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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Looking Back: April 2
April 5, 1995 Westbrook Community Hospital, in the midst of an expansion and a fund drive to pay for it, is the latest institution to experience the generosity of Richard E. Dyke of Windham. The hospital said a “sizeable” donation from Dyke has helped put the fund drive at $300,000. The hospital’s $1.3 million project […]
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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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Bill Nemitz: While others partied on beaches, these Maine kids fired up their computers
A public service announcement, produced by a group of Gorham High School seniors, sends the right message on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Letter: Gorham council needs to reconsider inaction on Narragansett item
This letter was sent to the Gorham Town Council on March 17: I and others watched the Town Council meeting on March 10. There was an item on this agenda from the School Department asking the council to send to referendum an additional spending request at the Narragansett School in the amount of $750,000. I […]
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Candidates line up for legislative seats in November
Westbrook, Buxton and Gorham voters will be electing new representatives in the State House.
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Looking Back: March 26
March 29, 1995 Westbrook Mayor Kenneth Lefebvre told the City Council last week that the new owner of the S.D. Warren paper mill, Sappi of South Africa, has assured him the mill can be 99% odor-free. Lefebvre said conquering the paper mill odor would raise property values in Westbrook and promote the recreational value of […]
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Pandemic plagues small businesses in Westbrook, Gorham
Small businesses are hoping for relief soon.
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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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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 […]