The account contradicts the driver who said she didn’t realize she had been in a collision that sent a family tumbling into a ditch.

The account contradicts the driver who said she didn’t realize she had been in a collision that sent a family tumbling into a ditch.

The carnage in Tripoli prompts some demonstrators to take up arms and join with other militias to fight back.

WESTBROOK – As far as Westbrook school officials are aware, Westbrook is the first and only city in Maine to appoint student representatives from their high school to the City Council, and while the representatives have no voting power, they have the chance to weigh in on any issue – and often do. Beginning roughly […]

Arnold Howe, a veteran of World War II who took part in the Normandy invasion, circles the Veterans Memorial in Riverbank Park in Westbrook on Monday, reading the names on the pavers honoring those who fought for America. Veterans Day in Westbrook was marked by a ceremony led by Philip LeClerc, post commander of the […]

GORHAM – The Gorham Town Council, with two new faces, on Tuesday elected Michael Phinney as its chairman and Shonn Moulton as vice chairman. Phinney, 46, is a longtime council member and has been a former chairman several times. Moulton, 37, is serving his second term on the panel. Following last week’s municipal election, Jennifer […]

WESTBROOK – While the Westbrook mayoral election may be over, with campaign signs all-but removed from city roadsides, a controversy lingers about alleged Election Day campaign phone calls that attempted to tie mayoral candidate Colleen Hilton to non-existent plans for a low-income housing development at Prides Corner. During the afternoon of Tuesday, Nov. 5, elected […]

GORHAM – Two Gorham officials, Clerk of the Planning Board Barbara Skinner and School Superintendent Ted Sharp, witnessed events in Washington, D.C., that unfolded 50 years ago following the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination of President John F. Kennedy. They recently shared their memories with the American Journal. After lunch with a friend 50 years ago […]

The accidental shooting death of the mother of twin baby girls created an ‘us-versus-them’ clash between hunters and non-hunters.

A judge tells the former Boston crime boss that his crimes were ‘heinous’ and ‘all about money.’