Seniors hosting dinner The Lakes Region Senior Center, 40 Acorn St., Gorham is hosting a catered boiled dinner at 11:30 a.m. Monday, March 9. The menu includes potatoes, carrots, cabbage, corned beef, beets, turnip and soda bread, along with ice cream and cookies for dessert. For reservations, respond as soon as possible by calling Blanche […]
Robert Lowell
Staff Writer
Bob Lowell is Gorham resident and a community reporter for Westbrook, Gorham and Buxton.
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Gorham starts planning voter-approved industrial park
An engineering firm has been selected and a steering committee is being appointed for the project at the 141-acre site, which also was the scene of an infamous murder in 1901.
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Gorham Notes: Feb. 27
A Valentine mission The Missions Committee at West Gorham Union Church blessed the Police Department with bags of “survival sweets” for Valentines Day. David and Jennifer McCullough, Becky Phinney and her daughter, Grade 8 student Elizabeth Phinney. delivered the gifts. Each bag included Life Savers for the number of times police have been one; Smarties […]
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Westbrook Notes: Feb. 27
Para dies at 57 Westbrook businessman James Para of Gorham passed away Feb. 19 from a second bout with lung cancer. He owned the Westbrook House of Pizza in the city’s downtown. He was born in 1963 in Albania. At age 25, he and his wife, Flora, fled to the United States from a collapsing […]
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Buxton Notes: Feb. 27
Dems to caucus Hollis/Buxton Democrats will caucus at 1 p.m. March 8, at Buxton Town Hall, 185 Portland Road. The agenda includes local, state and national issues. “Learn about #RiseAndOrganize virtual rally,” the announcement by Maynard Charron said. Those attending will elect local party leaders and be offered opportunities for grassroots involvement. Unenrolled voters can […]
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We Love to Eat: Feb. 27
Community meal – Thursday, Feb. 27, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Shepherd’s pie, $5. Baked haddock – Friday, Feb. 28, 5-6 p.m., St. Anne’s Church, 299 Main St., Gorham. Sponsored by Knights of Columbus. $10, $5 (children can choose fish, pizza or macaroni and cheese. Baked haddock – Friday, Feb. 28, 4:30-6 p.m., […]
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Polls open Tuesday for presidential primary, immunization law referendum
Polls will be open Tuesday, March 3, for voters to weigh in on a statewide immunization law and to choose their party’s presidential candidate. A statewide referendum asks voters whether they want to overturn an immunization law that now removes religious and philosophical exemptions to immunization requirements for students at schools and colleges in Maine […]
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Gorham Notes: Feb. 20
Bicentennial theme for parade In honor of the state’s 200th birthday, this year’s Founders Festival parade will have a Maine theme. The festival will be held on the weekend of Sept. 12-13. Anyone can enter the parade’s float contest, which will have cash prizes. Entry information and sign ups will be available this summer. The […]
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Buxton Notes: Feb. 20
Girard joins Buxton PD Police Chief Troy Cline recently announced the hiring of longtime Saco Court Officer Tammy Jo Girard. “She started working for Buxton PD on Feb. 3 and has already made a huge difference with the team,” Cline said in a Facebook posting. Cline said Girard worked for the Saco Police Department for […]
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Westbrook Notes: Feb. 20
Library potluck meeting The Friends of the Walker Memorial Library, 800 Main St., will meet from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Feb. 27 on the first floor of the library. “We will be hosting our annual potluck meeting,” said Kerri Frazier, president of the friends group. “Bring a tasty dish that you would like to share […]