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Gorham’s Meet the Candidates Night is set for 6 p.m. on Sept. 30 at Baxter Memorial Library, 71 South St.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 4.

Six Town Council candidates are in the hunt for three seats on the board and three candidates are vying for two School Committee seats. Each of those are seven-member boards and all the available seats are for three-year terms.

Paulette Tateishi is the only candidate is running for the one-year School Committee term.

Shop and see antique tractors in action

The annual Antique Tractor Plow Days and Crafters Market is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 11, and Sunday, Oct. 12, at Parsons Farm, 321 Buck St., Gorham.

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Breakfast is available at the farm from 7 to 10 a.m. with pancakes and breakfast sandwiches, according to an online announcement. The event is free.

Boston Post Cane nominations reminder

Town Clerk Laurie Nordfors will accept nominations to receive the town’s Boston Post Cane through Sept. 30.

The town will present the cane to the town’s oldest resident. “The person must have lived in the town of Gorham for a minimum of the most recent 10-year period and must be willing to receive the honor,” a town posting said.

The tradition began in 1909 when the publisher of the Boston Post newspaper sent a gold-headed ebony cane to 700 towns in New England to be given to each town’s oldest resident.

For more information or to submit a nominee, call the Town Clerk’s Office at 222-1670 or visit gorhammaine.gov.

50 years ago

The American Journal reported on Sept. 17, 1975, that George and Arthur Tapley, George Mitsmenn, and Leon Wing and his wife had driven to the top of Mount Washington in New Hampshire.

Bob Lowell is Gorham resident and a community reporter for Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.

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