OLD ORCHARD BEACH—The Windjammers jumped on top early vs. the Nor’easters at the Ballpark on Sunday afternoon, July 15, and ultimately pulled out an 11-9 victory. The Nor’easters surged through the middle and late innings, but couldn’t overtake the Jammers’ for when it counted most. “GNCBL” is short for “Greater Northeast Collegiate Baseball League,” a […]
American Journal
News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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Women's Football: Maine Mayhem announce mini-camps
GORHAM—The Maine Mayhem semi-pro women’s football team has announced a series of tryouts for the near future. The first of the four events (properly called “mini-camps”) will take place at Narragansett Field, on Narragansett Street in Gorham, on Saturday, Sept. 15 from 9-11 a.m. The second will take place on Saturday, Oct. 13, at the […]
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Legion Baseball: Yankee Ford sneaks past Coastal Landscaping
PORTLAND—Yankee Forder Nolan Brown (Gorham) batted in the game’s lone run on Thursday afternoon, July 12, nudging his boys to a 1-0 win over Coastal Landscaping. The bout played out at Cheverus High School. “Top two teams in the Zone,” Yankee Ford head coach Andy Coulombe said, asked about his expectations for the bout, “So […]
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St. Joe's to add men's, women's varsity alpine outfits
STANDISH—St. Joseph’s College has begun the process of further expanding its repertoire of men’s and women’s sports. The school will add alpine skiing as a club squad for the coming winter, then kick the program up a notch – to varsity level – for the 2019-2020 season. Brian Curtin is the Director of Athletics for […]
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Students get chance to live their business dream
WESTBROOK — When students with entrepreneurial aspirations return in late August, Westbrook Regional Vocational Center will have a new opportunity in store. Westbrook Regional Vocational Center will team up with Uncharted Learning, an Illinois-based non-profit that develops business and entrepreneur education for K-12 students, to become the first school in the state and only one of […]
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Buxton Notes
Jane and Maynard Charron will host a tour of this historic home on Salmon Falls Road, Hollis, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, July 14. The house and garden tour sponsored by Buxton-Hollis Historical Society also includes the gardens of Belinda Pease at the nearby Isaac Merrill House. House and garden tour A Buxton-Hollis Historical Society […]
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Twin Falls development nears final approval
WESTBROOK — The former Twin Falls Golf Club, across Spring Street from the sprawling Blue Spruce Farm subdivision, may soon be the site of another residential development. Westbrook Housing Group LLC, which purchased the former 9-hole course for $1.2 million in June 2016 from Clint and Kathy Boullie, envisions the property as a unique custom-built neighborhood […]
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Looking Back
July 14, 1993 The Gorham Citizens Committee, which is working to get the town’s $16.78 million municipal and school budget for 1993-94 recalled, has easily passed the first hurdle. The group needed 909 certified registered voters’ signatures to put a referendum on the ballot that seeks the recall. Town Clerk Brenda Caldwell said this week […]
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60 Years Ago
The Westbrook American reported on July 16, 1958, that Lenora Bittner of New York was visiting her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Burton Bittner of Saco Street, Westbrook. Walt Haddock pitched Westbrook’s Manchester Post to a 5-3 victory over the Morrill Post of South Portland in a junior legion baseball tournament.
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Suspect in spring robberies charged in one
PORTLAND — A man suspected in a string of robberies in greater Portland this spring has been charged for one of them in Westbrook. Travis Card, 38, who had been staying in Westbrook, was arraigned June 23 in U.S. District Court in Portland for interference with commerce by threats in connection with an armed robbery […]