WESTBROOK — Jeremy Link has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexually abusing a minor. The former gymnastics coach appeared at Cumberland County Unified Criminal Court July 6 after being indicted in June on three counts of sexual abuse of a minor, a Class C felony. As of Tuesday, the court had yet to set a date for Link’s […]
American Journal
News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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Councilors consider limits on mayor's firing power
WESTBROOK — The City Council may consider making a revision to the city charter that would affect the mayor’s authority in appointing and removing department heads. Councilors on Monday met as a Committee of the Whole to discuss making more uniform the rules regarding the mayor’s authority. Doing so would require an extensive charter revision process. […]
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60 Years Ago
The Westbrook American reported on July 17, 1957, that Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Knight of Westbrook had been recently honored on their 15th wedding anniversary at their summer home at Long Beach, Sebago Lake. Effic Higgins and her daughter, Ellen, formerly of Gorham, have moved to Main Street in Westbrook.
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City honors its fallen firefighter with street in his honor
The Fire Department on July 7 held a ceremony to unveil the street sign for Capt. Bill Hartley Avenue. Hartley, the only Westbrook crew member to have died while fighting a fire, was injured on July 7, 1944, when he was struck by a falling chimney at a farm on County Road. He died as a result […]
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Councilors consider limits on mayor's firing power
WESTBROOK — The City Council may consider making a revision to the city charter that would affect the mayor’s authority in appointing and removing department heads. Councilors on Monday met as a Committee of the Whole to discuss making more uniform the rules regarding the mayor’s authority. Doing so would require an extensive charter revision process. […]
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Baseball: Andrews wallops Coastal
PORTLAND – A hobbled Coastal Landscaping fell at home against Andrews Post on Tuesday evening, July 11. Coastal posted their biggest inning in the third, when Chandler Hartigan, Kolby Lambert and Riley Bartell all scored, but Andrews had already tallied eight of their own by that point. 13-4 the final. “We’ve played them a couple […]
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Prides Corner Drive-In projected to reopen soon
WESTBROOK — The marquee at Prides Corner Drive-In is expected to be lit up again before the summer’s over. Jeff Tevanian, the drive-in manager and son of owners John and Thelma Tevanian, said the theater should be open by Aug. 4, possibly as early as July 28. For the first time since the drive-in opened in […]
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Baseball: Patriots trample Norsemen
OLD ORCHARD BEACH – The Patriots and the Norsemen, two members of the Greater Northeast Collegiate Baseball League (GNCBL), faced off at the Ballpark on Sunday afternoon, July 9, with the Patriots emerging the 10-5 victors in the end. Practically the entire Patriots lineup rounded the bases at least once, and Tanner Laberge (Windham, USM) […]
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Baseball: Patriots trample Norsemen
OLD ORCHARD BEACH – The Patriots and the Norsemen, two members of the Greater Northeast Collegiate Baseball League (GNCBL), faced off at the Ballpark on Sunday afternoon, July 9, with the Patriots emerging the 10-5 victors in the end. Practically the entire Patriots lineup rounded the bases at least once, and Tanner Laberge (Windham, USM) […]
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Inside Naples
Happy Fourth of July Week! Summer and the tourists are here and oh, some crazy summer storms! I find myself asking why the lines at the Umbrella Factory are so long, among other things. It amuses me to see the traffic lined up from Windham on Route 302. It warms my heart when the cashiers […]