The Newport native is positioned to potentially earn big in endorsements, even before he’s played his first college basketball game.
August 2024
Guster times 3, an Italian feast, Biddeford’s new film fest and more to do this weekend
The St. Peter’s Italian Bazaar has a modified schedule because of rainy forecast.
Gordon L. Weil: In short campaign, momentum matters
The idea, which originated in professional sports in the 1960s, soon spread to politics. The theory is that momentum influences how people vote. Winning begets winning. In this year’s presidential race, we may see momentum. That’s because the 100-day campaign is much shorter than it has been in more than half a century. President Biden’s […]
Lincoln Festival Chorus to perform Schubert Mass this weekend
The Lincoln Festival Chorus will sing the Franz Schubert Mass in G at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, and Sunday, Aug. 11, at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, 125 Townsend Ave. The performance will be conducted by Artistic Director Linda Blanchard with professional soloists and orchestra. Composed in just a week in 1815 when […]
Opinion: Rep. Golden’s record fighting corporate influence in politics speaks for itself
Politics isn’t NASCAR; taking every corporate sponsorship you can get is not something to brag about.
Opinion: Tim Walz is having a moment. But he won’t win or lose the election for Harris.
Walz should relish his fleeting celebrity while he can.
Letter: Trump lacks credibility for office
Donald Trump’s words do not sound presidential. They fail to inspire us to trust in his leadership of America. He says that he alone can fix whatever he believes is wrong in our lives as citizens. His is the vision not of a resident, but of a dictator. Nelson Hart Gorham
Gorham Notes: Aug. 8
Nomination papers open Nomination papers are available for elected town positions with Election Day set for Nov. 5, Town Clerk Laurie Nordfors announced. Expiring Town Council terms this fall are those of councilors Lee Pratt and Virginia Wilder Cross, along with School Committee members Nicole Yeo-Fisher and Anne Schools. Each of the positions is for […]
Letter: SCOTUS does, in fact, require guardrails
If the Supreme Court wants to play politics, it should learn to handle a little scrutiny.
People on the move
NEW HIRES IIS Financial Services has hired Colby Perigo as client planning associate and Sam Brodeur as a marketing and administrative assistant. Perigo previously worked as a client service associate at Essential Planning LLC and holds a bachelor’s of kinesiology from The University of Maine at Orono and a master of business administration from Husson […]