MEXICO — Fire science students from the Region 9 School of Applied Technology were among the many firefighters who battled a woods fire in Hartford on Monday night and all day Tuesday. Fire science instructor Jon Longley said 15 juniors and seniors, either in the first-year or second-year class, had a chance to put what […]
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Jotul to expand stove manufacturing in Maine
PORTLAND — The Norwegian home heating company Jotul plans to expand its Maine-based manufacturing, moving production of its wood stoves to the company’s North American headquarters in Gorham. Bret Watson, president and CEO of Jotul North America, said he expects the company will start manufacturing its first batches of wood stoves in Gorham early next […]
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Cat recovering after being shot, falsely accused of having rabies
WESTBROOK — Gorham police are investigating after an officer shot a stray cat he thought had rabies, but turned out to be healthy. The cat is recovering at a Westbrook shelter from shattered front leg bones caused by pellets from the 16-gauge shotgun the officer used to shoot the cat last month. The Portland Press […]
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Region 9 staff prepares lunch for students
MEXICO — Vocational students were welcomed back to school Wednesday with the staff of the Region 9 School of Applied Technology cooking lunch for them. The decade-long tradition will be repeated Thursday when the A-day students begin their school year. Mark Beaudoin, Jerry Pelletier and Chris Gorham, educational technicians for one of the school’s 10 […]
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Warren family reunion held
HEBRON — The 29th annual reunion of the Warren family was held at Hebron Pines on July 20. This was a gathering of the descendants of the late F. Milton and Verlie Warren. There were 188 people in attendance from Auburn, Augusta, Bath, Buckfield, Chesterville, Gardiner, Gorham, Gray, Greene, Hallowell, Hebron, Hollis, Jay, Leeds, Lisbon […]
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Kerosene truck crashes and spills in Gorham, causing ‘substantial risk’ to nearby stream
GORHAM — A tractor-trailer transporting 9,000 gallons of kerosene flipped at the intersection of routes 114 and 112 in Gorham, the Maine Department of Transportation announced late Wednesday afternoon. The intersection has been closed to traffic, and the department urged commuters to avoid the area around the crash entirely. “This afternoon a Noonan and Jewett […]
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USM closing dorm to save money
GORHAM — The University of Southern Maine will close Dickey Wood Hall at the end of this school year in an effort to reduce costs and pass a balanced budget for fiscal year 2015, director of public affairs Bob Caswell said. The university estimates it will save up to $250,000 by closing the dorm. Caswell […]
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After reprieve, USM faculty will weigh in on where university cuts budget
PORTLAND, Maine — University of Southern Maine faculty members are preparing to take a more active role in addressing a $14 million budget shortfall that the university must resolve before the end of May after USM President Theodora Kalikow announced Friday that faculty layoffs would be reversed. Kalikow surprised faculty and students at a Faculty […]
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Human trafficking conference coming to Pineland in New Gloucester
AUBURN — Earlier this month, two men and a woman were arrested in Gorham on sex trafficking charges. The three were accused of arranging for a 19-year-old homeless woman to engage in sex acts with strangers for money through ads on a website. She fled the Gorham home after one of the trio threatened to […]
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USM will save recreation and leisure program due to its high enrollment, revenue
PORTLAND — The University of Southern Maine no longer plans to eliminate its recreation and leisure studies program, according to a statement released by university officials on Friday. Instead, the program will become part of USM’s School of Nursing until January of 2015. It is yet to be determined what will happen to the program […]