WESTBROOK – If the key to improving Westbrook’s downtown is foot traffic, local business and a collection of local bands may have the answer. As a complement to the popular free summer concert series at Riverbank Park, a new initiative, Bands on the Boardwalk, has started up just down the street in Saccarappa Park. The […]

WESTBROOK – If the key to improving Westbrook’s downtown is foot traffic, local business and a collection of local bands may have the answer. As a complement to the popular free summer concert series at Riverbank Park, a new initiative, Bands on the Boardwalk, has started up just down the street in Saccarappa Park. The […]

GORHAM – A teenager shot Friday during what police described as an attempted arson remains hospitalized, and charges have yet to be filed. However, police are saying the incident was unrelated to the arsons that plagued Gorham earlier this year. Lt. Christopher Sanborn of Gorham Police Department said Monday the 14-year old boy sustained “fairly […]

GORHAM – A teenager shot Friday during what police described as an attempted arson remains hospitalized, and charges have yet to be filed. However, police are saying the incident was unrelated to the arsons that plagued Gorham earlier this year. Lt. Christopher Sanborn of Gorham Police Department said Monday the 14-year old boy sustained “fairly […]

WESTBROOK – The Westbrook School Department has turned to an experienced hand to replace Jeremy Ray, the former operations manager who recently left the district to become the superintendent of schools in Biddeford. At a meeting on Wednesday, July 12, held after the American Journal’s deadline, the Westbrook School Committee was scheduled to vote on […]

WESTBROOK – The Westbrook School Department has turned to an experienced hand to replace Jeremy Ray, the former operations manager who recently left the district to become the superintendent of schools in Biddeford. At a meeting on Wednesday, July 12, held after the American Journal’s deadline, the Westbrook School Committee was scheduled to vote on […]

WESTBROOK – When you think of Maine cuisine, lobster and blueberries immediately come to mind. But barbecue? That’s way down on the list, the province of southern “good ‘ol boys” around their giant pits and smokers with no Yankees allowed. One Westbrook company is looking to change that perception, and judging from the national exposure […]

GORHAM – More drama is being played out among members of the Gorham Town Council this week as two councilors said they would not seek re-election in November, another councilor’s resignation letter was not accepted, and still another has pleaded not guilty to charges of drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident. Brenda […]

GORHAM – More drama is being played out among members of the Gorham Town Council this week as two councilors said they would not seek re-election in November, another councilor’s resignation letter was not accepted, and still another has pleaded not guilty to charges of drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident. Brenda […]

WESTBROOK – It was just supposed to be a simple night of baking and getting ready for a road trip. On June 26, Marie Brushaber of Westbrook sent her husband David to the grocery store to pick up some last-minute ingredients, not knowing that by the time he returned from the store, their lives would […]