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Gorham approves warehouse for Old Canal Way

GORHAM — The Planning Board unanimously approved with conditions a warehouse project for Northeast Contracting Services in Old Canal Way, an industrial park off Mosher Road. The company performs concrete demolition. Among the conditions applied to the approval was dust control. Craig Burgess of Sebago Technics presented the request Monday. Burgess said the project will […]

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Gorham Notes: March 4

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 […]

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Tugman sets Gorham record, finishes second in mile

Gorham High School senior Kate Tugman set a school record last weekend with her second-place time of 10:51.24 in the 2-mile at the New England Indoor Track championships in Boston last weekend. In the mile, Tugman finished fifth with 5:04.97. Tugman was among Maine’s top finishers at the meet. Also earning runner-up honors were Victoria […]

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Letter: MEA’s assault on Gorham Town Council ‘disgraceful’

The Maine Education Association’s recent assault on Gorham’s Town Council while representing Janet Kuech in her lawsuit against the town is disgraceful. The MEA’s lawyer, Jonathan Goodman, stated “instead of respecting the town voters and the rule of law, these town councilors have doubled down in their lawlessness.” Likewise, MEA President Grace Leavitt said, “We […]

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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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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 […]