The Pine Tree Academy, a pre-K through 12th grade Christian school in Freeport, will host its annual fundraiser golf tournament at Toddy Brook in North Yarmouth on Sunday, Sept. 18. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. The Academy invites foursomes of golfer friends to come out for the event, […]
American Journal
News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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Gorham Notes
Newly installed officers at Gorham Woman’s Club are, from left, Betty Files, corresponding secretary; Brenda Caldwell, vice president; Allene Bowler, president; Brenda Blair, recording secretary; and JoAnn Means, treasurer. At far right, Nancy Kenty officiated. The club’s first fall meeting is set for 12:30-2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept 8, at First Parish Congregational Church, 1 […]
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Area briefs
Area lighthouses open The annual Maine Open Lighthouse Day will be held on Saturday, Sept. 10, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Both the Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse and Bug Light in South Portland will be open for tours, as will Portland Head Light at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth. This event is sponsored by the […]
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Bonny Eagle fall preview
Cross CountrySept. 1 SMAA Relays (at TA) 4 p.m.Sept. 9 @ Sanford (Maine Girls’ Academy, TA; at McDougal Orchard) 4 p.m.Sept. 16 Deering, Massabesic, South Portland 4 p.m.Sept. 23 @ Westbrook (Marshwood, Portland) 4 p.m.Oct. 1 Belfast Invitational/Festival of Champions 11 a.m.Oct. 7 @ Cheverus (Biddeford, Noble) 4 p.m.Oct. 14 @ Scarborough (Gorham, Windham; at […]
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Westbrook High School
Cross CountrySept. 1 SMAA Relays (at TA) 4 p.m.Sept. 9 @ Noble (Deering, Gorham) 4 p.m.Sept. 16 @ Scarborough (Cheverus, Sanford; at Smiling Hill Farm) 4 p.m.Sept. 23 Bonny Eagle, Marshwood, Portland (at Smiling Hill Farm) 4 p.m.Oct. 1 Belfast Invitational/Festival of Champions 11 a.m.Oct. 6 @ Maine Girls’ Academy (Massabesic, Windham; at Smiling Hill […]
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Gorham boasts ‘first-class emergency operation center’
Gorham officials opened the town’s renovated and expanded Central Fire Station Tuesday, completing a public safety upgrade that includes a new police facility that opened earlier this year. Both departments had shared space in an aging, overcrowded building that opened as a municipal center in 1974. Gorham voters, in a November 2014 referendum, approved borrowing […]
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Plenty of bumps may be ahead
When I was in grade school back in the 1950s, we used to get the Weekly Reader, a little newsletter that would tell us a little about what was going on in the world beyond our small town. Each week there’d be at least one story about what life will be like in the future, […]
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A fresh welcome
New “Welcome to Scarborough” have been installed at the various gateways into town, such as Route 1 and the Haigis Parkway. The signs are designed to coordinate with the wayfinding signs that were installed a few years ago. The colors are intended to represent sunsets and driftwood, according to the latest town newsletter. The new […]
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Looking Back
Sept. 4, 1991 The Westbrook School Committee voted 7-0 Wednesday not to open schools on schedule tomorrow if the City Council votes last night to cut its budget. Superintendent Edward Connolly denied “holding the students hostage.” He said a delay would be needed to make an orderly adjustment to any further budget cuts. The delay […]
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$27.3M school fix passes first test
A $27.3 million school expansion project is poised to come before voters in November after the Westbrook City Council voted unanimously on the referendum language Monday. Barring any change during a scheduled second reading on Sept. 12, voters will decide on the project that will expand and renovate Saccarappa Elementary School and add 12 classrooms […]