The Black Bear Field Hockey Club will hold training sessions for the U14, U12 and U10 age brackets on Jan. 21, Jan. 28, Feb. 4 and Feb. 11 at the Costello Field House on the University of Southern Maine’s Gorham campus. More information can be found at www.blackbearfieldhockey.com. Alternately, Club Director Shaunessy Saucier can be […]
American Journal
News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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Looking Back
Jan. 20, 1993 Westbrook’s City Council was expected to vote last night to merge the Forestry Department to the Public Works Department, add $6,234 a year to the Public Works director’s pay for running forestry operations, too, and hire just-retired Municipal Forester Wesley McKague under a consulting contract at $17 an hour. All were first-reading […]
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Buses fare better in recent inspection
WESTBROOK — Westbrook school buses performed much better in a recent surprise inspection by state police than they did last spring when many failed or were overdue on safety checks. School officials credit the district’s new bus mechanic for getting the vehicles up to safety standards. The mechanic position had been vacant for a year before […]
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Riverfront Plaza back in business
WESTBROOK — Maine Medical Center employees were scheduled to start moving into One Riverfront Plaza this week, several months after the company purchased the long-vacant building. The first wave of employees was expected to move in Wednesday, according to MMC Communications Manager Caroline Cornish. Up to 500 employees should be working in the building by mid-April. […]
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Letter: Drivers, put your lights on
Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, it’s 45 degrees in greater Portland and very foggy. I find the subliminal practice of driving a four-wheeled vehicle of any size at any speed in fog without your headlights or even parking lights turned on, extremely dangerous, reckless and irresponsible. For a state with a record number of fatalities due […]
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Indoor Track: Nine SMAA schools collide in combined meet
GORHAM—Westbrook, Bonny Eagle, Gorham, Kennebunk, Falmouth, South Portland, Noble, Sanford and Portland gathered for a major meet on Monday night, Dec. 15 – though, in reality, the large meet was a combination of two smaller meets: Bonny Eagle/Portland/Noble/Westbrook and Falmouth/Gorham/Kennebunk/South Portland/Sanford. Weather had forced the postponement of Saturday the 13th’s meets, and ultimately led to […]
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Girls Basktball: Bonny Eagle hands Marshwood first loss, remains undefeated at home
STANDISH—The Bonny Eagle girls – Mackenzie Emery spearheaded the assault with 22 – dealt visiting Marshwood their first loss of the season on Monday afternoon, Jan. 15. The Hawks held a narrow lead at the end of the first, but the Scots turned the tables in the second, grabbing a small advantage themselves and holding […]
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‘Perfect storm’ of events plagues heat customers
STANDISH — Effects of the recent streak of frigid weather continue to reverberate through the Lakes Region, with some residents struggling to get home heating fuel or even basic information from their fuel companies. The Maine Attorney General’s Office says it has received about 100 complaints about PitStop Fuels in Standish, more than about any other […]
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Looking Back
Jan. 13, 1993 The Westbrook School Committee will deal tonight with two proposals for new offices for School Superintendent Edward Connolly and his staff. The two plans suggested are a new wing on The Castle at the high school, or a new building between the high school and Canal School. Either would have to be […]
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60 Years Ago
The Westbrook American reported on Jan. 8, 1958, that the Buxton Garden Club met in the home of Mrs. William Walen. Westbrook Trust Company welcomed a new, executive vice president, Albert S. Noyes. He was a former state of Maine bank examiner.