Sebago Brewing Co. officials gave the Gorham Planning Board on Monday a taste of its plans for a new headquarters in Gorham. The company is asking the town for an OK to build a 21,000-square-foot building, with the brewery production area occupying 18,000 square feet, on lower Main Street (Route 25), on part of the […]
American Journal
News and information from and about the Maine towns of Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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From Iraq to Westbrook, Rawan Maadi keeps her eye on the prize – college and medical school.
When Rawan Maadi left home in Iraq in 2012, she was a junior at her high school and her class president. But when her family first arrived in Portland, she was told that she would have to begin at the freshman level. Discouraged, Maadi quit school for a year – but soon regretted it. “It […]
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Gorham budgets, taxes will increase
The Gorham Town Council Tuesday unanimously voted to trim the school budget $200,000 but the board raised Town Manager David Cole’s proposed municipal budget about $25,000. The Town Council action reduced the school department’s overall spending plan to $36,291,178, which still represents more than a $1.2 million increase above this year’s. The school budget is […]
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Scarborough bests Gorham in girls semis
No. 3 Gorham fell to No. 2 Scarborough the teams’ seminfinals bout last Saturday, June 4. Second-singles player Jenna Cowan picked up a Rams win, as did second-doubles duo Lizzie Kutzer and Delaney Burns, but the Red Storm took the day’s three other pairings to narrowly advance. Cowan toppled Scarborough’s Emily Keenan 6-2, 6-1, and […]
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Westbrook project raises neighbors’ ire
A plan to add more than 300 housing units at the Blue Spruce Farm subdivision was met with an emotional response from the public Tuesday during a Westbrook Planning Board workshop. The project, developed by Risbara Bros. Construction of Scarborough, would be a much larger second phase of the subdivision that began last year on […]
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Former Westbrook employee accused of embezzling $118,000
A former employee of the city of Westbrook is being accused of skimming $118,000 from cash deposits during a nine-month period. In the statement released Wednesday, Mayor Colleen Hilton said the suspected embezzlement was caught by local agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a Westbrook police officer who was working with the bureau. “It […]
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Former Westbrook employee accused of embezzling $118,000
A former employee of the city of Westbrook is being accused of skimming $118,000 from cash deposits during a nine-month period. In the statement released Wednesday, Mayor Colleen Hilton said the suspected embezzlement was caught by local agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a Westbrook police officer who was working with the bureau. “It […]
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Inside Windham
Yard saleWindham Historical Society will hold its first yard sale of 2016, to be held from 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 4 at the society, 234 Windham Center Road. If you would like to be part of this and have your own table, we’ll rent you some space for $25. For more information, […]
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Inside Raymond
Students visit State HouseFourth graders from Raymond Elementary School recently visited the State House. Sen. Bill Diamond greeted the students, teachers and chaperones during their tour, during which they had an opportunity to view the Senate and House chambers, ask questions, and learn more about the legislative process. Dance theater auditionsMaine Dance Theater will hold […]
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Blue newspaper
Republican Gov. Paul LePage loves to tell audiences that buying a Maine daily newspaper is like paying someone to lie to you. Of course, the same could be said of the factually challenged governor. Matthew Gagnon, the chief executive officer of the conservative Maine Heritage Policy Center, sent out an email recently attacking the state’s […]