Anderson at home in Gorham

Anderson Equipment Co. showed Gorham town officials on Monday its new home at 18 Gorham Industrial Parkway.

The firm relocated from Cumberland to Gorham on March 23. It sells, repairs, supplies parts, and rents equipment to contractors. It also sells equipment to forestry operators.

“This is where all the key players are,” Brandon Mace, a regional manager for Anderson, told Gorham officials. “Everybody is pretty happy.”

It is located at the site of a former recycling business that upset residents and officials several years ago with large piles of visible debris. The site was cleaned up following court action sought by the town and state.

Anderson, which bought the Gorham property in 2012, has a 21,000-square-foor building that includes a showroom, conference room, warehouse and shops. It has a large outside display area for equipment and has 18 employees.

The company has 20 locations in six states, Mace said.

Tip a cop

Members of Gorham Police Department will participate in “Tip-A-Cop” hosted at Applebee’s in North Windham, on Friday, June 19. Officers will assist the wait staff and tips officers receive will benefit the Special Olympics of Maine.

Preschool open house

Gorham Cooperative Preschool, 28 Ballpark Road, Gorham, is hosting a preschool open house from 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, June 20.

It has openings for this fall and parents and children can explore the school at the open house and meet with teachers and current members. For more information, email registrar.gcp@gmail.com.

Tracy college award winner

Alexandra Tracy of Gorham, a student in the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance at Ithaca College in New York, was recently awarded the Professional Excellence Award.

The award is given to students who embody the long tradition of knowledge and achievement within the Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education.

U.S. taxpayer debt

The Bureau of the Fiscal Service reported on June 11 that the U.S. public debt was $18,152,758,771,144.62.