Game warden, K-9 honored

Game Warden Michael Latti and K-9 Luna of the Limerick/Gorham district has received the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s Search and Rescue of the Year award.

“The team was recognized for their work in finding 75-year-old Joseph Nolan of Etna, who became lost while going to check his game cameras,” a press release said.

Nolan spent the night in the woods and thought he was not going to make it until he heard the bell attached to K-9 Luna, who “found him and licked him.”

The award was presented at IFW’s recent annual banquet last month in Winslow.

Farmers market opens for season

The Gorham Farmers Market will open for the season Saturday, May 6, in the municipal center parking lot behind Baxter Memorial Library.

The market will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturdays through October. For updates, visit the farmers market’s Facebook page at facebook.com/GreaterGorhamFarmersMarket.

50 years ago

The American Journal reported on May 2, 1973, that a large, marble headstone had been damaged and a newly dug grave was partially filled in, according to Eastern Cemetery caretaker Harold Joy.

U.S. taxpayer debt

The Treasury Department reported on April 27 that the U.S. public debt was $31,459,619,676,179.65.