A Hawk Migration Watch will be held Saturday, Sept. 9, at Hacker’s Hill Preserve. Pet vaccine clinic Paris Farmers Union, 1243 Roosevelt Trail, will host a vaccine clinic for cats and dogs Friday, Sept. 8. Bring cats in from 10-11 a.m. and dogs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, call 655-6760. Watch […]
American Journal
News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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Inside Gray
Community yard sale The Crystal Lake Community Yard Sale will be held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9 Stop and shop around the lake, on Mayberry Road and Shaker Road. The sale is sponsored by the Crystal Lake Association and a percentage of proceeds dedicated for activities to protect and preserve the lake. Tales […]
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Inside Gray
Community yard sale The Crystal Lake Community Yard Sale will be held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9 Stop and shop around the lake, on Mayberry Road and Shaker Road. The sale is sponsored by the Crystal Lake Association and a percentage of proceeds dedicated for activities to protect and preserve the lake. Tales […]
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Inside Raymond
A Hawk Migration Watch will be held Saturday, Sept. 9, at Hacker’s Hill Preserve. Pet vaccine clinic Paris Farmers Union, 1243 Roosevelt Trail, will host a vaccine clinic for cats and dogs Friday, Sept. 8. Bring cats in from 10-11 a.m. and dogs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, call 655-6760. Watch […]
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Inside Standish
Saint Joseph’s pool open Saint Joseph’s College’s pool is now open to the public for lap and open swims for the semester. Admission is free to students, faculty, alumni and children under age 6 and $6 for community members. Ten-visit punch passes are also available for $30 for Standish residents or $40 for non-residents. For […]
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Teen gives voice to families of addicted
WESTBROOK — Makenzie Doucette knows the struggles that come with having a parent suffer from a substance use disorder. The 16-year-old also knows that those difficulties are made worse by pretending everything is OK. “If I had just kept this to myself I don’t know how I would have coped with it,” she said. “It’s been […]
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Looking Back
Sept. 9, 1992 The Westbrook School Committee may present a legal challenge tonight to a proposed charter amendment to put school purchasing under the same rules as those of other city departments. The School Committee was scheduled to meet behind closed doors yesterday with lawyer Hugh MacMahon to discuss strategy. A City Council public hearing […]
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Looking Back
Sept. 9, 1992 The Westbrook School Committee may present a legal challenge tonight to a proposed charter amendment to put school purchasing under the same rules as those of other city departments. The School Committee was scheduled to meet behind closed doors yesterday with lawyer Hugh MacMahon to discuss strategy. A City Council public hearing […]
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Briefs
School groundbreakingceremonies to be held WESTBROOK — The School Department was scheduled on Thursday to hold two groundbreaking ceremonies for the school expansion project. Westbrook voters in November approved a $27.3 million bond for the project, which includes the renovations of Saccarappa School and Westbrook Middle School. A ceremony was planned at 9 a.m. Sept. 7 at Westbrook Middle […]
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My Place Teen Center Member Spotlight for September: Rosie Le
My Place Teen Center would like to recognize and congratulate Rosie Le for this September Spotlight. Rosie began coming to the teen center two years ago. She is in the sixth grade and attends Westbrook Middle School. Rosie has lived in Westbrook for six years and resides with her Mom, Dad, six siblings and her […]