Run for office Nomination papers will be available March 15 for the offices of: Town Councilor, two three-year terms to expire June 2020; and one remainder of a three-year term to expire June 2018; SAD 15 Board of Directors, two three-year terms to expire June 2020; Gray Water District Trustees,one five-year term to expire June […]
American Journal
News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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Inside Windham
‘Light Between Oceans’ “The Light Between Oceans” will be shown at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, at the Windham Public Library. The movie is about an Australian World War I veteran (Michael Fassbender), who takes a job as a lighthouse keeper on an isolated island. He meets his future wife at the […]
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Inside Gray
Run for office Nomination papers will be available March 15 for the offices of: Town Councilor, two three-year terms to expire June 2020; and one remainder of a three-year term to expire June 2018; SAD 15 Board of Directors, two three-year terms to expire June 2020; Gray Water District Trustees,one five-year term to expire June […]
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Inside Raymond
Library thanks donorsfor rising to challenge Raymond Village Library’s Grant Challenge was successful, and it would like to thank everyone who contributed. Contributions totaled $2,000, which was matched by an anonymous donor. The money will be used for the library’s bathroom construction project. Also, the library has received generous donations of materials from local merchants. […]
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Inside Standish
Remembering John Gould’swork with lots of laughs If you love Maine and you love humor, you can get a taste of both at the Steep Falls Library at 11 a.m. Monday, March 20. The library is featuring a collective review of the work of the late John Gould, satirist, essayist and keen observer of human […]
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Dozens of munchkins take to the stage
WINDHAM – About 80 young actors and actresses are off to see the wizard for this year’s children’s show at the Windham Center Stage Theater. The annual kid’s production at the community theater is the classic, “The Wizard of Oz,” opening Friday, March 10, at the Town Hall auditorium. The cast is made up of students […]
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Looking Back
March 11, 1992 With Westbrook exposed to a loss of $4 million in three tax disputes with Scott Paper Co., the city will go to court in one of them, Mayor Fred Wescott said yesterday. The city has already lost that case at the first level, the State Board of Tax Assessment Review. It intends […]
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Majok gets 30 years for Arsenault murder: Final work will wrap up this spring on the city basketball courts that pay tribute to the popular Treyjon Arsenault.
WESTBROOK — The man responsible for the 2015 murder of Treyjon Arsenault has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Gang Deng Majok on March 3 pleaded guilty to the murder at the Cumberland County Courthouse in Portland. Arsenault, who was 19 at the time of his death, was shot in Portland’s Old Port in May […]
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Westbrook on cutting edge with new ax-throwing range
WESTBROOK — Ax throwing is a sport no longer reserved for just lumberjacks. Maine Warrior Gym at 865 Spring St. is making the activity a possibility for just about anyone. The Axe Pit, New England’s first ax-throwing range, will be opening March 18. “I think it’s just one of those things,” Maine Warrior Gym co-owner Brandon […]
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Two for two
Gorham Rams captains from left, Kaylea Lundin, Emily Esposito and Kristen Curley hoist the team’s new gold ball after claiming the team’s second state championship last weekend. Story and more photos, page 13.