Office hours The Town Office, at Mallett Hall, is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday 8:30 a.m.-6:30 and closed Friday. Meetings The Planning Board will meet Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m., at Mallett Hall. Among agenda items are discussions on tiny houses and solar farms. The Board of Selectmen will meet […]
American Journal
News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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Scarborough, Westbrook clean up at four-way meet
Scarborough and Westbrook traded results in a four-way meet at Smiling Hill Farm on Friday afternoon, Sept. 16. While the Blazes’ Josh Lombardo and the Storm’s Bethany Sholl took first in the individual standings, the Scarborough boys won as a team, as did the Westbrook girls. Cheverus finished third on both sides of the action, […]
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Volleyball: Storm sweep away Rams in straight sets
An unfocused Storm fell behind early in the first against visiting Gorham on Thursday evening, Sept. 15, and were caught off their guard again when the Rams elevated their play in the second. Still, Scarborough maintained their poise and ultimately claimed a straight-sets, 3-0 W. “We came into this game with no expectations,” said Gorham […]
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Volk supporter tells why
As a Buxton resident I am asking others to vote for Amy Volk on Tuesday Nov. 8. Amy is our senator for Gorham, Buxton and Scarborough, and recently received an A-grade endorsement from the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine and that is important to me. As long as I can remember I have been enjoying the […]
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Volk supporter tells why
As a Buxton resident I am asking others to vote for Amy Volk on Tuesday Nov. 8. Amy is our senator for Gorham, Buxton and Scarborough, and recently received an A-grade endorsement from the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine and that is important to me. As long as I can remember I have been enjoying the […]
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Former Westbrook employee pleads guilty to embezzlement
Ann Marie Williams, the former tax collector for the city of Westbrook, pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court to embezzling $118,000 in cash receipts. U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II made the announcement in a press release Monday afternoon. Williams, 52, of Saco, had been suspected of embezzling the funds between July 2015 and April of this […]
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Westbrook coach charged with sexual assault
Timothy Even, the girls track coach at Westbrook High School, has been arrested for three counts of gross sexual assault involving a 17-year-old female, according to a Westbrook police press release Monday. According to the release, the victim is a Westbrook High School student. The arrest was made at about 10:45 a.m. Monday. Details of the alleged crimes […]
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Westbrook coach charged with sexual assault
Timothy Even, the girls track coach at Westbrook High School, has been arrested for three counts of gross sexual assault involving a 17-year-old female, according to a Westbrook police press release Monday. According to the release, the victim is a Westbrook High School student. The arrest was made at about 10:45 a.m. Monday. Details of the alleged crimes […]
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Area briefs
Garden club topic is bird-friendly gardens The Scarborough Garden Club will meet at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15, in the recreation hall of the Hillcrest Retirement Center, off Route 1. Doug Hitchcox, from the Maine Audubon Society, will give a presentation on bird-friendly gardens. A lunch will be served and all are welcome to […]
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Some old-fashioned trash talk
Someone once said you can tell a lot about a people just by seeing what they choose to collect and what they choose to dispose of in their dumps. A selectman back home used to say, “If it weren’t for our town dump we’d have nothing to argue about except the schools.” But even though […]