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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Looking Back: April 9
April 12, 1995 The massive Dana Warp building in downtown Westbrook has been sold to John Allan of Harrisville, Rhode Island, for $250,000. In the 1980s it sold for $1.8 million. Allan bought it from Peoples Heritage Bank, which owned it by foreclosure. A native of Great Britain, Allan owns a number of businesses, including […]
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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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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
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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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Looking Back: April 2
April 5, 1995 Westbrook Community Hospital, in the midst of an expansion and a fund drive to pay for it, is the latest institution to experience the generosity of Richard E. Dyke of Windham. The hospital said a “sizeable” donation from Dyke has helped put the fund drive at $300,000. The hospital’s $1.3 million project […]
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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.
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Bill Nemitz: While others partied on beaches, these Maine kids fired up their computers
A public service announcement, produced by a group of Gorham High School seniors, sends the right message on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Letter: Gorham council needs to reconsider inaction on Narragansett item
This letter was sent to the Gorham Town Council on March 17: I and others watched the Town Council meeting on March 10. There was an item on this agenda from the School Department asking the council to send to referendum an additional spending request at the Narragansett School in the amount of $750,000. I […]