Library honoring veterans

Baxter Memorial Library, 71 South St., is hosting a reception honoring all Gorham veterans with an emphasis on World War II vets at 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 11.

The Gorham High School Chamber singers will perform the National Anthem and a short video highlighting stories of local World War II veterans will be shown.

Refreshments will be served and the public is welcome and encouraged to help thank the veterans for their service. For more information, call the library at 839-5031.

Art Guru closing

A well-known fixture in recent years in Gorham Village, The Art Guru store at 12 Main St., is closing, owner Jeremy Greene announced Nov. 1 in an email to customers, artists and friends.

“It brings me great sadness to be writing this letter to inform you of the closing of my art supply store, The Art Guru. After a wonderful seven years of business, we have found ourselves in a position of having to close our doors,” Greene wrote.

“I have enjoyed meeting and talking to so many of you over the years and wanted to let you know how greatly you will be missed.”

Greene will be holding sales until the end of the year. Greene hopes customers will stop in to say goodbye and to visit Amos, the store dog. The store is open 9 a.m -5 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays.

For more information, Greene can be reached at the store by calling 839-9022.

Hunter education instructors cited

Three of Maine’s longest-tenured hunter education instructors were recognized by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife for their efforts recently at a safety course held at Gorham Middle School.

Sam Boothby and Phil Guimond, both of Gorham, and Mike Richard of Old Orchard Beach each received plaques to commemorate their milestones. Boothby is in his 40th year of hunter’s safety instruction, while Guimond has successfully certified 5,000 students and Richard has certified 3,000 students.

Boothby, a retired high school teacher, began teaching hunter’s safety courses in 1971, 15 years before Maine started requiring the completion of a hunter’s safety course in order to purchase a hunting license in the state.

“I enjoy standing up and teaching,” said Boothby, who has certified 4,000 students since 1986. “That’s what I was trained to do.”

For more information on hunter safety education, other recreational safety courses or to view a complete listing of available courses, visit http://www.maine.gov/ifw/education/safety/index.htm.

Read all about it

The book “Gorham – 25 Years of History,” covering the years 1986 to 2011, is now being sold for $10 with proceeds benefiting Gorham Historical Society.

It is available in the town clerk’s office in the municipal center, 75 South St.; Baxter Memorial Library, 71 South St.; and PineCrest Inn, 91 South St.

Club reminder

Gorham Woman’s Club meets Thursday, Nov. 10, at 12:30 p.m. at First Parish Congregational Church.