Ward polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 5.
Robert Lowell
Staff Writer
Bob Lowell is Gorham resident and a community reporter for Gorham, Buxton and Standish.
Posted inAmerican Journal
Sanborn named chief of Gorham Police
Christopher Sanborn joined the Gorham force in 1989, most recently serving as the deputy chief.
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Posted inAmerican Journal
Police searching for 2 Gorham teens
GORHAM — Police are seeking the public’s help in locating two missing 13-year-old Gorham girls. Nevaeh Joyce and Courtney Taft have been missing since Oct. 20. “They were last seen in the area of Gray Road,” Police Chief Christopher Sanborn said in a statement. Sanborn told the American Journal two officers are assigned to the […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Westbrook Notes: Oct. 17
Poetry series Lowry’s Lodge poetry series continues at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at One Westbrook Common, next to Westbrook House of Pizza. Linda Aldrich and Nick Coulombe are featured poets and hosts are Jim Donnelly and Anna Wrobel. Light fare will be served and a suggested deonation is $4. Seniors to meet Westbrook […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Gorham Notes: Oct. 17
Gorham grad on Collins’ staff Timothy O’Neill, a Gorham native, has been hired as a staff assistant in the Washington, D.C., office of U.S. Senator Susan Collins. O’Neill is a 2015 graduate of Gorham High School and is the son of Tim and Diane O’Neill of Standish. “Timothy has an impressive record of achievement and […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Gorham candidates face issues of growth, taxes, new GHS
Voters will decide Nov. 5 which three of six candidates they want on the Town Council.
Posted inAmerican Journal
Harmon case sparks outrage in Buxton
Residents call for the chairwoman of the Board of Selectmen to step down after being found guilty in a slapping incident last year.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
We Love to Eat: Oct. 17-26
Community meal – Thursday, Oct. 17, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Shepherd’s pie, $5. Free dinner – Thursday, Oct. 17, 5:30-6:30 p.m., St. Peters Episcopal Church, 678 Washington St., Portland. Chowder luncheon – Friday, Oct. 18, and every Friday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave., Portland. Bowl of […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Uncategorized
60 Years Ago
The Westbrook American reported on Oct. 14, 1959, that Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hawkes of Conant Street in Westbrook were on a motor trip through Canada. A Gorham native, Herbert J. Lombard, died at age 94 in a Massachusetts hospital. He was born in Gorham in 1864.
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Gorham middle school educator is honored as state’s teacher of the year
Heather Whitaker is named the 2020 Maine Teacher of the Year.