Long-delayed plans to construct a business park off Saco Street have gained new life as the city has reached an agreement to purchase a 40-acre parcel of land to be developed for the business park. City Administrator Jerre Bryant said the city has reached a purchase and sale agreement with the Boivin family to buy […]

Let us praise illustrious men and women, Our ancestors in their successive generations, THE LORD has created an abundance of glory, And displayed his greatness from earliest times. Some wielded authority as kings And were renowned for their strength; Others were intelligent advisors And uttered prophetic oracles. Others directed the people by their advice, By […]

Westbrook Public Services’ Dan McMahan won the individual skills title at this year’s Cumberland County Snow Plow Rodeo competition. This year’s event was held Thursday, May 12, at the Portland Public Works Department’s Outer Congress Street facility. The competition is a skills based event comprised of two-man teams operating a standard snow plow unit. The […]

The city Administration has reached an agreement with developer Tim Flannery on parking for One Riverfront Plaza, which would clear the way for Flannery to sell the building. The agreement, which still must be approved by the City Council, would amend the city’s agreement with Flannery in regard to the parking garage next to the […]

A former pastor of the Unitarian-Universalist Church of Westbrook is missing and presumed drowned after falling into the Kenduskeag Stream in Bangor on Sunday. The Hampden Police said Joseph Majeau, 77, who had moved to Hampden after retiring from the Westbrook church, fell into the stream around 3:30 p.m. on Sunday. Police said Majeau’s wife […]

Monday, June 6, through Friday, Aug. 26 Gorham Campus Tours, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. most weekdays, departing from Admission House, Gorham. Portland Campus Tours, noon most weekdays, departing from the Student Life Office, Woodbury Campus Center, Portland. Reservations can be made at www.usm.maine.edu/admit, or by calling 1-800-800-4USM or 780-5670, or admusm@usm.maine.edu. Wednesday, June 15 […]

Cutlines (Chopin Club photo 1) – Award winners at the recent Chopin Club annual meeting are Muriel Johnson, on the left, and Lora Coffin the front row; back row, Louise Leighton, Janice Beattie, Norma Hall and Jackie Skvorak. Courtesy photo (Chopin Club photo 3) – Newly elected officers of the Chopin Club are in the […]

Cutlines (silence 1) – Remembering comrades lost in war, a circle of veterans hold a moment of silent prayer on Monday evening at the home of Vietnam veteran Donald “Woody” Woodbury in Gorham. Staff photo by Robert Lowell (silence 2) – In a Memorial Day service at the Gorham home of Woody Woodbury, in the […]

Above, members of Cub Scout Pack 81 carried a large American flag in Westbrook’s Memorial Day parade Monday. Below, local Girl Scouts wave flags in Westbrook’s parade Monday. Gorham and Westbrook successfully held Memorial Day commemorations Monday. In Gorham, wreaths were placed at the Eastern Cemetery on Main Street, the Hillside Cemetery on Huston Road […]

I appreciate the continued coverage the American Journal has provided on Westbrook’s FY06 budget – across city and school lines. I was one of many people present in Room 114 at Westbrook High School last Tuesday for the lengthly Finance Committee meeting. I found it ironic we were in a room at Westbrook High School […]