From the windows of the barbershop he has owned for nearly 30 years, Don Harkins has watched Brown Street evolve. He has seen the street change slowly from a neighborhood full of homes with boarded up windows and people sitting outside drinking to a neighborhood with new homes and people jogging and riding bikes. Harkins […]

With Gorham’s village clock no longer ticking, a committee will likely recommend a course of action next month to the Town Council about what to do about it and how to pay for it. The town-owned clock sits high above the street in the tower of the First Parish Church at the corner of School […]

The University of Southern Maine’s Homecoming, slated for Saturday, Oct. 1, features a daylong series of cultural and athletic events open not only to alumni but also to the greater Gorham community and the public. Highlights include a luncheon in front of Corthell Hall from noon to 1 p.m., and a free outdoor USM Concert […]

Four-year-old William Zidle of Gorham recently gave his piggy bank to the Red Cross in Portland to help aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. His piggy bank contained $116, and he helped count the money. He wanted to help kids, who were left homeless and without food, water and toys. “They are going to need to […]

A psychotherapist from Buxton is going into the heart of the region hit by Hurricane Katrina to counsel those who have had to witness the destruction. Dr. Francoise Paradis hopes to go to the communities of Lafayette and St. Martinville in Louisiana in November for a short time and return there again in January for […]

This summer, John and Brielle Merrifield of Reserve Street set out to ride from Maine to Virginia Beach on a tandem bicycle. The trip had to be cut short after Brielle became ill in Washington, D.C., but now the father and daughter team are back in Maine, and a banquet is being held in their […]