A private ceremony Saturday honored a Gorham patriot who heaved British tea overboard in the Boston Tea Party protest 249 years ago. Ephraim Smith was a 22-year-old sailor at the time of the tea party, Dec. 16,1773. He later bought a farm in Gorham where he lived, died and was buried. At the remote burial […]
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Donors kick in $82,000 to care for 135 cats
Proceeds from the Homeless Animal Rescue Team’s medical appeal campaign and annual yard sale go in part to pay for medical treatment.
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Gorham sanctuary now fair game for development
A large portion of the state’s Narragansett Game Sanctuary has been rezoned to allow smaller housing lots.
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7 Gorham Town Council candidates talk priorities
Voters will elect three councilors from the crowded field on Nov. 8.
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Boston Tea Party participant to be honored at Gorham gravesite
Ephraim Smith’s grave is one 10 in Maine that this month will be commemorated by the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum.
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Award-winning Gorham farmer, Eddie Benson, dies at 65
Benson, well-known locally and in state agricultural circles, is remembered as a devoted family man who ‘truly cared’ about his community.
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Buxton centenarian recalls life in the slow lane
Harold Smith, a WWII veteran and former postmaster, celebrated his 100th birthday this month and reminisces about the last century.
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Piping plovers have productive year on local beaches
Of 252 fledglings in Maine this year, 39 were from nests on Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth beaches.
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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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‘Pleasant’ name change for popular Bridgton ski area
Known as Shawnee Peak for more than 30 years, Pleasant Mountain bring backs its original name much to skiers’ delight.