Two-day fall book sale – Friday, Oct. 18, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 19, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Shaw Gym, 75 South St., Gorham. Also features a train show by the Maine3Railers. Sale sponsored by Baxter Memorial Library. Windham craft fair – Saturday, Nov. 2, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Windham Christian Academy, 1051 Roosevelt Trail, Windham. Christmas […]
Robert Lowell
Staff Writer
Bob Lowell is Gorham resident and a community reporter for Gorham, Buxton and Standish.
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We Love to Eat: Oct. 17
Gorham bean-hole bean supper – Saturday, Oct. 19, seating at 4:30, 5:15 and 6 p.m.; UCC at North Gorham, 4 Standish Neck Road, Gorham. Beans, red hot dogs, potato salad, coleslaw, homemade brown bread, rolls, coffee or punch, and homemade dessert. $12, $8 children. For takeout orders, call 892-5363 by 5 p.m. Oct. 18. Free […]
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Mayoral race tops Westbrook balloting; city ready for record turnout
Voters also will choose two city councilors in contested races and pick a School Committee at-large member.
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Unkempt Westbrook veterans’ monument in need of ‘honor’
A Westbrook resident discovered a veterans’ monument at Pride’s Corner covered by an overgrown bush and hopes to have it cleaned up.
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Gorham Notes: Oct. 10
Plow Days success A dozen antique tractors Saturday plowed and harrowed the 70-acre cornfield at Parsons Dairy Farm Saturday and Sunday during the annual Plow Days. Ken Spiller of Gorham showed his 1949 Farmall H that his father, Alvin Spiller, bought new. One exhibitor even traveled from Massachusetts, and visitors’ cars lined Buck Street. […]
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Buxton Notes: Oct. 10
Expanded hours at Town Hall The Buxton Town Clerk and Registrar of Voters will be open for additional hours on Saturdays Oct. 19 and Oct. 26 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Buxton Town Hall, 185 Portland Road, to issue and receive absentee ballots and register voters for the Nov. 5 state general […]
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Westbrook Notes: Oct. 10
Community Plates potluck, storytelling A Community Plates Dinner is set for 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at Westbrook-Warren Church, 810 Main St. The event is a statewide series of community potluck dinners that feature recipe and story sharing, with live storytelling performance and/or readings at the end of each supper. It is a […]
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We Love Sales and Fairs: Oct. 10
Two-day fall book sale – Friday. Oct. 18, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 19, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Shaw Gym, 75 South St., Gorham. Also features a train show by the Maine3Railers. Sale sponsored by Baxter Memorial Library. Craft fair – Saturday, Nov. 2, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Windham Christian Academy, 1051 Roosevelt Trail, Windham.
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We Love to Eat: Oct. 10
Free bean supper – Saturday, Oct. 12, 4-6 p.m., Narragansett Elementary School, 284 Main St., Gorham. Parking lot is accessed off Chick Drive. Call the school at 222-1250 to RSVP. Westbrook bean supper – Saturday, Oct. 12, 5 p.m., Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Beans, coleslaw, hot dogs, American chop suey, bread, fresh […]
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Gorham relief convoy headed for hurricane-ravaged North Carolina
Local businessman Dennis Nickerson organized a collection of donations and will lead the convoy of trucks and trailers next week.