Chili-chowder supper – Saturday, Oct. 18, 5-6 p.m., Bar Mills Community Church, 13 Hermit Thrush Drive, Buxton. $8, $3. Bean supper – Saturday, Oct. 18, 4:30- 6 p.m., North Scarborough Grange, Route 22, Scarborough. Two kinds of beans, hot dogs, American chop suey, cole slaw, brown bread, rolls, pie and beverage. $7, $3. Benefit for […]

I am writing this letter in support of Matt Mattingly, who is running for a seat on Gorham’s Town Council. I urge you to vote for him. His integrity, hard work ethic and willingness to volunteer his services, are assets we need representing our town. I met Matt three years ago when he and his […]

In the Gorham column item ‘Shaw on Fordham dance team’ on page 7 on Oct. 9, location of the Dance Studio of Maine should have been Gorham.

Accusing the Planning Board of not following a town ordinance for a controversial kennel permit, furious Buxton neighbors stormed out of a Planning Board meeting Tuesday, moments before the panel granted the application. “It’s a kennel, it’s a kennel,” abutter Ken Peasley yelled at the Planning Board, hurling a bundle of papers across the room. […]

Figures from Buxton’s history will be tell their own stories this month at the Spirit Walk and South Buxton Cemetery Tour. Guiding the tour, members of the Buxton/Hollis Historical Society and the South Buxton Cemetery Association will play the roles of nine spirits of important Buxton historical figures, said Jan Hill, a member of the […]

ALL PHOTOS IN GROUCHY KIDS FOLDER Staff photos by Harmony Motter Sesame Street Magazine has noted Oct. 15 as National Grouch Day. So in recognition of the one day that everybody is able to be grouchy and get away with it, and out of respect for Oscar the Grouch, the American Journal photographer hit the […]

The American Journal reported on Oct. 16, 1963, that Mr. and Mrs. Eugene LaPierre of Gorham had moved from School Street to their newly completed home on South Street. Nils Sjulander purchased the Charles McKinney brick house on Route 202 in Bar Mills.

The American Journal reported on Oct. 16, 1963, that Mr. and Mrs. Eugene LaPierre of Gorham had moved from School Street to their newly completed home on South Street. Nils Sjulander purchased the Charles McKinney brick house on Route 202 in Bar Mills.

Democrat Dan LeVasseur’s reason for running for the seat vacated by Chris Barstow is simple: He loves politics and he can make a difference. “I have always admired people who have held political positions,” he said. “In fifth grade we went on a field trip to Augusta and I just enjoyed the whole idea … […]

Democrat Dan LeVasseur’s reason for running for the seat vacated by Chris Barstow is simple: He loves politics and he can make a difference. “I have always admired people who have held political positions,” he said. “In fifth grade we went on a field trip to Augusta and I just enjoyed the whole idea … […]