Westbrook baked haddock dinner – Friday, Feb. 16, 5-6 p.m., St. Hyacinth Church, 268 Brown St., Westbrook. Haddock, potatoes, vegetables, coleslaw, rolls and dessert. $10, $5 ages 12 and under. Takeout 4:30-5 p.m. Gorham haddock dinner – Friday, Feb. 16, 5-6:30 p.m., St. Anne’s Knights of Columbus, 299 Main St., Gorham. Baked haddock, mashed potatoes, […]
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Husky Line bus service for Gorham at crossroads
The town must join the Metro system, at a cost of $170,000 this year, to keep the service open to the public, the executive director says.
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Smiling Hill Farm could be a roadblock for preferred Gorham Connector route
The 500-acre, 13th-generation family operation in Westbrook wants to preserve the farmland and forest it has cultivated and harvested since 1720, but some of its woodland lies in the path of the Maine Turnpike Authority’s proposed 4-lane highway.
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Gorham Notes: Feb. 8
GPD officers honored Several Gorham officers were recognized at the Maine Association of Police awards banquet last weekend. Sgt. Michael Coffin, Sgt. David Bruni and Fire Chief Ken Fickett received the Heroism Award for saving a resident from a burning apartment building on Narragansett Street. Officer Taylor Stroup received the Meritorious Service Award “for her […]
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We Love to Eat: Feb. 8
Scarborough bean supper – Saturday, Feb. 10, 4-6 p.m., Scarborough Free Baptist Church, 55 Mussey Road, Scarborough. Beans, hot dogs, chop suey, mac and cheese, coleslaw, biscuits, brown bread and pies. $10, $5 under 12. Westbrook bean supper – Saturday, Feb. 10, 5 p.m., Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St. Westbrook. Beans, coleslaw, hot dogs, […]
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First phase of Gorham housing development moves forward
Developers of the Robie Street project are awaiting word on their request to build a road across town land behind Village School to reach White Birch Lane as an outlet to New Portland Road.
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Maine Turnpike Authority has 35% of Gorham Connector land in hand
The proposed regional toll road’s route, announced this week, would extend from Maine Turnpike Exit 45 in South Portland to the Gorham Bypass at Route 114 in Gorham, but opponents say it’s a faulty fix for traffic congestion.
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Letter: Little Falls baseball field expenses shortsighted
Despite the uproar all summer over taxes and spending, on Sept. 5 the Gorham Town Council frivolously allocated over a quarter of a million dollars to pay for lights on a Little League baseball diamond at Little Falls. Like the movie, this giant expense comes with the promise that if we build it, they will […]
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Gorham Notes: Feb. 1
Presidential primary Residents can request an absentee ballot for the March 5 presidential primary at gorham-me.org. Ballots will be mailed out early this month. Maine, effective Jan. 1, became a semi-open primary, allowing unenrolled voters to vote in primaries. Voters who are not enrolled in a party may choose to vote in one party’s primary. […]
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We Love to Eat: Feb. 1
Gorham bean supper – Saturday, Feb. 3, 4-5:30 p.m., White Rock Community Clubhouse, 34 Wilson Road, Gorham. Takeout options available, no pre-orders. Baked kidney and pea beans, coleslaw, potato salad, macaroni and cheese, biscuits, hot dogs and dessert. $10, $5 under 12. Gray bean supper – Saturday, Feb. 3, 5-6 p.m., American Legion Auxiliary, 15 […]