Library closeout sale

The South Windham Public Library on Gray Road (Route 202) is closing, and a final book sale will be held 9 a.m.-12 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 4.

Even the little yellow building is available and must be moved. Those interested in acquiring the building should call Gorham Town Manager David Cole at 222-1650.

‘Yellow Dot’ meeting

Officer Ted Hatch of Gorham Police Department is inviting all citizens to a meeting at 8:45 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 3, in Gorham Municipal Center, 75 South St., to hear about the “Yellow Dot” program.

The program, the first in Maine, will have yellow dots placed on cars of participating citizens. In cases of emergencies, the dots will alert first responders that the car contains important medical information.

Creeden on dean’s list

Megan Creeden of Gorham has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Tufts University in Medford, Mass. Creeden is a member of the class of 2017.

Gazebo concert

J.G. & the Proper Perspectives will perform in a free concert 6:30-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 7, at the gazebo on the lawn at the municipal center, 75 South St. Parking is available along South Street or in the municipal parking lot.

All-day K meeting date change

The Gorham School Committee workshop discussion with the All-Day Kindergarten Committee has been changed to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13, in Gorham Municipal Center, according to the School Department website.

The forum with parents had been set for Sept. 18, but was changed because of a scheduling conflict. The parents’ group lost its bid to have all-day kindergarten implemented for the coming school year.

U.S. taxpayer debt

The Bureau of Public Debt reported July 26 that the U.S. public debt was $15,879,556,244,052.97.

The historic monument inscribed with the early history of Gorham, above, is relocated for safety sake to the lawn at Gorham Municipal Center on July 26.
Brenda Caldwell, right, Town Council chairwoman, reads an inscription on the newly relocated monument while Councilor Suzanne Phillips listens. Town Manager David Cole is in the background. The town paid Collette Monuments of Lewiston $3,000 for preservation work, moving and installing the nearly 2-ton monument, previously at the corner of Church and School streets. With landscaping and granite curbing, total project cost will run about $13,000.