Pacing atop the 8-inch-wide bench behind his red-black-and-white-clad Scarborough Red Storm skaters, Norm Gagne’s thick rasp echoed off the boards. “Dump it and change!” “Skate!” “Noooo!” His voice trailed off, but it was still audible. And unmistakable. For nearly 42 seasons Gagne’s voice has bounced off many boards, ice surfaces and locker room walls. On […]
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Girls’ soccer: Bangor captures Class A girls’ title
“This was a typical battle all the way through it, a battle ‘til the end,” Johnson said. “And fortunately we made some plays when we needed to.” Bangor (15-2-1) got two second-half goals after holding off a Gorham (14-4) onslaught in the first half. Megan Conner put Bangor on the board 17 minutes into the […]
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‘Culture of grinding:’ Gorham principal cancels school dances
GORHAM — The principal of a Maine high school says the school will not offer any school dances this academic year with the exception of prom, because administrators believe modern dance culture is too suggestive for them to condone. Gorham High School Principal Chris Record says in a post on the school’s website that the […]
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Evelyn Jepson Lemieux
1929 – 2015 GORHAM — Evelyn Jepson Lemieux, 85, of Gorham passed away on Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Maine Medical Center in Portland with her family by her side. She was born on Dec. 23, 1929, in Lewiston, the daughter of Doris Gower Jepson and John Jepson. She graduated from Gorham State Teachers College […]
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Dorothy M. Bean
1928 – 2015 WEST PARIS — Dorothy M. Bean, 87, of Bethel, died Saturday evening, Aug. 22, at Ledgeview Center. She was born in Shelburne, N.H., on Aug. 12, 1928, a daughter of Roland F. and Margaret Wilson Hayes. She graduated from Gorham High School in Gorham, N.H., in the Class of 1948. She married […]
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Waneta H. Lagasse
1916 – 2015 LISBON — Waneta H. Lagasse, 98, formerly of Gray, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, June 23, peacefully at home in Lisbon with her son, Charlie Lagasse, at her side. Waneta was born Nov. 23, 1916, in Westbrook, to Nina Anderson and Frank Knight. She lived in […]
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Bernadette ‘Becky’ Miller
1918 – 2015 PORTLAND — Bernadette Mae “Becky” Miller, 97, of Buxton, died Tuesday, June 2, at Maine Medical Center in Portland, following a short illness. She was born in Gorham, N.H., on Feb. 10, 1918, the daughter of the late John W. and Ellen (Wight) MacKenzie. She was educated in Gorham and Berlin, N.H., […]
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Geneva (McKenna) Legendre
1921 – 2015 BERLIN, N.H. — Geneva (McKenna) Legendre, 93, of Berlin, N.H., passed away on Saturday, Feb. 14, at the Coos County Nursing Home. She was born in Cascade-Gorham, N.H., on March 18, 1921, the daughter of Alfred E. and Lena (Coulombe) McKenna and was a lifelong resident. She had been employed by McCready’s […]
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Mary Archer
1958 – 2015 LEWISTON — Mary Archer, 57, of Poland, passed away on Saturday, May 23 at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Lewiston on January 30, 1958, the daughter of Ralph and Charlene Robinson Cunliffe. Mary attended Monmouth schools and was a 1976 graduate from […]
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Ethelynn N. DeCosta
1925 – 2015 GORHAM — Ethelynn N. “Norma” DeCosta, 89, of Gorham, passed away on Friday, May 15, at the Gorham House Cottage with many beloved friends by her side. Born on Dec. 1, 1925, she was the daughter of Jarvis and Jennie Hand. Norma grew up in Etna with her parents and siblings, Eugene, […]