Gorham Lions with the assistance of Carl Phillips of Phillips Towing lowered the U.S. flags in the village for the season. Pictured are, from left, Bill Thomas, Phillips, Ryan Irish and his son Finn Irish. The flags will be cleaned and stored before reuse next spring. The club is raising money to buy at least 50 new flags. Mail contributions to Gorham Lions Club, 414 South St., Gorham, ME 04038. Courtesy photo
Free Thanksgiving meals to go
Volunteers at Mister Bagel in Gorham will provide free Thanksgiving meals again this year but there will not be in-house seating.
Meals will be available to be picked up or delivered on Nov. 26. To make reservations for meals, call Roxanne Hanscom Moody at 839-4516
or email trmoody75.rm@gmail.com.
Moody said extra safety precautions will be in place this year in preparing meals. The meals are free but donations will be accepted for the Gorham Ecumenical Food Pantry.
Last year, Moody said they served up 108 meals, 17 dined in-house, 19 were pickups and 72 were delivered. Donations accounted for $1,400.
Thirty volunteers cooked, delivered and set up for Thanksgiving in 2019.
Closed on Veterans Day
Municipal center offices and Baxter Memorial Library will closed on Wednesday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day.
U.S. taxpayer debt
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service reported on Oct. 29 that the U.S. public debt was $27,169,498,275,690.70.
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