The board denies a parent’s request to overturn an earlier decision by Superintendent Heather Perry.
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Posted inAmerican Journal
Who’s running, who’s not in Gorham’s municipal elections
There’s a seven-way race for three Town Council seats in November and a three-way race for two.
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
We Love to Eat: Sept. 22
Maine harvest supper – Saturday, Sept. 24, 4:30-6 p.m., Casco Village Church, 941 Meadow Road, Casco. Ham, potatoes, baked beans, roasted vegetables, vegetable breads, cider, homemade apple pie or crisp and ice cream. $10, $5. Haddock supper buffet – Saturday, Sept. 24, 5 p.m., Living Waters Church, Parker Farm Road, Buxton. Suggested donation $8; $4, […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Gorham Notes: Sept. 15
Ceremony to honor POWs, MIAs U.S. service men and women who are missing in action or prisoners of war will be honored by the University of Southern Maine’s veterans’ student group Friday, Sept. 16. Husky Veterans will unveil a “Chair of Honor” event from 2-3:30 p.m. in Hill Gym in the Costello Sports Complex on […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, The Forecaster
Gorham councilor denounces ‘vile’ attacks against him over old Oath Keepers link
In an interview with the American Journal, Benjamin Hartwell explains his position in the wake of reports that he was once a member of the group allegedly involved in the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Posted inAmerican Journal
Gorham-Westbrook-Portland rapid transit public meeting planned
Greater Portland Council of Governments will hold the open-house style meeting Sept. 22 at the University of Southern Maine in Portland.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, The Forecaster
Drug use education program growing around state
The program, which focuses on real stories of people in recovery to teach youth about the dangers of drugs, is now used in nine school districts.
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In Gorham, muted reaction to a town councilor’s Oath Keepers ties
Benjamin Hartwell was one of two Maine elected officials found on membership rolls of the violent, anti-government group.
Posted inAmerican Journal
Gorham Notes: Sept. 8
Police recruit new K-9 Officer Aaron Erickson and Storm, a 1½-year-old Belgian Malinois, have reinstated the Gorham Police Department’s K-9 team. The department, which had been without a K-9 team since June 2021, received a $2,700 grant from the Masons to re-establish the program. “We are very excited to resume this program with a new […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Gorham School Committee to rule on gender posters
The School Committee will meet Sept. 14 to discuss whether Superintendent Heather Perry’s decision to deny a father’s request to remove posters that define terms such as cisgender, transgender and nonbinary from the middle school should be overturned.