Gift basket fun begins Each year staff and volunteers of the Raymond Village Library create beautiful holiday baskets to help raise funds for the library. You can help by donating items for the baskets or by helping create them – or both. Items needed include: special coffees, teas, hot chocolate, assorted chocolates, holiday candies, snack […]
American Journal
News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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Inside Standish
Bank, Minervinos donate Norway Savings Bank, alongside Sam and Jan Minervino, co-owners of Long Beach Marina in Sebago, have pledged $1,000 to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s 6th Annual Take a Breath Social. Held at the Ocean Gateway in Portland on Nov. 3, the Take a Breath Social supports of cystic fibrosis research and features live […]
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Westbrook man killed in Auburn crash
AUBURN — Police cite inattention and speed as factors in a crash that killed a Westbrook man Tuesday afternoon on Washington Street. Cody Jacques, 21, of Westbrook was was driving a 2018 Honda Civic in the northbound lane and didn’t notice the Freightliner tractor trailer stopped in the left lane waiting to turn left into […]
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Sebago Brewing project on track, newcomer on tap
Lone Pine Brewing Company of Portland is expanding to this Sebago Brewing Company facility in Gorham Industrial Park. A new Sebago Brewing facility is under construction on lower Main Street (Route 25). The new $5.5 million Sebago Brewing Company facility is under construction in Gorham. GORHAM — With its new facility on track to be […]
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High school club reaches out to help locally, globally
WESTBROOK — A new club at Westbrook High School seeks to help others, whether in the city’s downtown or halfway across the world. Kids in Community, a club through the school’s 21st Century Program, works on volunteer projects that help people locally and globally. The club began this fall and already has 35 members. “I was […]
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Portland Ballet brings ‘Giselle’ to WPAC stage
WESTBROOK — The Portland Ballet is scheduled to hold two performances of “Giselle” in Westbrook this weekend. The ballet, which is one of the oldest continually performed ballets according to the American Ballet Theatre, will be performed Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. and Oct. 21 at 2 p.m. The performances will take place at the Westbrook […]
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Hurricane rescue dogs ready for adoption next week
WESTBROOK — The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland has taken in animals affected by hurricanes in Puerto Rico, but shelter officials want prospective owners to know that all of its animals are in equal need of adoption. The ARLGP took in 26 pets – one cat and 25 dogs – on Oct. 11 from its Puerto Rico-based […]
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Looking Back
Oct. 21, 1992 A varsity ice hockey program proposed for Gorham High School this winter could be funded from gambling. The proposal was made last week by the Gorham Ice Hockey Association, which promised to pay the full cost through bingo receipts. Following the recommendation of Superintendent Timothy McCormack, the Gorham School Committee established a […]
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Westbrook Notes
Roger Barr, vice commander of American Legion Post 62 in Westbrook, left, recently honors Robert Barton for his three decades of service to the post. The ceremony, led by Commander Richard Galipeau and Barr, recognized Barton by presenting him with a special plaque honoring his past service. This was followed by the creation of a […]
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Four vie for two Gorham council seats
Suzanne Phillips Lee Pratt Ronald Shepard GORHAM — Voters facing a potential multimillion-dollar high school project in the fast growing town will choose two winners from four candidates for Town Council in next month’s municipal election. Candidates seeking three-year Town Council terms are Mark C. Faulkner, Suzanne E. Phillips, Lee R. Pratt and incumbent Ronald […]