BUXTON, ME – Try our delicious Haddock Supper Buffet – Saturday, August 30, 2025 – 5:00 pm at Living Waters Church, Parker Farm Road, Buxton. Suggested donation: $10 Adult, $5 Child, $20 Family.

Please note: We will offer the option of takeout containers for those who do not want to come inside for seating.

SCARBOROUGH, ME – Join The Little Gym of Scarborough and Real Maine Mom Guide at 700 Gallery Blvd Suite C, Scarborough on September 6th from 3-5:15 PM for a heartwarming back-to-school celebration where fun meets giving!

Each kiddo will get to stuff two adorable The Little Gym teddy bears — one to take home and one to donate to Adoptive and Foster Families of Maine.

This special event is a partnership between The Little Gym of Scarborough and Real Maine Mom Guide, bringing families together to play, create, and give back to our community.

Alongside bear-stuffing, kids will enjoy gym time and leave with big smiles (and even bigger hearts!). Let’s kick off the school year with Serious Fun and serious kindness!

PORTLAND, ME – Looking for something different to do after work? Step into a university setting, join thought-provoking conversations, and leave inspired — no textbooks required.

On Wednesday, September 3, the University of Southern Maine kicks off its USM Forum on American Democracy with part one of a four-part series:

Strengthening Democracy Through Pluralism: A Conversation with Eboo Patel at Hannaford Hall – Abromson Community Education Center, Portland Campus

*This event is on the PORTLAND campus. We just couldn’t resist a Gorham campus shoutout*

Keynote: 5 – 6:30 PM

Book Signing: 6:30 – 7 PM

Free – registration required: see USM’s website.

National civic leader Eboo Patel, founder of Interfaith America, will share how connecting across differences can strengthen our communities and our democracy. For more information: https://usm.maine.edu/…/usm-forum-on-american-democracy/

But wait.. there’s more! Make it a full experience:

Hop on the Greater Portland Metro bus from Gorham Village — it drops you right at USM’s door. No parking, no stress. (Use the UMO app for a streamlined experience! Learn how here: https://vimeo.com/954405379?fl=pl&fe=sh)

Go early (or stay late) for dinner in Portland — ride the bus and you won’t have to worry about driving back.

Travel together with friends or family and turn your commute into part of the evening.

Bus Rider Photo Contest: You know we love a good photo contest.. Snap a picture of your crew on the bus and share it with #GorhamRidesMetro for a chance to win a prize!

Bonus idea: we’re exploring possible Portland restaurant discounts for METRO riders that day — show your ridership receipt to save.

It’s not your usual dinner-and-drinks night… but it could still be dinner-and-drinks plus an evening that challenges and inspires you.

GORHAM, ME – Nick Fuller Googins is the author of the novels The Great Transition (chosen for this year’s ReadME program) and The Frequency of Living Things (out August 12!). The Great Transition is a “richly imaginative, immersive, and electrifyingly relevant debut novel [that] follows a shocking disappearance amid the climate crisis of our near future.”

The Frequency of Living Things is “a heartbreaking American epic about three sisters who unearth lifetimes of family tensions as they are forced to rescue one of their own from peril, testing the limits of sacrifice, sisterhood, and forgiveness.” 

His short fiction and essays have appeared in The Paris Review, Men’s Health, The Sun, The Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere. He lives in Maine, and works as an elementary school teacher. 

Read ME is a statewide summer reading program offered by the Maine Humanities Council, Maine State Library, and Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance that gets Maine’s adults all reading the same books — by Maine authors and recommended by Maine authors.

August 27, 6:00 pm

PORTLAND, ME – During National Wellness Month, the American Red Cross encourages people to prioritize their personal health and well-being while helping to save lives with a blood or platelet donation. Donors of all blood types – especially those with type O positive or B negative blood – are asked to make an appointment now to prevent a further drop in donor turnout.

In August, the Red Cross will provide free A1C screening – a test commonly used to screen for prediabetes and diabetes – for all donors who make a successful blood, platelet or plasma donation. Fasting is not required for this test, and donors will be able to view their confidential results one to two weeks after their donation in the Blood Donor App or their donor account at RedCrossBlood.org. Donors will receive one A1C test result in a 12-month period.

August also brings changes in routines. Back-to-school plans, the start of fall sports and final summer vacations may be top of mind right now, but patients can’t wait. Making and keeping donation appointments can be the difference in a patient’s treatment journey. 

