Lobstermen packed a legislative hearing at the Augusta Civic Center Monday to oppose a bill that would allow Maine draggers to locally sell the lobsters that get caught up in their nets along with groundfish – a practice currently banned in this state, but allowed in Massachusetts. While the public hearing was held to allow […]

The Westbrook American reported on March 7, 1962, that Susan Weston of Flaggy Meadow Road, a freshman, was named to the dean’s list at the University of Connecticut.

Gorham police are investigating an underage drinking party in late February attended by several Gorham High School hockey players a few before a playoff game. Few details of the incident have been released by school officials. The grandparents of one of the players have questioned why the players were not suspended from a playoff game […]

Neither Pvt. Harold Smith nor Sgt. Kameel Farag knew they were going to war when then they joined the Westbrook branch of the Maine Army National Guard. A Buxton native who is retired from the military, Smith joined in 1939, while Farag, of Oakland, joined in 1998. Both were times of peace for the United […]

City residents who refuse to pay their sewer bills may soon find their water cut off. The Westbrook City Council Monday approved a program whereby the Portland Water District will be able to disconnect water service to residents who don’t pay their sewer and water bills. Currently, the city is owed nearly $120,000 from more […]

City residents who refuse to pay their sewer bills may soon find their water cut off. The Westbrook City Council Monday approved a program whereby the Portland Water District will be able to disconnect water service to residents who don’t pay their sewer and water bills. Currently, the city is owed nearly $120,000 from more […]

The community calendar in last week’s American Journal listed an incorrect date for the Saccarappa School’s teachers workshop day. The school has a workshop on March 30, and there will be no school on that day.

A private airstrip in Gorham cannot block a public easement over an abandoned road, a Cumberland County Superior Court judge ruled last week – five years after the suit was first filed. The lengthy dispute began in September of 2001, when Alysan and Allyn Caruso, doing business as C & C Family, LLC, started construction […]

Bean supper – Saturday, March 10, 5-6 p.m., Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Two kinds of beans, hot dogs, cole slaw, American chop suey, Italian bread, pickles, relish, homemade pies and beverages. $6, $2. Bean supper – Saturday, March 10, 5-6 p.m., Highland Lake Grange No. 87, Hardy Road, Westbrook. Two kinds of […]

Bean supper – Saturday, March 10, 5-6 p.m., Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Two kinds of beans, hot dogs, cole slaw, American chop suey, Italian bread, pickles, relish, homemade pies and beverages. $6, $2. Bean supper – Saturday, March 10, 5-6 p.m., Highland Lake Grange No. 87, Hardy Road, Westbrook. Two kinds of […]