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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 […]

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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 […]

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Looking Back: Oct. 17

Oct. 19, 1994 Facing the need for hundreds of thousands of dollars just to get into business, proponents of a Westbrook municipal electricity service are looking for help from people who have electricity to sell. James Fisk, Westbrook city planner, said Monday that several suppliers of power are offering financial assistance as well as technical […]

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60 years ago

The Westbrook American reported on Oct. 21, 1959, that Jennie Jones, a longtime employee in Westbrook City Hall, left on a flight for California where she would work for her brother who operated a motel. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Barden of Church Street in Gorham entertained a couple from Maryland.