Help save lives and empower your health! Schedule a time to give now by visiting RedCrossBlood.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS or by using the Red Cross Blood Donor App. Those who come to give through August 28, 2025, will receive a $15 e-gift card to a merchant of choice. For details on both offers, visit RedCrossBlood.org/Test.

Upcoming blood donation opportunities Aug. 16-31

Cumberland

Brunswick

8/22/2025: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., American Legion Post 20, 1 Columbus Drive

8/27/2025: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., Elks Lodge, 179 Park Row

Falmouth

8/27/2025: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Lunt Auditorium, 74 Lunt Road

Freeport

8/25/2025: 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn Freeport – Old Town Hall Building, 5 Park Street

Gorham

8/21/2025: 1 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Cressey Road Christian Church, 81 Cressey Road

Portland

8/19/2025: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., UNUM HO3, 2211 Congress St

8/22/2025: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine, 1342 Congress St

8/30/2025: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., Holiday Inn By the Bay, 88 Spring Street

South Portland

8/25/2025: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., Portland Sheraton at Sable Oaks, 200 Sable Oaks Drive

8/26/2025: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., Eastpoint Christian Church, 345 Clarks Pond Pkwy

Westbrook

8/22/2025: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m., Westbrook Community Center, 426 Bridge Street

8/28/2025: 11 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., Bill Dodge Auto Group, 4 Saunders Way

Windham

8/20/2025: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., North Windham Veterans Center, 35 Veterans Memorial Drive

GORHAM, ME – The Municipal election will be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2025 for the purpose of electing:

 THREE (3) persons for Town Council to serve a 3 year term

TWO (2) persons for School Committee to serve a 3 year term

Nomination papers will be available from the Town Clerk’s Office beginning on Monday, July 28, 2025. Completed nomination papers must be submitted to the Town Clerk’s office no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 4, 2025.

Any registered voter of the Town of Gorham, who is interested in running for any of these positions, must submit nomination papers with no less than 35 or more than 50 signatures of persons who are registered voters of the Town of Gorham.

Please contact the Town Clerk’s Office at 222-1670 if you have any questions.

GORHAM, ME – Gorham Schools thanks the following groups for making our tennis courts come alive again! 

Shaw brothers

Terry, Jeff and the Gorham Public Works Crew!

Beaver-brook Tennis

Gorham Recreation

Gorham Fence

Everybody loves a parade! Whether you’re for the music, the balloons, the vintage cars or just to see who’s wearing the most sparkles, the Lewiston-Auburn Balloon Festival parade has something for everyone. Make sure to hunker down in your front-row seat on Sat., Aug. 16 at 10 AM.

Here’s how the parade will roll:

Kickoff at Elm & Main in Auburn

Cruise down Main Street through New Auburn – wave like you mean it!

Float over the Bernard Lown Peace Bridge into Lewiston via Cedar Street – keep it zen in the Quiet Zone (from Cedar in Auburn to Lincoln Street in Lewiston).

Trek on through to Lincoln Street

Wrap up at Beech Street or just keep rolling down Lincoln if the energy’s too good to stop.

Wanna be in the parade instead of just watching? Drop a line to hamlyn300@gmail.com and join the fun!

Maine is already breathtaking… Our rolling hills, winding rivers, and vast stretches of pine and sky. But when you see it from the sky? Well, that’s when it becomes something else entirely.

Book your sunrise or sunset hot air balloon ride now by visiting https://bit.ly/Rides2025 or www.laballoonfestival.org. Space is limited. Spots go fast.

Lewiston, Maine | Aug. 15 – 17

Sunrise Rides for peace and promise or Sunset Rides for golden skies and awe

Tethered rides available, too — perfect for families or first-timers

Reserve now: Hamlyn300@gmail.com (they go fast!)

Free festival entry. But floating above it all? That’s priceless.

Got a great eye and love for balloon-filled skies? Enter the Lewiston-Auburn Balloon Festival Photo Contest for a chance to win awesome prizes and even more importantly, win smiles across our community

Whether you’re snapping sunrise lift-offs, glowing evening skies, or joyful festival faces, we want to see your favorite moments from the Lewiston-Auburn Balloon Festival Aug. 15–17, 2025 at Simard-Payne Park in Lewiston!

Open to all amateur & professional photographers

Unlimited entries allowed

Digital photos only, JPEG, 300 dpi

For full contest rules, visit www.laballoonfest.org