STANDISH – A black purebred Chow Chow named Belle has a new lease on life after rescuers last week pulled the blind dog from a well in Standish. Susan Frost, a resident of Fairwinds Drive off Route 113 near Steep Falls, spent much of last Wednesday searching for Belle after she got loose from the […]
American Journal News
Posted inAmerican Journal
Cool at the pools
Regular users of the city’s two public swimming pools are finding plenty of company lately, and recreation officials are happy to accommodate. “(On) Monday, the pool was crowded,” said Marion Broaddus, 91, who has been a regular at the Davan pool at the Fred C. Wescott Building for decades. “I’ve always been a swimmer,” she […]
advertisement
Posted inAmerican Journal
Fatal accident in Standish
STANDISH – A 69-year-old man died yesterday following a single-car accident in Standish. The man, whose identity has not been released pending notification of family, was driving south on Chadbourne Road at around 4:42 p.m. when his 1998 Chevrolet Blazer left the road and traveled down an embankment. The vehicle struck a tree, trapping the […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
Two Portland-area nonprofits to merge
PORTLAND – The boards of trustees for the People’s Regional Opportunity Program (PROP) of Cumberland County and Youth Alternatives Ingraham (YI) voted at their respective meetings this week to approve the merger of the two agencies and the integration of all programs and services, according to a press release from the two groups. “For more […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
‘Westbrook Idol’ finalists make new music
WESTBROOK – Two contestants in last year’s ‘Westbrook Idol’ competition may not have taken home the grand prize, but they may have found something better in a new musical partnership. Ever since they appeared in the local talent competition, Ingrid Ayer-Richardson, a Westbrook resident who works at Unum in Portland, has brought Patrick Colgan, a […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Gorham east-west study at crossroads
GORHAM – The fate of a study aimed at easing traffic congestion through the corridor from Gorham to South Portland will be on the Maine Turnpike Authority board of directors’ table Friday. The corridor has been cited as one of the state’s worst for traffic and is a fast-growing residential area, but a new road […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Turkey, through a teacher’s lens
GORHAM – Have an exciting summer vacation story to tell? A Gorham High School world history teacher sure does. Shauna Baxter Dunn visited a home 9,000 years old. Dunn, a faculty member of the Social Studies Department in Gorham, saw first hand archaeological digs during a two-week learning trip to Turkey. When school opens in […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Maine Rubber, city at impasse
WESTBROOK – City officials and the Elowitch family are still trying to work out whether the aging former Maine Rubber plant at the western end of Main Street in Westbrook could be torn down to make way for some new business development. But when asked why it hasn’t happened yet, each party says it is […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Beloved Bonny Eagle teacher retires after 40 years
STANDISH – He turned teenagers into legislators and lawyers, and taught them how to win detailed political debates. Now, after four decades of teaching, David Ezhaya will do, well, nothing. “I don’t really have any plans,” said Ezhaya with a chuckle. “So far I’ve been spending a lot of time golfing.” After 40 years teaching […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
A two-time survivor: Gorham pilot walks away from second crash
GORHAM – A Gorham pilot critically injured 22 years ago in an airplane wreck escaped unharmed from another air crash this week. Stephen Berry, 67, crash landed Sunday among trees off Longfellow Road in Gorham after deploying a parachute when the engine of his light-weight aircraft, commonly known as an ultralight, stopped in mid air. […]