SMCC launches new Mobile Learning Lab Southern Maine Community College launched its new Mobile Learning Lab vans with an event at Gorham Middle School last week. The vans are part of a STEM training program for students to learn manufacturing skills. Students participated in a training event at the middle school, led by instructors from […]
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Posted inAmerican Journal
No tax hike in Gorham’s proposed municipal budget
The budget creates the positions of a liaison for the police department and an IT director.
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Route 22 in Gorham reopens after hourslong closure
A car crash caused extensive damage to a utility pole and power lines, police say.
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University of Southern Maine students say new parking system has cost them thousands in fines
The university system started partnering with Parking Revenue Recovery Services in July. Many students say they have been ticketed when they haven’t violated any rules, and that appeals go unheard.
Posted inAmerican Journal
Gorham Notes: April 4
Seeking public trails input Gorham Conservation Commission will host a public meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, to hear community comments on the expansion of Cross Town Trail. Potential trail alignments will be presented. The meeting will be livestreamed at gocat.org. The town hopes to “increase trail connectivity, encourage active transportation use, […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Gorham sows action to save, support farmland
The council asked the Finance Committee to review programs available to assist the town’s working farms.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
We Love to Eat: April 4
Free community meal – Saturday, April 6, 4:30-6 p.m., FBC Westbrook, 733 Main St., Westbrook. African food, hosted by New Mainers of God’s Peace Assembly. Kids menu available. Gray bean supper – Saturday, April 6, 5-6 p.m., American Legion Auxiliary, 15 Lewiston Road, Gray. Beans, chop suey, red hot dogs, coleslaw, casseroles, biscuits, punch and […]
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What it will take for Maine schools to serve more kids with disabilities
A bill pending in the Legislature would require schools to educate and provide services for 3- and 4-year-olds. Some districts are showing the way.
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Lawsuit alleges founder of Special Olympics Maine sexually abused child for decades
An Augusta man says Melvin ‘Mickey’ Boutilier, who died in 2012, starting abusing him when he was a child in the 1960s.