Tucker Friend spent his freshman year in high school going down hill. The 15-year-old from Gorham was lucky enough, however, to be riding down hills on his snowboard. Friend has been attending Carrabassett Valley Academy, a school that has produced world-class skiers like Bode Miller and Boyd Easley. Located at the base of Sugarloaf Mountain, […]

Volunteers are needed for the Blue Rock Industries MS 150 Bike Tour Aug. 6 and 7, at St. Joseph’s College in Standish. As a volunteer, you’ll have the opportunity to make new friends while having fun in the sun in the Sebago Lake region. Registration, starting line set-up, traffic control flaggers and many more volunteer […]

Volunteers are needed for the Blue Rock Industries MS 150 Bike Tour Aug. 6 and 7, at St. Joseph’s College in Standish. As a volunteer, you’ll have the opportunity to make new friends while having fun in the sun in the Sebago Lake region. Registration, starting line set-up, traffic control flaggers and many more volunteer […]

Volunteers are needed for the Blue Rock Industries MS 150 Bike Tour Aug. 6 and 7, at St. Joseph’s College in Standish. As a volunteer, you’ll have the opportunity to make new friends while having fun in the sun in the Sebago Lake region. Registration, starting line set-up, traffic control flaggers and many more volunteer […]

Profiles in Community: Krista and Brian Martin Westbrook is about to lose two of its best volunteers. This month, Krista and Brian Martin and their two children, Tim and Elizabeth, are moving to Ocala, Fla., taking with them memories of the countless hours they spent organizing Westbrook’s Together Days, rebuilding homes, volunteering in schools and […]

Cutline (main street) – This photo looking west toward the present day intersection of routes 25 and 114 shows Main Street in Gorham, as it appeared about 1890. The village had utility poles, but there isn’t one car in sight. Open 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursdays, the Gorham Historical Society Museum, 28 School […]

Cutline (main street) – This photo looking west toward the present day intersection of routes 25 and 114 shows Main Street in Gorham, as it appeared about 1890. The village had utility poles, but there isn’t one car in sight. Open 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursdays, the Gorham Historical Society Museum, 28 School […]

Since before the Civil War, a clock has ticked away in the tower of the First Parish Church at the corner of School and Church streets in Gorham. But the clock has repeatedly stopped ticking this year, and the Gorham Town Council was expected to consider whether the town should pay for repairs at a […]

The following is a list of streets to be paved in the upcoming budget year. Marrett Street Cole Street Delta Drive Marlu Street – to Crestwood Huntress Avenue – Longfellow Street to Alphonse Street Lyman Street – Prince to Brown Street Pine View Road Pleasant Street – Main Street to William Clark Drive The paving […]

By Victoria Wallack The state ended the fiscal year in the black thanks to higher than budgeted income tax receipts, but taxes on sales continue to lag behind. Individual income taxes are forecast to come in over budget by more than $80 million and corporate income tax also is coming in around $10 million higher […]