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Letter: President Trump is ‘Monday Morning Evangelical’

September 30, 2020September 29, 2020

I found John Balentine’s piece (“God should be a source of peace,” Sept. 24) right on the mark. It’s a shame that President Trump doesn’t read the American Journal. If he did, then maybe he’d understand that saying “God” all the time and making believe that he is a religious individual does not make him […]

American Journal

Letter: Collins’ offices would not address constituent’s question

September 30, 2020September 28, 2020

I am trying to inform myself on the where the candidates for Maine’s Senate election stand on things. I tried calling each office, Susan Collins’ and Sara Gideon’s, to get some answers. Sara Gideon’s office was more than willing to answer my questions completely, politely and patiently. Unfortunately, Susan Collins offices were not. One question: […]

Local & State

Services to be held Saturday for 2 Gorham teenagers who died in crash

by Edward D. Murphy September 29, 2020September 30, 2020

Jacob Dupuis and Henry O’Neill graduated from Gorham High School together last year.

Local & State, News

Two young men die in fiery crash in York County

by Dennis Hoey September 24, 2020September 24, 2020

Jacob Dupuis, 20, of Gorham and Henry O’Neill, 19, of Standish were killed when the truck they were in left the road, hit a tree and burst into flames.

American Journal

Gorham Notes: Sept. 24

by Robert Lowell September 24, 2020September 22, 2020

New Year show to go on The New Year Gorham Planning Committee has recently announced that New Year Gorham is on. “It will be different, but it will be an exciting way to usher out this difficult year,” event founder Virginia Wilder Cross said in a news release. “The most notable differences are where the […]

American Journal

Looking Back: Sept. 24

September 24, 2020September 21, 2020

Sept. 27, 1995 Don Richards thinks it’s high time Westbrook got rid of party caucuses for nominating city officers. “It’s not fair to let a few persons control who the person is going to be on that ballot,” he said. He’s especially upset at the use of bullet balloting Wednesday, when bullet votes in the […]

American Journal

Gorham schools’ anti-racism policy looms

by Robert Lowell September 22, 2020September 23, 2020

GORHAM — A policy aimed at racial discrimination in the school system is in the works. Gorham School Committee is in the process of designing an anti-racism policy inspired by a proclamation submitted last spring by the high school Civil Rights Team. The School Committee in a workshop after the American Journal deadline Wednesday was […]