The Westbrook High School marching band plays patriotic tunes as it makes its way down Main Street during the annual Memorial Day parade in Westbrook. The parade started in Longfellow Street and concluded at Riverbank Park where there was a short ceremony. Led by Police Chief Janine Roberts, center, members of the Westbrook Police Department […]
American Journal
News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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Community to come together for water safety event
WESTBROOK — Westbrook Seals and the Community Services Department have partnered to teach the youth of Westbrook how to swim for years and next month will come together to teach other elements of water safety. On Sunday, June 10, the two organizations will hold Water Safety Day, a community event of water safety scenarios and […]
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Teacher absences not part of protest, union says
WESTBROOK — The school system has had to rely recently on an increased number of substitute teachers to fill classrooms due to the high volume of teachers and other staff calling out. While some have seen this as a way for the teachers in the Westbrook Education Association to call attention to the fact they […]
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What's the big hurry?
I’m tired of the society that we live in because everybody is in so much of a rush. I was on Main Street by Cumberland Farms, intersection of Stroudwater and Main, when a bus driver was trying to help a handicapped girl off the bus and people in so much of a hurry blocked off […]
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List of drug-free safe zones expanded
WESTBROOK — A number of parks and recreational areas across the city have long been designated drug-free safe zones, but the City Council has added two more places to the list. Acting on a recommendation from the Westbrook Police Department, councilors May 21 approved adding to the list the playgrounds at the end of the […]
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Boys Lacrosse: Windham triumphs, last-second, over Gorham
GORHAM—Typically, in a game where one player scores seven goals – which is precisely what the Rams’ Jake Dupuis did vs. visiting Windham on Tuesday, May 29 – that player’s team emerges victorious. But while the Eagles couldn’t shut Dupuis up to save their lives, they did stifle his teammates just enough to pull out […]
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Girls Lacrosse: Falcons soar over Scots
STANDISH—Despite a hat-trick performance from Allexius Theberge, the Scots couldn’t keep pace with the visiting Falcons on Saturday morning, May 26, falling behind gradually as the first half waned and the second half dawned, then with increasing speed in the late minutes. 17-7 the final. “Our turnover rate in the second half was horrible,” Bonny […]
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Boys Tennis: Windham dispatches Bonny Eagle in prelims, 4-1
WINDHAM—The sixth-seed Eagles bested the visiting, No. 11 Scots with relative ease on Tuesday afternoon, May 29: Windham won at first and third singles, as well as first and second doubles, to secure the 4-1 prelims victory. “It didn’t go our way today, but the guys were out, they were fighting the entire time,” said […]
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Boys Lacrosse: Bonny Eagle wears Lake Region down, zooms past them late
NAPLES—Bonny Eagle hashed four goals back-to-back-to-back-to-back early in the third quarter at Lake Region on Friday evening, May 25, putting critical distance between themselves and the Lakers. Max Zygaldo tallied two in the stretch, and John Merrill and Chris Roberts tallied one apiece, propelling the Scots forward to a 15-9 W. “I’m liking how we’re […]
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Baseball: Bonny Eagle blasts past Westbrook
WESTBROOK—Once the Scots picked up a little steam vs. the Blazes on Thursday afternoon, May 24 – Ethan Hamilton scored the team’s first run in the top of the second – they kicked things into high gear, hashing six in the third and pulling away. Hamilton, Casey Maturo and Will Whyte led Bonny Eagle’s offense, […]