GORHAM, ME – On August 13, 2025, the Town held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate its recently completed Municipal LED Lighting Retrofit Project. The project, funded by a Community Action Grant from the State of Maine’s Community Resilience Partnership Program and a rebate from Efficiency Maine, included the replacement of 488 fluorescent lights with energy-saving LED fixtures, helping to reduce the Town’s carbon footprint and lower energy costs. The project was spearheaded by the dedicated efforts of Assistant Town Planner Damon Yakovleff, Facilities Coordinator Kevin Wood, and Town Engineer Chuck Norton.

In the photo from left: Town of Gorham Community Development Office Manager – Laura O’Loughlin, Facilities Coordinator – Kevin Wood, Director of Community Development – Tom Poirier, Assistant Town Planner – Damon Yakovleff, State Representative (District 108) Parnell Terry, State of Maine Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future Community Resilence Partnership Program Manager – Ashley Krulik, and GPCOG Sustainability Program Coordinator – Gretchen Anderson.