Park benches Eagle project

Luke Merrifield installed benches at Robie Park in Gorham as his Boy Scout Eagle project.

Merrifield thanked Phinney Lumber, Merrifield Farm, Pogo Realty, Great Falls Construction, and Cathy Maurer in honor of Riley Abbo, for their support.

Honor Society students

Treasa Arey and Meegan Daigler, both of Gorham, have been inducted into the National Honor Society at Cheverus High School, where they are juniors.

Gowen earns degree, honors

Tyler Gowen graduated magna cum laude in December from the University of New England with a bachelor’s degree in English.

Gowen was also editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, Nor’easter News.

He is the son of Bruce and Mary Gowen of Gorham.

Visits England

Susan Rappold has returned to Gorham after a month visit to England, where she was born.

Rappold went to the County of Devon, which she said is about a three-hour train ride from London. She helped her brother move after undergoing surgery. “It was nice to see my family,” Rappold said.

She said the weather was cold and rained every day, flooding farm fields. She said food is expensive in England with the cost of a three-pound chicken equating to $14 and ground meat, $12 a pound.

Rappold, a former resident of New Orleans, La., arrived in Gorham after being dislodged by Hurricane Katrina.

St. Joseph’s dean list

Several Gorham students were named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at St. Joseph’s College in Standish.

They include Chelsea Candage, Alexander Dahms, Jonathan Dahms, Emily Marshall, Breana Murphy, Michalah Nickerson, Abby Stiffler, Rachael Tordoff, Katie VanDerburgh, Elizabeth Wise and Joey Wise.

Elderly care St. Anne’s topic

St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 299 Main St., is sponsoring a panel discussion about end-of-life-care choices according to Catholic teaching and state law 2-3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 8.

All are welcome to attend. For more information, call the church at 839-3082.

AARP tax help at Baxter

AARP will be providing free tax preparation assistance again this year at Baxter Memorial Library, 71 South St.

Advisors will begin this service on Tuesday, Feb. 3, from 9 a.m. -1 p.m. and will continue each Tuesday until April 14. Generally, due to time and staff constraints only about 20 people will be helped on any given day. There is no pre-registration available. Help is offered on a first-come first-served basis, and the library staff suggests that anyone interested arrive no later than 8:30 a.m., when the library doors open.`

U. S. taxpayer debt

The Bureau of Public Debt reported on Jan. 31 that the U.S. public debt was $10,626,297,420,130.85.

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