Papers due Friday
Nomination papers for two Town Council seats and three Gorham School Board seats are due by Friday in the town clerk’s office in the Gorham Municipal Center, 75 South St.
The municipal election is Tuesday. Nov. 4. Absentee ballots will become available in early October.
For more information, call the town clerk’s office at 222-1670.
Baxter centennial tea
In honor of Baxter Memorial Library’s centennial year, it will host a traditional high tea from 2- 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 28, at the library, 71 South St. Preceding the tea, the Baxter Museum next to the library will be open 1-2 p.m.
Both the library and museum, which features Baxter family memorabilia, were gifts to Gorham in 1908 by James Phinney Baxter, a native son who became mayor of Portland. Baxter’s son, Percival P. Baxter, was a Maine governor.
For more information, call 839-5031.
Pack 85 registration
Gorham’s Cub Scout Pack 85 is having its fall sign-up night on Wednesday.
The pack invites parents and boys from Grades 1-5 to attend an informational night that will take place at their monthly pack meeting, from 6:30-7:30 p.m., at the The Old Robie School, formerly the PTA building, on Gray Road in Little Falls.
Brenda Orach, secretary and den leader, said Pack 85 serves the Little Falls, White Rock and North Gorham area. She said the meeting is for the parents and an opportunity for the boys to meet some of the Cub Scouts and see what takes place as part of scouting.
“The program is great opportunity for the young boys to learn valuable lessons and skills and a chance to venture on hikes, field trips, camping and do crafts along with making new friends,” Orach said.
Orach said the boys have a monthly pack meeting to receive their awards, update their parents, do skits and games or a project and meet as a den once or twice a month. She said there are different levels; first Tigers, then Wolfs, Bears, Webelos I and Webelos II.
In Grade 5, they cross over to the Boy Scouts. The many outings and the Pinewood Derby are some the highlights of scouting, as well as the summer programs such as Fun Pack weekend and Cub Scout Day Camp.
For more information, contact Pack 85 Cub master James Lockman at 892-9342.
Cook-off reminder
The Gorham Business & Civic Exchange is sponsoring the Chili or Chowder Cook-Off at 6 p.m. Thursday at T=the Old Robie School, 668 Gray Road, in Little Falls.
Dana Redmond, executive director of the exchange, said the public would help judge entries and the event features door prizes and children’s games.
U.S. taxpayer debt
The Bureau of Public Debt reported on Sept. 10 that the U.S. public debt was $9,684,792,611,504.77.
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