On Tuesday, children in the Westbrook LEARNS after-school program were studying photos of local cats and dogs, and doing their best to paint accurate portraits. With each work selling for a $10 donation, the money raised from the paintings will be donated to the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland’s Carson Medical Fund, which helps […]

April 4, 1990 There are no Maine Shop ‘n Save supermarkets as modern or as large as the one Hannaford Brothers plans for its Gorham Raceway land, Art Aleshire, the company’s director of real estate, said last week. The new story on the drawing boards would cover 63,000 square feet of space, more than double […]

April 4, 1990 There are no Maine Shop ‘n Save supermarkets as modern or as large as the one Hannaford Brothers plans for its Gorham Raceway land, Art Aleshire, the company’s director of real estate, said last week. The new story on the drawing boards would cover 63,000 square feet of space, more than double […]

Flurries can’t dampen Marketplace Gorham Marketplace attracted a crowd again this year despite Saturday’s spitting snow. “It’s been pretty busy,” said Don Cross, who was manning a booth for Gorham Business Exchange, which sponsors the annual event. Held inside the University of Southern Maine field house on its Gorham campus, Marketplace hosts town, public safety […]

The success of Gorham’s Dan Foley on the CBS reality TV show “Survivor” continued last week to the delight of his followers attending his weekly viewing party. The object of the show is to avoid being voted off by other competitors. Foley, a postal technician, survived six episodes of the show and going into this […]

Following final discussion by the Finance Committee this week, the Westbrook School Committee could be voting to approve the fiscal year 2015-16 school budget next Wednesday, April 8. Superintendent of Schools Marc Gousse said the Finance Committee meeting on Wednesday, April 1, after the American Journal’s deadline, will most likely wrap up discussions, and he’ll […]

The Rev. Mutima Peter, a native of Africa and a longtime Westbrook resident, has seen his Christian fellowship grow from a small gathering of African refugees and immigrants to a thriving congregation and community center. Now, with Easter being celebrated Sunday, Peter wants to expand the fellowship to better represent the surrounding Westbrook community. A […]

A large Pike Industries property on Main Street in Westbrook could be sold this year, with a development in the works that features large retailers and restaurants. Jeffrey Gove, of J&J Gove Development, told the American Journal Wednesday that his development team hopes to acquire the property, which features a large gravel pit, by the […]

A large Pike Industries property on Main Street in Westbrook could be sold this year, with a development in the works that features large retailers and restaurants. Jeffrey Gove, of J&J Gove Development, told the American Journal Wednesday that his development team hopes to acquire the property, which features a large gravel pit, by the […]

Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man who robbed the Shaw’s Supermarket on Main Street in Westbrook Tuesday night. According to Westbrook police Capt. Michael Nugent, a white male approached the service window at about 6:30 p.m., told a clerk he had a gun and demanded that the clerk give him the […]