Feb. 26, 1992 As people get older, housekeeping doesn’t come as easy as it once did. Some never want to ask for help, living in ever less pleasant conditions until someone with a conscience sees their plight. Westbrook Police Patrolman Charlotte Adams is not one to sit idle when she sees something wrong. When she […]
American Journal
News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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Gorham Notes
Retired Town Clerk Connie Loughran at the February Town Council meeting administers the oath of office to members of the Police Department. Pictured are, from left, Officer Alisha Smith, Officer Paul Dubay, Officer Todd Meslin, Sgt. Ted Hatch, Lt. Mike Nault, Deputy Chief Chris Sanborn, and The Rev. Timothy Higgins, chaplain. Hatch, Nault and Sanborn were […]
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Double demolition in sight for old dorms
The Dickey-Wood dorms on the University of Southern Maine Gorham campus are on the demoliton block. GORHAM — The University of Southern Maine plans to demolish the twin round dormitories on its Gorham campus because it would be too costly to fix them. The eight-story Dickey-Wood dorms, were built in 1970. No date has been […]
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Boys Basketball: Trojans cut down Rams
PORTLAND – Despite a fiery, 25-point performance by senior Co-Captain Jackson Fotter – a performance that included four threes in the fourth alone – the No. 6 Rams simply could not come back against second-ranked Thornton Academy at the Cross Insurance Arena on Tuesday night. Gorham fell behind early, saw their deficit widen to 16 […]
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Indoor Track: Area schools compete at Class A States, collect new hardware
GORHAM – More than two dozen teams settled in at the University of Southern Maine’s Costello Sports Complex on Monday afternoon, Feb. 20, for this winter’s Class A Indoor Track State Championship. Perennial powerhouses Scarborough emerged the team victors on both the boys’ and the girls’ sides of the action. A number of local standouts […]
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Gorham collision hospitalizes 1
GORHAM —Fire and police departments responded Wednesday to a motor vehicle crash that involved two commercial vehicles on Fort Hill Road (Route 114) near its intersection with Norway Road. “One patient was transported to a local hospital with unspecified injuries,” said Deputy Fire Chief Mark Theriault. Theriault also reported that “a small fluid spill” from the vehicles involved […]
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Gorham collision hospitalizes 1
GORHAM —Fire and police departments responded Wednesday to a motor vehicle crash that involved two commercial vehicles on Fort Hill Road (Route 114) near its intersection with Norway Road. “One patient was transported to a local hospital with unspecified injuries,” said Deputy Fire Chief Mark Theriault. Theriault also reported that “a small fluid spill” from the vehicles involved […]
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Skiing: Gorham, Bonny Eagle rep well at SMAAs
Gorham and Bonny Eagle, who ski together, traveled on Friday, Feb. 10 to Shawnee Peak in Bridgton for one of the year’s biggest meets: SMAAs, the Southern Maine Athletics Association’s conference championship. The girls finished third in both the Slalom and Giant Slalom events (Scarborough won both sides of the equation), and the boys finished […]
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Boys Basketball: Bonny Eagle stumbles vs. Scarborough, bounces from postseason
PORTLAND – Bonny Eagler Zach Maturo tallied a game-high 15 vs. Scarborough in the teams’ prelims bout at the Expo on Thursday evening, Feb. 16 – but 15 wasn’t enough, not by a long shot. Despite climbing out of an early grave in the first and even holding a lead briefly in the second, the […]
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Boys Basketball: Westbrook falls to York, exits tourney in quarters
PORTLAND – Westbrooker Zac Manoogian logged a game-high 17 vs. York on Friday night, but even the hottest hand on the court couldn’t sink the long three the Blazes needed in the waning seconds to tie the score and force OT. 47-44 the final as the Wildcats advance to the semis and Westbrook retires till […]