Harold Smith, a WWII veteran and former postmaster, celebrated his 100th birthday this month and reminisces about the last century.
Robert Lowell
Staff Writer
Bob Lowell is Gorham resident and a community reporter for Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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Westbrook Notes: Sept. 22
College honor society inducts military student Andrew M. Reyes of Westbrook has accepted an invitation to be a lifetime member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, the nation’s leading certified honor society for high-achieving first- and second-year college students. Reyes is an active duty submarine sonar technician in the U.S. Navy stationed at the […]
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Buxton Notes: Sept. 22
Firefighter/paramedic honored after stoke A dinner honoring Buxton native Cynthia Gorham, who is recuperating after suffering a stroke Aug. 2, was held Sept. 17 at Buxton United Methodist Church. Gorham said she’ll undergo tests next month at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston to see when she can return to duty as a firefighter/paramedic with the […]
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Gorham Notes: Sept. 22
St. Anne to celebrate 50th Generations of parishioners from Gorham will gather Oct. 2, to celebrate the 50th year since St. Anne Church was built. Bishop Robert Deeley will celebrate the anniversary Mass at 11 a.m. Fr. Lou Phillips, pastor of St. Anthony of Padua Parish, of which St. Anne Church is a part, will […]
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Gorham school board unanimous: Gender posters will stay at middle school
The board denies a parent’s request to overturn an earlier decision by Superintendent Heather Perry.
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Who’s running, who’s not in Gorham’s municipal elections
There’s a seven-way race for three Town Council seats in November and a three-way race for two.
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We Love to Eat: Sept. 22
Maine harvest supper – Saturday, Sept. 24, 4:30-6 p.m., Casco Village Church, 941 Meadow Road, Casco. Ham, potatoes, baked beans, roasted vegetables, vegetable breads, cider, homemade apple pie or crisp and ice cream. $10, $5. Haddock supper buffet – Saturday, Sept. 24, 5 p.m., Living Waters Church, Parker Farm Road, Buxton. Suggested donation $8; $4, […]
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Westbrook Notes: Sept. 15
Local Legionnaires again hosting guests Joseph Wax, a retired Navy physician, was the first guest speaker in more than two years at Stephen W. Manchester Post 62 of the American Legion, which met Sept. 7. Wax spoke about the January 1963 crash in Greenville of the U.S. Air Force B-52 stratofortress based at Westover Air […]
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Buxton Notes: Sept. 15
Church celebrates 200 years The First Congregational Church of Buxton, known as Tory Hill Meetinghouse, is celebrating its 200th anniversary on Sunday, Sept. 18, at its 10 a.m. service. The church is located at the intersection of routes 202 and 112. Buxton resident and historian Jim Dearborn along with a member of the Buxton-Hollis Historical […]
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Gorham Notes: Sept. 15
Ceremony to honor POWs, MIAs U.S. service men and women who are missing in action or prisoners of war will be honored by the University of Southern Maine’s veterans’ student group Friday, Sept. 16. Husky Veterans will unveil a “Chair of Honor” event from 2-3:30 p.m. in Hill Gym in the Costello Sports Complex on […]