American Journal

A state wildlife biologist tells the Town Council that housing, outdoor recreation areas and natural resources preservation can co-exist.

Affordable housing projects are planned for down the road, but meeting immediate and near-future needs is challenging.

Troy Cline resigned last week after being put on paid administration leave for undisclosed reasons.

Westbrook and Gorham each have nine designated high-crash intersections and Buxton has four, according to the Maine Department of Transportation.

Sgt. David Bruni pays tribute to the Gorham deputy town clerk's grandfather during his Wreaths Across America experience at Arlington National Cemetery.

With foundation complete for the parking garage next to the Vertical Harvest project in downtown Westbrook, work now begins on lifting concrete slabs into place.

The school went into a brief lockout during the incident.

High-potency marijuana used in vape pens and other devices increases the risks, according to experts at a forum in Yarmouth.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine is holding a recruitment campaign until March 1 and is especially in need of male volunteers.

Gorham Town Councilor Phil Gagnon says more community input is needed on the proposed zoning that allows multi-family housing and commercial uses but not single-family homes.

A state-of-the art cow barn is going up next to the restored and reassembled 200-year-old barn at the agricultural heritage preserve.

Dale and Betty Rines enter an agreement with Maine Farmland Trust to forever protect 144 acres from development.

Usher served in the state Senate and House for 22 years, was a member of the Westbrook City Council, a firefighter and an employee of the paper mill.

Local favorites like the Don Roy Trio and Wildlife Encounters will be joined at the family-friendly celebration by new acts this year.

A solar power project will begin soon at Falmouth Land Trust's Hurricane Valley Farm, where more than 50 families of New Mainers grow food, and a fundraising campaign is underway to renovate a dilapidated barn.

More than 200 Westbrook households and hundreds of asylum seekers will be impacted when federal rent assistance ends.

Marsh, a former town manager, state official and co-founder of Hillside Lumber at Smiling Hill Farm, died Dec. 6 at age 78.

South Buxton Cemetery and Westbrook's Woodlawn Cemetery will participate in the Wreaths Across America honor for veterans on Saturday, Dec. 17.

Cape Elizabeth resident Trevor Maxwell's Man Up to Cancer community has taken off across the country, inspiring men not to go through it alone.

Local churches, residents and city officials are working to prepare as federal funding for rent assistance and for sheltering asylum seekers ends Jan. 1.

City Councilor Anna Turcotte will continue as president of the council with Councilor David Morse as vice president.

A burial service was held Monday for the decorated veteran who was a chauffeur at the Pentagon in the 1950s.

The "pretty spoiled" rescue pet has a social media presence and recently scored high in a national contest.

The community play, produced by the Dorcas Society of Hollis and Buxton, has been performed at Tory Hill Meetinghouse in Buxton annually for more than a century.

Ray Ruby hopes to increase the scope of the organization's fundraisers, which include Tri for a Cure and Mary's Walk.

Some have had to forgo their annual fundraising tree sales, but others have secured stock.

Clothing and shoe recycling drop boxes are becoming more available in the state.