Lewis awarded Hannaford scholarship
The Hannaford Store in Westbrook has announced that Emily Lewis of Gorham is the recipient of a scholarship from the Hannaford Charitable Foundation. Lewis is the daughter of Elisabeth and Stephen Lewis. Lewis graduated from Gorham High School in exercises on Sunday and plans to attend Northwestern University in the fall.
Hannaford Charitable Foundation scholarships are awarded each year to outstanding students who intend to enroll at an accredited college, university, or vocational-technical school. Students can apply to the program if they or a parent is employed by Hannaford.
Speaker’s topic is human trafficking
This season’s final Potluck With a Purpose program about human trafficking is set for 6:30 p.m. on Friday, June 12, at South Gorham Baptist Church, 53 County Road (Route 22), Gorham.
“We are very fortunate to have Nancy Gallinaro as our speaker,” organizer Cindy Elder said in an announcement. “As a ministry partner with Hope for Freedom in Florida and now simply a woman with a heart to end human trafficking in Maine, Nancy will share how ordinary people can do extraordinary things to educate others, support our safe houses, and reach out to those most vulnerable here in greater Portland.”
Elder said Gallinaro will show “Chosen,” a short documentary produced by Shared Hope International, depicting how girls are lured and tricked into “the life.”
“It was recently announced that gangs in California are now making more money from sex trafficking than drugs,” Elder said. “This same training material has been used to educate more than 10,000 young girls in the schools of Palm Beach County just last year.”
Those attending the meeting are asked to take food to share for the potluck meal. Newcomers are always welcome, Elder said. The programs will resume in the fall.
Dowdle competes in math league
Coleman Dowdle, a Gorham High School junior, was invited to compete in the American Regions Mathematics League competition held at Penn State May 28-30. Dowdle is the son of Bob and Shannon Dowdle of Gorham.
The league’s competition is a national math tournament often called the “World Series of Mathematics,” the league said in an announcement. The Maine team includes 35 of the top scorers in the Maine Mathematics League, who come from public and private schools throughout the state.
U.S. taxpayer debt
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service reported on June 4 that the U.S. public debt was $18,152,820,259,005.52.
This rundown gas station at 109 Main St. in Gorham Village is set for demolition on Saturday, June 13, in a fundraiser to benefit Gorham nonprofit groups. A new building to be constructed at the site will house a Subway Restaurant and an Aroma Joe’s coffee shop.Staff photos by Robert Lowell
Tour guide Suzanne Ennis, right, Tuesday welcomes Gorham Historical Society members to the Baxter Museum on South Street. The home, built in 1797, is open for free tours 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays through August. It was gifted to the town in 1908 by James Phinney Baxter, father of Maine’s Gov. Percival Baxter. The building in the background is Baxter Memorial Library.
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