Help shape Main Street

Residents and business owners are urged to participate in a public workshop at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13, about updating the Main Street master plan.

Those attending the interactive workshop can weigh in on what’s important for Main Street and Gorham Village. For more information, call David Galbraith, Gorham zoning administrator, at 222-1620.

‘Peter Pan’ on Gorham stage

Gorham’s Community Theater presents “The Adventures of Peter Pan” with performances at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 21, and 1 and 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 22, at Gorham Middle School Auditorium on Weeks Road.

Mary Wassick directs the show.

Holiday classic dancers

Seven dancers from Gorham will perform in Maine State Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” that will bring the beauty and joy of the season to Portland’s Merrill Auditorium with performances Saturday, Nov. 29 through Sunday, Dec. 7.

The Gorham dancers are Estelle Ballard, Annmarie Dellasala, Angela Mia Dellasala, Arie Eiten, Kate Larkin, Monica Willey and Hailee Willey.

Performances of “The Nutcracker” will be held Saturday, Nov. 29 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 30 at 2 p.m.; Friday Dec. 5 at 7 p.m.; Saturday Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 7 at 2 p.m.

For tickets, contact Porttix at 842-0800, visit mainestateballet.org or tickets.porttix.com, or at the Merrill Auditorium box office 12- 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Tickets are $15-$55, and discounts are available for groups, seniors and children.

Students earn environmental honors

Two students from Gorham were inducted into the University of Southern Maine’s chapter of Kappa Alpha Omicron in on Oct. 29 ceremony in the Glickman Family Library on the Portland campus.

The Gorham students were Elizabeth Henderson, environmental science major, and Sarah Henderson, environmental science major. They were among 13 students inducted based on their academic achievement in a ceremony attended by faculty, families, and friends.

Kappa Alpha Omicron is the international honor society in interdisciplinary environmental science and studies. USM has the only chapter of Kappa Alpha Omicron in northern New England.