Some classes will be held at the municipal center to allow for appropriate social distancing.
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Shaw Brothers pledges $1 million to Maine Med to honor owners’ late mother
Maine Medical Center will name an open-air causeway, to be built on Congress Street in front of a new patient care tower, in honor of Sally Shaw.
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 […]
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, […]
Gorham bumps up programs for kids amid distance learning plan
Buxton is working with schools on child care space and one Buxton business owner may offer a program at her stable for children who won’t be in classrooms five days a week.
School Committee OKs reopening plans for Gorham
High school students would have 100% distance learning under the plan, but the committee chairman said that could change.
Feature obituary: Eileen Ring, 80, school bus driver and foster mother
Mrs. Ring drove a school bus for Gorham, Scarborough and Westbrook schools for nearly 40 years.
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 […]
Maine Bicentennial: Gorham
In commemoration of Maine’s bicentennial this year, the American Journal is featuring historical highlights from our communities’ past 200 years. This feature can be found in print and online every other week.
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. […]
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