An ambitious restoration of the Hanson Farm, more than 250 years old, is underway.
Robert Lowell
Staff Writer
Bob Lowell is Gorham resident and a community reporter for Gorham, Buxton and Standish.
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Westbrook Notes: April 9
Library friends scholarship Friends of Walker Memorial Library is looking for graduating students from Westbrook High School to apply for its annual “Bucks for Books” scholarship. Interested students should contact [email protected] or Sue Bailey, guidance counselor at the high school for details on applying. The Friends group raises money for the scholarship with its annual […]
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Buxton Notes: April 9
MSAD 6 candidates A sample ballot for SAD 6 directors shows contested races in Buxton and Limington with one candidate unopposed in Standish. The election is June 9. Incumbent Arthur A. Payeur Jr. is facing challenger Lindsey A. Atkinson for a Buxton required residency seat. Incumbent Jeffrey R. Williams is hoping to retain his Limington […]
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Gorham Notes: April 9
Feed Gorham site changes Starting this week, the locations for Operation Feed Gorham have changed. They are now at Village Elementary School, 12 Robie St.; Great Falls Elementary School, 73 Justice Way; Gorham Middle School, 106 Weeks Road; and the high school, 41 Morrill Ave. Food will be available three days weekly 11 a.m.-1 p.m. […]
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Shoppers flocking to local farm markets in face of coronavirus
Gorham farmers have seen an increased demand for their local products during the pandemic.
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Gorham council deadlock clears way for school kitchen
The 3-3 vote fails to send the $750,000 Narragansett School project to referendum as some councilors and residents had wanted.
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Westbrook Notes: April 2
Heroic action saves teen Alex Dewitt, a Westbrook firefighter/paramedic, saved a 13-year-old boy who had fallen through ice in Standish. Dewitt was serving with a Standish ambulance crew on their way back from Maine Medical Center in Portland when they were dispatched to assist two teenage boys at a Standish pond. A deputy sheriff was […]
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Gorham Notes: April 2
Backpack Program needs help Heather Whitaker, the middle school teacher who co-founded Gorham’s Backpack Food Program to feed students struggling with food insecurity, says donations are needed as part of Operation Feed Gorham. As of Monday, the program had distributed 144 bags to students in the past seven days, Whitaker said, and the number of […]
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Buxton Notes: April 2
Selectman race taking shape Incumbent Francis Pulsoni and David Field Jr. have filed nomination papers to run for a three-year term on the Board of Selectmen, and Roger Tracy has nomination papers pending, according to Deputy Town Clerk Angela Michie. Nomination papers for the June 9 municipal election are due April 10. On the Planning […]
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Gorham town manager on emergency leave after father dies of COVID-19
Town Manager Ephrem Paraschak says it was ‘incredibly unnerving’ to be unable to be with his father in the hospital.