Community meal – Thursday, Nov. 30, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Chicken and gravy, $8. Chowder luncheon – Friday, Dec. 1, and every Friday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave., Portland. Bowl of haddock chowder with crackers, $9; or lobster roll lunch with chips, $10; cup of chowder, $6; […]
American Journal
News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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We Love to Eat
Community meal – Thursday, Nov. 30, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Chicken and gravy, $8. Chowder luncheon – Friday, Dec. 1, and every Friday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave., Portland. Bowl of haddock chowder with crackers, $9; or lobster roll lunch with chips, $10; cup of chowder, $6; […]
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Bus lines challenge Metro, USM Gorham deal
An alliance of private bus line operators Tuesday protested Metro’s collaboration with the University of Southern Maine, Gorham, Portland and Westbrook to provide shuttling students while expanding public transit to Gorham. This Metro bus is pictured this week in Westbrook. PORTLAND — An alliance of private bus operators Tuesday slammed as “direct government competition” an agreement by […]
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Gorham man pleads guilty to possessing child porn
PORTLAND — U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Christopher Shepard, 31, of Gorham, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to possessing child pornography. A press release Nov. 28 from Franks’ office, citing court records, said that in April investigators from the Gorham Police Department executed a search warrant at Shepard’s Gorham apartment. “Investigators seized […]
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Briefs
Holiday open houseat Walker Library Walker Memorial Library, 800 Main St., is hosting its annual holiday open house from 2-6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12, in the second-floor gathering room. Music will be provided by the Chopin Club, with Kathy Blake on piano and the Ahmadov children on piano and violin, according to Kelly Day, president […]
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Buxton police addition under way
The addition at Buxton Police Department is pictured as it looked on Nov. 21. The Planning Board at its meeting Nov. 27 approved the 1,680-square-foot project. BUXTON — Construction of an addition to the Police Department at Town Hall is well underway but progress outpaced the permitting process. The project Monday received the OK from the Planning […]
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Inside Bridgton
I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. Now that you are all well fed, you can prepare to tackle the Christmas season and more of the fluffy white stuff that falls from the skies. Insurance enrollment help Just a reminder, because it is important and time is running short: The ongoing open enrollment for Marketplace […]
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Inside Windham
Wreath placements Throughout the summer and fall the Windham community has responded to the request to support the Everlasting Gratitude Wreath Program with financial donations. Next up for this program is the culmination of all the planning with the placement of a wreath on every veteran’s grave in all the cemeteries of Windham. Saturday, Dec. […]
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It Happened in Windham: Thanksgiving Day Fire of 1930
The people of North Windham went to sleep on Nov. 26, 1930, expecting to wake the next morning and begin their Thanksgiving preparations for a day of feasting on turkey and pies and giving thanks for their many blessings. Instead, at 12:45 a.m., local businessman George Ede, proprietor of Ede’s Garage, was awakened in the […]
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Inside Bridgton
I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. Now that you are all well fed, you can prepare to tackle the Christmas season and more of the fluffy white stuff that falls from the skies. Insurance enrollment help Just a reminder, because it is important and time is running short: The ongoing open enrollment for Marketplace […]