Police are on the lookout for an armed robber who held up Payless Shoe Source at the Westbrook Crossing shopping center on Main Street in Westbrook at around 7 p.m. Tuesday. According to Police Chief Bill Baker, the suspect “demanded cash from the clerk, got it and fled.” The incident was similar to one at […]

171, 171a For years Raymond Rowe operated his garage, machine shop and Ford dealership out of a building at 609 Main St., left photo. Rowe also sold Tydol Gasoline from curbside pumps located on Main Street. In later years the building was occupied by E. G. Olesen Saw Technology. E. G. Olesen relocated and the […]

An armed robbery at Payless Shoe Source in Westbrook Tuesday night could be linked to a rash of criminal activity in the area early this week. Police received a call at around 7 p.m. Tuesday from a woman barricaded in a bathroom at Payless on Main Street. According to police, the woman, a clerk sat […]

Buxton selectmen were expected Wednesday to name David Pinkham as director of the town’s Public Works Department. A vote by selectmen on the appointment was scheduled for Wednesday night, after the American Journal’s deadline. Pinkham could not be reached for comment Wednesday. The new director will replace Lary Owen, who submitted his resignation on Dec. […]

The New England Press Association has awarded several honors to four Current Publishing Co. journalists in its annual Better Newspaper Contest. Mike Higgins, sports editor, and Katie Bell, graphic artist, took first place in the Sports Page or Section category with their 2008 spring sports preview. American Journal reporter Leslie Bridgers won first place in […]

A school official confirmed Friday that an accident at the new elementary school under construction on Route 22 in Buxton sent a worker to the hospital by an ambulance. Rick Matthews, assistant superintendent at School Administrative District 6, said a mason laborer fell from “a raised location” in the morning of Friday, Feb. 13. A […]

For Westbrook High School freshman Ricardo Agrinsoni, this week’s school vacation got off to a harrowing start. Walking to his King Street home from the Mission Possible Teen Center at around 5 p.m. Monday, Agrinsoni, 15, decided to entertain his 14-year-old brother, Joseph, by sliding out onto the ice on the Presumpscot River. But the […]

The American Legion is now accepting applications from candidates to attend to the 61st Annual American Legion Dirigo Boys State program. This exceptionally valuable program will be conducted at Thomas College in Waterville June 21-25. The purpose of Boys State is to provide Maine high school juniors with the opportunity to participate in a hands-on […]

Westbrook police made three arrests following a drug raid on two Seavey Street apartments Friday. At around 8:30 p.m., the Westbrook police, in cooperation with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Cumberland County SWAT team, executed two no-knock drug search warrants at 28 Seavey St., apartments 3 and 4. According to Police Chief Bill […]