Brandi Kathleen Coleman was born to Charles and Gail Coleman in Portland, Maine, on July 31, 1989. Brandi passed away on Sunday evening, March 18, in a tragic car accident on the Anderson Road in Windham. She was a junior at Gorham High School, but was a vocational student at Westbrook Regional Vocational Center, where […]

Hubbard Wilson and this calf are pictured in May of 1991 on his White Rock farm, which his family acquired in 1836. Wilson, who died several years ago, had a herd of Jersey milk cows and once kept 1,500 laying hens.

Bean supper – Saturday, March 24, 4:30-6 p.m., Elm Street Methodist Church, 168 Elm St., South Portland. Beans, casseroles, chop suey, hot dogs, cole slaw, pies and beverages. $7, $2.50. Spaghetti supper – Saturday, March 24, 4:45 and 6 p.m., Highland lake Congregational Church, 1303 Bridgton Road, Westbrook. Meat and meatless sauce, Italian bread, tossed […]

Bruce Dyer, Westbrook High School substance abuse counselor, has received a special award for his service to the community. At the March 3 Mission Possible Teen Center benefit gala, an award, presented at the black-tie event by Westbrook Police Chief Paul McCarthy, was in honor of Dyer’s efforts in helping to create the teen center […]

Bruce Dyer, Westbrook High School substance abuse counselor, has received a special award for his service to the community. At the March 3 Mission Possible Teen Center benefit gala, an award, presented at the black-tie event by Westbrook Police Chief Paul McCarthy, was in honor of Dyer’s efforts in helping to create the teen center […]

Military families in Buxton have formed a support group to help families with loved ones on deployment. The group met for the first time last month and plans to meet again this summer. Jeanette Fernstrom and her brother, Keith Emery, founded the Buxton group. They have compiled a list of 31 men and women from […]

Military families in Buxton have formed a support group to help families with loved ones on deployment. The group met for the first time last month and plans to meet again this summer. Jeanette Fernstrom and her brother, Keith Emery, founded the Buxton group. They have compiled a list of 31 men and women from […]

Military families in Buxton have formed a support group to help families with loved ones on deployment. The group met for the first time last month and plans to meet again this summer. Jeanette Fernstrom and her brother, Keith Emery, founded the Buxton group. They have compiled a list of 31 men and women from […]

Those who knew Brandi Coleman remembered her this week for her smile, after a car accident Sunday claimed the life of the 17-year-old Gorham High School student. “Every picture of her, even as an infant, she was always laughing and smiling,” Charles Coleman of Gorham said of his daughter. Brandi Coleman and her sister Deziree, […]

The last two editions of the American Journal carried stories about an underage drinking party in Gorham, and how the Gorham School Department and Police Department responded to it. The stories prompted a response from Gorham Superintendent Ted Sharp at a school committee meeting last week, and those comments appear in their entirety on this […]