American Journal
News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
Cross Country: States unfold in Belfast
Cross Country States – held this year at Troy Howard Middle School in Belfast – unfolded on Saturday, Nov. 5. The Falmouth boys and Bonny Eagle girls took the team titles in Class A, as did the Greely boys and Greely girls in Class B and the Orono boys and George Stevens girls in Class […]
Cross Country: States unfold in Belfast
Cross Country States – held this year at Troy Howard Middle School in Belfast – unfolded on Saturday, Nov. 5. The Falmouth boys and Bonny Eagle girls took the team titles in Class A, as did the Greely boys and Greely girls in Class B and the Orono boys and George Stevens girls in Class […]
Girls Soccer: Gorham tops Scarborough, falls to Camden Hills
Gorhamite Hallie Shiers put a pair of nails in Scarborough’s coffin on Wednesday night, Nov. 2, scoring one goal early and another one late. The Storm struggled for much of the evening to collapse the Rams’ defense, and the game ultimately went Gorham’s way 2-0. Alas, the Rams couldn’t repeat their success in Saturday’s State […]
Boys Soccer: Gorham tops Portland in Regional Final, falls to Bangor in State Championship
Gorhamite Sam Burghardt notched the game’s lone goal, capturing a 1-0 W for his boys when Portland dropped by for Wednesday night, Nov. 2’s A South Final. But despite a Jackson Fotter notch, the Gentlemen Rams couldn’t reproduce their success three days later, succumbing 2-1 to Bangor on penalty kicks in the State Championship. Gorham […]
Buxton, Gorham election records fall
In heavy turnouts Tuesday, voters in neighboring Buxton and Gorham eclipsed turnout records set in prior presidential elections. Buxton polls opened at 6 a.m. at the town hall and voters were waiting. “The crowd was lined up at the door to the parking lot,” Hiram Davis, election warden, said. Voters packed the parking lot […]
Gorham postpones action on Sebago Brewing plans
With updated details pending, Gorham planners Monday postponed action on a $5 million project Sebago Brewing Co. is proposing for a headquarters on leased land on lower Main Street (Route 25). The company, which is exploring ways to lower the site two feet, is expected to submit revamped plans and would likely be on the […]
We Love Fairs
Annual Christmas craft sale -Saturday, Nov. 12, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Windham Historical Society, Town House Museum, Windham Center Road, Windham. Unique gift ideas, jewelry, gift cards, floor coverings, hand-crafted toys, birdhouses, knit items, delicious breads, baked goods, candy and fudge. Contributers or volunteers on sale day should call Linda Lunt evenings at 655-3421 or leave […]
Looking Back
Nov. 13, 1991 Fred C. Wescott begins his second two-year term worrying that he may have to lay some people off. His victory in last week’s election came less than 24 hours before Gov. John McKernan proposed budget cuts that would cost Westbrook between $400,000 and $500,000 by June 30. That was the latest bad […]
Who knew?
With Maine voting on a gun referendum Tuesday, this bus is pictured Friday on the University of Southern Maine campus in Gorham. But, reason for the stop on campus was unclear this week. A blue bus emblazoned with words “Vocal Majority” and “Voting to stop gun violence” pulled onto the Gorham campus of the University […]
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