Country music hall of fame visit Norm and Donna Conley of Westbrook recently visited the Maine Country Hall of Fame in Mechanic Falls. “Very interesting place . but really great to see that four Westbrook people have been inducted: Don Doane, Leu Mathieu, James Smyth and Al Hawkes,” Donna Conley said in a note to […]
Robert Lowell
Staff Writer
Bob Lowell is Gorham resident and a community reporter for Gorham, Buxton and Standish.
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Gorham Notes: Sept. 10
Council, school candidates Town Council incumbents Suzanne Phillips and Ronald Shepard face a challenger, Christina Paul, in a three-way race for two seats in the municipal election Nov. 3. For the School Committee, three seats are available with a field of four candidates: James Brockman, Nicole Hudson, Sarah Perkins and Leah Sturm. School Committee incumbents […]
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Gorham Founders Festival celebrates state bicentennial
Events, including a parade and fireworks, take place this weekend.
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Gorham Notes: Sept. 3
Nomination papers due Friday Seven candidates have taken out nomination papers for two available seats on the Town Council, Town Clerk Laurie Nordfors said Monday. The council terms of Chairperson Suzanne Phillips and Chairperson Ronald Shepard are up in November. Both have taken out nomination papers, as have Michelle Inman Carlson, Ryanne Justin, Christie Paul, […]
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Westbrook Notes: Sept. 3
Laundry installs sanitizing system Several city officials were on hand Aug. 24 as Moonlight Cleaners, 823 Main St., showed off its recently installed automatic sanitizing system, which uses ozone. “This San-O-Wash system kills most bacteria, viruses and household germs, eliminates odors providing users with the cleanest washing machines, and the cleanest, softer, and freshest laundry […]
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Buxton Notes: Sept. 3
Election Day coming Absentee ballot applications for the Nov. 3 election are available in person at Buxton Town Hall at 185 Portland Road, by calling Town Hall or by making a request online at maine.gov/cgi-bin/online/AbsenteeBallot/index.pl. Absentee ballots are expected to be available by Oct. 3 for mailing out to voters by and for in-person absentee […]
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BLM resolution splits Gorham
The Town Council ends up approving two anti-racism resolutions, one that includes the words “Black Lives Matter” and one that does not.
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Historic barn could grace gateway to Gorham
The barn would be donated to the Shaw Brothers Family Foundation, which would dismantle it and move it to Shaw Cherry Hill Farm.
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Gorham Notes: Aug. 27
Trash tips All trash should be curbside no later than 7 a.m. on a resident’s scheduled pick up day, the town says. Trash should be in town trash bags or have a town trash tag attached to a regular commercial bag; bags should weigh no more than 50 pounds and be tied at the top. […]
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Restoration under way at ‘the big ugly’ in Gorham
Craig Gilbert has a five-year plan to bring an historic but dilapidated house on Main Street back to its former glory.