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September 5, 2019 a Free, Not-For-Profit Newspaper Serving Gorham Since 1995 Town Considers Public Trails Awaiting Town Approval NONPROFIT U.S. POSTAGE Your Community Paper PAID GORHAM, ME PERMIT NO. 10 Volume 25 Number 17 | September 5, 2019 A Free, Not-for-Profit Newspaper Serving Gorham Since 1995 Town Considers Public Trails Awaiting Town Approval New Industrial GORHAM TIMES STAFF Jon and Danny Shaw, owners of Park Option Shaw Brothers Construction and Shaw Brothers Family Foundation, a non- SHERI FABER profit organization, have announced Staff Writer that their property on Lower Main St. (Rt. 25), now called Shaw Cherry Hill The Town Council was expected Farm, is ready to open to the public. to vote on a referendum proposal The foundation was established to this week for $4 million to purchase support recreational, agricultural or 141 acres from Matt Rines, brother of other charitable causes; acquire and the late Bernard Rines, for whom the preserve farmland in the Town of roundabout and bypass on Rt. 114 was Gorham and construct and maintain named. This property abuts the current a community recreational park and Industrial Park and is also accessed from trails for walking, riding, and snowmo- Main St. near JP Noonan. biling; and to operate an educational The current Industrial Park is farm and provide land for a future almost 100% full but the Town needs farm market to sell local foods. to attract more businesses to ease the The 258-acre parcel with nearly tax burden on residents. The taxes that three miles of trails will open once an homeowners pay do not cover the costs agreement is finalized with the Town of our schools, public safety, public of Gorham whereby the Town leases works, etc. The Town anticipates that the property for $1 a year in exchange TIF funds and the sale of lots in the for providing liability insurance. The park will pay for the $4 million cost. foundation will maintain the property The Town has been negotiating plans which includes plowing the roads and for this project for several months. parking area. Town Manager Ephrem Paraschak “sees This parcel was previously owned this project as having an enormous by ecomaine. The Shaw brothers pur- potential positive economic impact on chased it in 2016 and have spent years Photo credit Leslie Dupuis the Town.” preparing the land for public use, including mining gravel for the trails A kiosk and signs point from an on-site quarry, clearing trees, visitors to the numerous trails and adding roads and bridges that will Gorham Police along Shaw Cherry Hill Farm. accommodate emergency vehicles. They will be open to the pub- The property includes a section of Chief Retires lic once the town approves a proposed lease agreement. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 SHERI FABER Staff Writer Gorham Police Thank You for Chief Dan Jones Gorham Sightings has announced his retirement. Sharing Your He has been the Chief in Gorham for the past four Photo credit Buffy Houp Back to School years and was pre- viously the Deputy Chief in Kennebunk. He had also worked for the Sheriff’s Moments... office in St. Lucie County in Florida. Jones plans to move back to Florida. A retirement luncheon will be held at the Gorham Police Department at noon on September 6. Deputy Chief Christopher Sanborn has been appoint- ed interim chief. Town Manager Ephrem Paraschak said, “Dan Jones did a wonderful job during his tenure in Gorham. He helped the town through a period of unprecedented growth. He also Photo credit Roger Marchand engaged with the community and did Do you know where in Gorham this photo was taken? Join our visual trivia discus- a good job of running the day to day sion by entering your best guess on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ operation of the department.” gorhamtimes or email us at [email protected]. The photo in the August 22 Jones said, “Gorham has been a great SEE MORE PHOTOS ON PAGE 8 place to work. The Town government issue is a section of the community garden in Robie Park. and community support are the best I’ve seen in my 30 year career.” NEW PRINCIPAL He also shared his belief that a police insidetheTimes department is only as good as its con- STARTS AT GMS 2 Augusta 11 Community 13 Sports 15 Classified CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 PAGE 7 5 Municipal 7 School 15 Calendar 15 Blotter NEWS FROM AUGUSTA Policy on News from Augusta: The Gorham Times asked our three state legislators from Senate District 30, House District 26 and House District 27 to provide ­­BRINGING THE NEWS TO ALL OF GORHAM us with “News from Augusta.” We publish their articles on a rotating basis. The submissions are devoted to updates of legislative and administrative news, PO Box 401 proposed and passed bills and laws, and developments and events that are of interest and have an impact to Gorham residents. The Gorham Times reserves Gorham, Maine 04038 the right to edit the submissions and it further reserves the right to reject any submission, in its sole discretion. Phone and Fax: (207) 839-8390 [email protected] www.gorhamtimes.com —— The Gorham Times is a free volunteer-run Mainers Deserve an Opportunity community newspaper distributed every other Thursday to more than 100 pick-up sites throughout Gorham. —— to Vote on Our Economic Future News [email protected] Sports [email protected] SEN. LINDA SANBORN supported the Land for Maine’s families, and taxpayers, who cover Features [email protected] Future program, which helps protect the cost of programs that help folks Of Interest [email protected] During the last week of August, Calendar item [email protected] our natural resources, and typically when they can’t afford to heat their Advertising gorhamtimesadvertising@ Gov. Janet Mills called the enjoys broad, bipartisan support. In homes. The bond also would have gmail.com or 839-8390 Legislature back in to vote on Maine, our natural resources and helped communities invest in toxic School News [email protected] whether to send a modest pack- our economy are inextricably linked sludge clean-up. This small invest- —— age of four bonds that would have — our great outdoors, parks system, ment from the state would have had SUBSCRIPTIONS allowed Maine to make sensible $18/year in Gorham; $23/year elsewhere working waterfronts and conserved a huge payoff. But Mainers have $13/year for college subscription investments in needed infrastructure lands bring in billions of dollars been denied a chance to have their Subscriptions and renewals are available — like roads and bridges, broad- in revenue to small businesses in say on this proposal. online on our website. band, working waterfronts, waste- every corner of the state. This bond This obstruction occurred under —— water treatment and more — to was supported by the Sportsman’s the guise of “fiscal responsibility,” General Manager: Bruce Hepler the voters for their approval. These Editor: Leslie Dupuis Alliance of Maine and a number of but this penny-wise, pound-foolish Business Manager: Stacy Sallinen bonds, which typically bring in more other conservation organizations. approach is nothing of the sort. Advertiser Coordinator: Stacy Sallinen than a dollar in matching funds for Mainers should get to decide wheth- At a time when interest rates are Design/Production: Shirley Douglas every dollar invested and were sup- er or not to support this program, expected to remain low, and when Staff Writers: Diane Abramson, Jacob Adams, ported by, among many others, the but unfortunately, Republicans have Maine has under-invested in critical Kathy Corbett, John Ersek, Sheri Faber, Maine State Chamber of Commerce, Edmund Ricker denied them that opportunity. infrastructure and economic devel- Features: Chris Crawford also would have helped grow our Another bond proposal would opment for years, bonding is fiscally Photographers: Amanda Landry, Roger economy and strengthen our work- have provided funding for career prudent. Marchand force. and technical education, high-speed At the very least, giving voters a Public Service: Lori Arsenault The transportation bond, which internet access and National Guard say in these bonds makes sense. It’s Sports: Destiny Cook funds important road and bridge School News: Andrea Morrell facilities. These are critical invest- too bad that won’t happen. Social Media Coordinator: Karen DiDonato maintenance projects and contrib- ments for growing our economy It is an honor to serve as your Digital Content Manager: Bailey O’Brien utes to good-paying jobs in the con- and workforce, and something that state senator. If you ever have any Webmaster: Judi Jones struction industry, enjoyed broad leaders in both parties highlight as questions or concerns, please feel Distribution Coordinator: Russ Frank bipartisan support. I don’t need to opportunities to move Maine for- free to contact my office at (207) Distribution: Jim Boyko, Janice Boyko, Scott tell you about the condition of our Burnheimer, Chris Crawford, Janie Farr, Dan ward. Unfortunately for us all, when 287-1515 or email me at Linda. Fenton, Russ Frank, Ashley Genovese, Joe roads — you’ve driven on them, given the chance to back up this talk [email protected]. Hachey, Chris Kimball, Kris Miller, Chuck and you know how much work they with action, Republican legislators Miller, John Richard Interns: Mary DeWitt, Grace Flynn, Brooke need. I was proud to support this did not rise to the occasion. Instead, Linda Sanborn is serv- Guimond, Lydia Valentine, Erin Wentworth bond proposal, which the voters a small group of lawmakers denied ing her first term in the will have a chance to approve in Mainers the opportunity to vote on Maine Senate, represent- BOARD OF DIRECTORS: November. this proposal. ing Senate District 30, Michael Smith (President), Shannon Phinney However, a minority caucus of Another bond proposal that which includes Gorham, Dowdle (Secretary), Alan Bell, Tom Biegel, Republican legislators denied the part of Buxton, and part Katherine Corbett, Carol Jones, George Republicans blocked would have Sotiropoulos, Mike Richman, Sara Nelson other three bond proposals the two- helped Mainers make low-cost of Scarborough.
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