volunteer Polly Carmichael birthday cards for her 90th birthday. Carmichael – known to the children as “Grammy Polly” – has been volunteering in the Westbrook school system for 22 years, and has been […]