Bill and Holly Chandler, owners of Coastal Hardware in Yarmouth, are new owners of the former Cook’s Hardware in Gorham. Pictured in a family photo, from left, are Rob Larochelle, Courtney Larochelle, Holly Chandler, Bill Chandler and Joel, Kim, Dominick and Skye Chandler. Cook’s Hardware in Gorham is under new ownership. Bill and Holly Chandler, […]
American Journal
News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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Westbrook Notes
Blood drive Walker Memorial Library, 800 Main St., will sponsor a blood drive from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 27. “There is a critical need for blood right now, so this is an excellent way to start the new year by helping others,” the library said in an announcement. For more information, call Julie […]
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Cheverus shuts out Gorham
GORHAM – The Rams never found an inroads against visiting Cheverus on Saturday evening, Jan. 21. Patrick Griffin struck early for the Stags and the team maintained a head of steam from there, fending Gorham off for three full periods and picking up a 3-0 W. “We forechecked and held the offensive zone better today […]
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MOB holds on for dramatic win over Windham/Westbrook
GORHAM – Spencer Shields put up a pair of points for Bonny Eagle/Massabesic/Old Orchard Beach vs. visiting Westbrook/Windham on Saturday night, Jan. 21. The narrow battle between friendly rivals kept spectators on tenterhooks until the very final seconds, when W/W pulled within one, then gave themselves a solid opportunity to force overtime. They couldn’t quite […]
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MOB holds on for dramatic win over Windham/Westbrook
GORHAM – Spencer Shields put up a pair of points for Bonny Eagle/Massabesic/Old Orchard Beach vs. visiting Westbrook/Windham on Saturday night, Jan. 21. The narrow battle between friendly rivals kept spectators on tenterhooks until the very final seconds, when W/W pulled within one, then gave themselves a solid opportunity to force overtime. They couldn’t quite […]
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Girls Hockey: Stags down Rams 6-2
GORHAM – A pair of goals by Gorham/Bonny Eagle freshmen Celia Begonia and Anna Nault weren’t enough, not by a longshot, to dispatch visiting Cheverus/Kennebunk/Old Orchard Beach on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 21. Half a dozen different Stags – among them Victoria Lemieux and Abby Enck – hashed a point apiece en route to a 6-2 […]
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Gorham marcher
Bethany Marshburn-Ersek of Gorham leads a group of marchers down Congress Street during Women’s Walk Portland on Jan. 21. She was among 10,000 people who turned out for the march.
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Former Westbrook mayor promoted
BREWER — Former Westbrook Mayor Colleen Hilton has been named president of Rosscare, the not-for-profit EMHS company that oversees Rosscare Nursing Homes. Hilton, a three-term Westbrook mayor who did not seek reelection in 2016, has been an EMHS senior vice president and president of the system’s VNA Home Health Hospice. “Colleen has dedicated her distinguished […]
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Deaths
Ahlemeyer, Lea I., 89, of Buxton, died at home on Jan. 7, 2017. Arrangement by Hobbs Funeral Home, South Portland. Davis, Jeffrey K., 59, of Westbrook, died on Jan. 9, 2017, at the Gosnell Hospice Home in Scarborough. Arrangements by Blais & Hay Funeral Home, Westbrook. Drew Jr., Herbert A., 79, formerly of Gorham and […]
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Deaths
Ahlemeyer, Lea I., 89, of Buxton, died at home on Jan. 7, 2017. Arrangement by Hobbs Funeral Home, South Portland. Davis, Jeffrey K., 59, of Westbrook, died on Jan. 9, 2017, at the Gosnell Hospice Home in Scarborough. Arrangements by Blais & Hay Funeral Home, Westbrook. Drew Jr., Herbert A., 79, formerly of Gorham and […]