Historians host road show
The Gorham Historical Society will host their sixth annual Antique Gorham Road Show at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 9, at the Gorham Savings Bank operations center off Gray Road.
Members can to bring an antique, and Tim Gould, an antique auctioneer from Smithfield will provide a free appraisal.
The public is invited and refreshments will be served.
Sara Brown Memorial winners
Gorham’s Melissa Bailey is the recipient of the 2005 Sara Brown Memorial Award from Kent’s Stable on Fort Hill Road.
“It is a major honor to receive the Sara Brown trophy,” said Bailey, a student at the University of Southern Maine.
The annual award is named for Sara Brown, who died in a car accident when she was just 17 years old. Brown, an A student at Bonny Eagle High School, was a horse lover who had been a regular at Kent’s Stable since she was 9 years old.
Bailey has been at the stable since she was 10 years old and has been teaching and working there for five or six years. She owns a 9-year old thoroughbred, Nicholas. She said the people at Kent’s Stable have been like a second family for her. “Kent’s Stable will always mean so much to me,” she said.
She said the “well-educated” horses of Lisa Kent, a teacher at the stable, were “Rolls-Royces.” Bailey also works for at a dog grooming business, Just Fur Friends, in Gorham.
Katie Marshall, also a student at the University of Southern Maine, won the award in 2002. Marshall, a Bonny Eagle High School graduate, is a teacher at Kent’s Stable and she has worked at Kent’s Stable since she was 14 years old and has been riding since 9 years old. Marshall has a 6-year-old thoroughbred named Sterling.
Marshall thanked her parents and Lisa Kent and for the opportunities to ride and show horses. “Without those three people, I would not be where I am today,” Marshall said.
Anna Jorgensen, 15, of Cape Elizabeth, won the Brown trophy in 2004. She has been riding since she was eight or nine years old and it has been a “huge” part of her life, she said.
Jorgensen said she especially enjoys riding a thoroughbred/paint mare named Beamer. She plays soccer and lacrosse at Cape Elizabeth High School. She said the Sara Brown award has been an inspiration. “I’m very proud to have my name on the trophy dedicated to her along with other great riders as well,” Jorgensen said.
Gorham Grind sold
Carson Lynch of Portland has bought the Gorham Grind on South Street from Joe Baker.
The coffee shop features a dozen kinds of coffee, espresso, tea and a line of pastries and bagels. Lynch also plans to add ice cream to the menu this summer.
Abi Pooler, a University of Southern Maine student who works at Gorham Grind, will organize the shop’s entertainment. Wednesdays will be open mike night and bands will play Friday nights. Sunday afternoons will feature jazz.
JOTUL open house
The Gorham Civic & Business Exchange invites the Gorham business community to an open house at JOTUL North America 5-6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12, at 55 Hutcherson Drive in the Gorham Industrial Park.
Appetizers, wine and non-alcoholic beverages will be served. Bret Watson, president of Jotul, will host the event.
For more information, contact Dana Redmond, executive director of the Gorham Business & Civic Exchange at 892-5515 or wredmond@maine.rr.com
Winter classes at Art Guru
The Art Guru, 104 Main St., has announced that seven courses will start this month along with a drawing and painting workshop, which begins on Saturday, Jan. 7.
Jeremy Greene will teach four of the courses in the winter class schedule and Sabrina Thiemke will teach three, including a one-day jewelry-making course from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 8.
For more information about the workshops and the winter class schedule, call The Art Guru at 839-6138.
Long haul for Santa
Santa Claus had another long ride this year to Gorham, as the North Pole is about 3,197 miles away. The distance was determined using a Cape Canaveral website calculator.
U.S. taxpayer debt
The Bureau of Public Debt reported on Dec. 28 that the U.S. public debt was $8,099,756,792,641.24
(carson lynch) – Carson Lynch buys Gorham Grind.
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