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Gorham Notes: Aug. 13

Council, school seats up Six candidates have taken out nomination papers for the Town Council and one for the School Committee as of Monday. Seats on the Town Council expiring in November are those of Chairman Suzanne Phillips and Vice Chairman Ronald Shepard. Town Clerk Laurie Nordfors said Monday that Phillips, Shepard, Christina Paul, Ryanne […]

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Looking Back: Aug. 13

Aug. 16, 1995 Westbrook aldermen voted 6-0 in committee Monday to approve the concept of a single dispatch center to handle police, fire and rescue calls for Westbrook, Gorham and Windham. In the same motion, they approved a $25,000 study (a third from each community) to find out if the concept makes sense. Robert Lefebvre, […]

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Gorham Notes: Aug. 6

    Rosary rally Aug. 15 Bishop Robert Deeley will serve as the special guest at a rosary procession and rally beginning at 11 a.m. Aug.15. The socially distanced procession will begin on Morrill Avenue by the Gorham High School access road and will end at St. Anne Church,  299 Main St. The rally, in […]

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Looking Back: Aug. 6

Aug. 9, 1995 Roy Robinson, 90, was in bed upstairs in his Monroe Avenue home in Westbrook when the phone rang at midnight. He ignored it. Not long afterward, the doorbell rang. He ignored it. Then he heard noises. When he went to investigate, a burglar, who had broken in through a cellar window, fled. […]