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Gorham Notes: July 15

Historical Gorham murder In an unsolved crime, Byron G. Coburn, 58, was murdered with an ax in his barn on the full moon night of Dec. 13, 1894. The barbaric murder was widely reported including in the Portland Daily Press. Coburn, a partially crippled widower, owned a farm in a field across Main Street from […]

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Gorham Notes: July 8

Rosary Rally coming to St. Anne’s Parishioners and community members are invited to participate in a 1-mile procession leading through town and to St. Anne’s Church in Gorham for an outdoor Rosary Rally and celebration Saturday, July 10. The procession will leave from the parking lot at Gorham High School on Morrill Avenue at 11 a.m. […]

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Gorham Notes: July 1

Two officers join Gorham PD Police Officers Kaitlyn Thurlow and Aaron Erickson were sworn in on June 21 and both will be assigned to the Patrol Division after completing the field training program. Thurlow has eight years of law enforcement experience and earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from SUNY Plattsburgh in New York. […]

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Gorham Notes: June 24

GoCam wins media award Gorham Community Access Media has been awarded a 2021 Hometown Media Award from the Alliance for Community Media Foundation. “We are so delighted to win this award. It’s difficult for a small station like ours to compete with large organizations from around the country. We are thrilled that the quality of […]

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Gorham Notes: June 17

Graduating in style Two hundred and four Gorham graduates were honored with a lengthy vehicle parade through town Sunday following graduation exercises. The event featured public safety vehicles, school buses, pickups and cars decked out with catchy slogans and balloons. Health center grand reopening On Purpose Wellbeing Center, 381 Main St., Suite 4, is hosting […]

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Gorham Notes: June 17

Graduating in style Two hundred and four Gorham graduates were honored with a lengthy vehicle parade through town Sunday following graduation exercises. The event featured public safety vehicles, school buses, pickups and cars decked out with catchy slogans and balloons. On this date Paul Willis, a sophomore at the University of Maine in Orono, was […]