There was a happy ending for all involved with the escape of a police dog near the Windham/Gorham line on Monday. The dog, named Cit (Pronounced “Seat”) and Maine State Police Trooper Greg Stevens were reunited late Wednesday night after the dog’s two-and-a-half days on the run. A resident spotted the dog off the Wescott […]

Unclean elections Former Auburn Rep. Jon Michael, who has repeatedly made the news for using offensive language toward minorities and women, should not cost the state’s taxpayers $1.2 million. That’s the amount Michael will earn if the state ethics commission sides with Michael and agrees he deserves to receive Clean Elections candidate money. Clean Elections […]

The discussion for using old range roads as a way to bypass Route 25 traffic will continue at a Standish Town Council workshop on Tuesday, Aug. 22. For the past few years the town of Standish has been investigating the use of old range roads to assist the town in growth management. The purpose of […]

The discussion for using old range roads as a way to bypass Route 25 traffic will continue at a Standish Town Council workshop on Tuesday, Aug. 22. For the past few years the town of Standish has been investigating the use of old range roads to assist the town in growth management. The purpose of […]

The Windham Town Council is poised to send a petitioned change to the town’s “mineral extraction” ordinance out to public vote at November’s gubernatorial election. The new ordinance would require stricter regulation of gravel pit and quarry operations in town. Nash Road neighbors petitioned for the ordinance change in response to a proposed 75-acre quarry […]

First off, a love note to the nurses at Gibson Pavilion in Maine Medical Center. As you know, I spent 11 days there recently, terrified when I walked in that these were my “last days.” From the first moment I arrived, when one of the nurses sat down and talked with me, just a casual […]

We got there early in the morning before noisy tourists muddled underfoot. Smart move. That meant that we, with sprain-bent necks, could peer upward long and strong into the Eye – that Oculus. After awhile its 30-foot diameter did us in; but it was worth our pained defeat – for in our losing, we won […]

Editor’s note: Coming next week, the American Journal will publish a story examining the local MEA results. Schools have received their first set of scores for achievement tests given in grades 3 through 8 in an expanded testing program required under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. In years past, only students in grades […]

Agricultural tourism, also called Agritourism is a newer concept to the town of Gray. The original request for agritourism was made of the town by October Corporation. They own Pineland and much of the surrounding acreage. The request was made because the current zoning did not address Agritourism anywhere. They were planning to expand their […]

It’s a tale of explosions, wartime profit and saltpeter. That’s the story of the old Gambo Powder Mills that once operated on both sides of the Presumpscot River in Windham and Gorham, producing 2.5 million pounds of black gunpowder a year in its heyday. Maurice Whitten, author of “The Gunpowder Mills of Maine,” will be […]