Heroic action saves teen Alex Dewitt, a Westbrook firefighter/paramedic, saved a 13-year-old boy who had fallen through ice in Standish. Dewitt was serving with a Standish ambulance crew on their way back from Maine Medical Center in Portland when they were dispatched to assist two teenage boys at a Standish pond. A deputy sheriff was […]
Robert Lowell
Staff Writer
Bob Lowell is Gorham resident and a community reporter for Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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Gorham Notes: April 2
Backpack Program needs help Heather Whitaker, the middle school teacher who co-founded Gorham’s Backpack Food Program to feed students struggling with food insecurity, says donations are needed as part of Operation Feed Gorham. As of Monday, the program had distributed 144 bags to students in the past seven days, Whitaker said, and the number of […]
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Buxton Notes: April 2
Selectman race taking shape Incumbent Francis Pulsoni and David Field Jr. have filed nomination papers to run for a three-year term on the Board of Selectmen, and Roger Tracy has nomination papers pending, according to Deputy Town Clerk Angela Michie. Nomination papers for the June 9 municipal election are due April 10. On the Planning […]
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Gorham town manager on emergency leave after father dies of COVID-19
Town Manager Ephrem Paraschak says it was ‘incredibly unnerving’ to be unable to be with his father in the hospital.
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Gorham prepares with emergency ordinance
The Town Council approves a measure that would allow for a shelter in place order, and the superintendent says the entire School Department has pitched in for distance learning.
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Buxton selectmen to update on coronavirus
Food pantries are in need of some help.
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Gorham Notes: March 19
GHS excels in one-acts Gorham High School’s production of “Macbeth” captured first place in the regional Maine State Dram competition of one-act plays. Emily Paruk, Mason Hawkes, Emelia Bailey, Kaylin Brown and Annikka Mocciola were recognized for their performances by being named to the All-Festival cast, and Orion Bissonnette and Molly Lemont were recognized for […]
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Buxton Notes: March 19
Nomination papers available Two selectmen seats are among several elected positions open this spring and nomination papers are available at Town Hall. Other terms available include town clerk for a three-year term; one Planning Board member, three years; one Planning Board member, two years; two Budget Committee members, three years; and one Budget Committee member, […]
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Gorham taking coronavirus plan ‘day by day’
In Buxton, students are offered meals-to-go as schools and municipal facilities shut down in wake of the pandemic.
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Gorham Notes: March 12
Essay contest for middle school students The Gorham Republican Committee has announced its seventh annual Madison Prize for Written Excellence essay contest for students in grades 6, 7 and 8 who live in Gorham. The question this year is “Is the United States a Republic or a Democracy? Explain Why Our Form of Government is […]