WESTBROOK — It will be a little bit easier to get from point A to point B in Westbrook in late summer when METRO launches two new bus lines: The Blue Line (Route 3) will connect the Prides Corner area to downtown and the Maine Mall in South Portland, and the Husky Line that passes through […]
American Journal
News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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Looking Back
May 12, 1993 Eric Thomas, 6, was playing in a gully near his Westbrook home March 30, 1992, when he found a $50 bill. His mother, Annette, and father, John, explained to him that it belonged to someone and wouldn’t be right to keep. He turned it over to Westbrook police. Officer Inger Johnson stopped […]
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Briefs
Gorham policeseek two maleburglary suspects GORHAM — Det. Steven Rappold of Gorham Police Department is asking the public’s help to identify two burglary suspects caught on video at about 2 a.m. on April 24 at a local business in Gorham Village. “The two males were caught on video surveillance illegally entering and stealing an undisclosed amount […]
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Wanted man surrenders in Buxton
Vincent M. Cole BUXTON — A Hollis man wanted on warrants by state and county law enforcement agencies surrendered to Buxton Police at 8:25 a.m. on May 9. Vincent M. Cole, 27, surrendered to Buxton’s Officer Hunter Smith at 35 No Such Road in Buxton, according to a press release from Buxton Police Chief Troy […]
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Softball: Gorham ramps up late, bests Bonny Eagle 6-1
STANDISH—Bonny Eagle hung tight with visiting Gorham through four innings on Monday afternoon, but the Rams’ bats woke up in the late going, and looked their best in the very last inning. Gorham tallied four in the seventh – Grace McGouldrick, Kiana Tracey, Sarah Juskiewicz and Morgan Roast all scored – to top the Scots […]
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Baseball: Bonny Eagle schools Massabesic
STANDISH—The Scots saddled up the visiting Mustangs in the early going on Saturday morning, May 5, then rode them to exhaustion. Bonny Eaglers Will White, Arlo Pike, Christian Napolitano and Bobby Faucher all scored in the bottom of the first to kick off a big offensive outing, a comfortable, 9-2 rout. “They’ve been playing very […]
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Boys Tennis: Gorham hands Westbrook first defeat
WESTBROOK—Gorham picked up a narrow, 3-2 win at Westbrook on Friday afternoon, May 4. The Rams tallied up their second win of the season, and in the process dealt the Blazes their first defeat. The day started out looking even: The Blazes picked up Ws at second and third singles while Gorham emerged victorious at […]
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Don's Lunch returns to old site with hopes of expanded restaurant
WESTBROOK – After months of searching for the perfect location for his food truck, Craig Bernier, owner of Don’s Lunch, will be returning his business to the parking lot of Friendly Gas at 925 Main St. Bernier said he has plans to lease the whole building, except for a small section where Friendly Gas will […]
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PORTLAND – Through the month of May, The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting free Essentials of College Planning workshops for those 19 years old or older. The workshops, which last up to two hours, will focus on the four steps in the college process: admissions, financial aid, career planning and study skills. Goodwill […]
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Maine Baseball Hall of Fame welcomes this year's inductees
YARMOUTH—10 new names will join the ranks of those immortalized in the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame when it holds its annual induction ceremony at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland on Sunday, July 22, including Edmund “Ned” Beyer (Milton, Massachusetts), Willie Boynton (Skowhegan), Jim Cameron (Trenton), Ronald “Mickey” Foster (posthumous; Standish), Dave […]