North Gorham Library to Host Local Author

The North Gorham Public Library will host Westbrook author Kathy Eliscu Thursday evening at 7p.

Eliscu is the author of the book Not Even Dark Chocolate Can Fix This Mess, and the event is free to the public.

- John C.L. Morgan

NoGo Sunrise: November 13

6:34a

- John C.L. Morgan

2016 Election: How Gorham Voted

Gorham voters largely reflected Maine voters as a whole Tuesday by preferring Hillary Clinton as president; choosing Chellie Pingress as its representative in the U.S. House of Representatives; and supporting the legalization of marijuana, an increase in the minimum wage, and the adoption of ranked-choice voting. 

The one area Gorham voters differed from statewide voters is on the expansion of background checks to private sales: About 56% of Gorham voters voted 'Yes' on Question 3 to expand the background checks, but Maine voters overall rejected Question 3.

Q1

Q3 

Q4

Q5

Images are from the Portland Press Herald.

- John C.L. Morgan

2016 Election: McLean, Volk Win Races

Incumbents Andrew McLean (D-House District #27) and Amy Volk (R-Senate District #30) both won their respective races Tuesday:

Images are from the Portland Press Herald.

- John C.L. Morgan

2016 Autumn Chess Open

The North Gorham Chess Club will be hosting its inaugural Autumn Open Saturday, November 12 at the United Church of Christ at North Gorham. The tournament, which will be held in the church's Alexander Cairn Community Room, will be from 10a-12p. 

There is no cost to participate in the event, and players of all ages and skill levels are welcome. Each player is guaranteed to play in at least three, 20-minute unrated games.

To participate, players can pre-register for the event by e-mailing me at jclmorgan26@gmail.com or complete on-site registration between 9:30a-10a on the morning of the event.

- John C.L. Morgan

NoGo Sunrise: November 6

6:25a

- John C.L. Morgan

2016 Election: Another Look at Senate #30 Race

PPH:

[Democrat Jean-Marie] Caterina is a publicly funded candidate under Maine’s Clean Election Act, which limits private contributions and provides supplemental public funding. She had received $3,000 in seed money contributions and nearly $42,000 in Clean Election funding as of Sept. 20. By the end of that period, she had a cash balance just shy of $37,780. [Republican Amy] Volk is running a privately financed campaign, and she reported roughly $47,334 in contributions as of Sept. 20. She had spent about $12,120, meaning she had a balance of more than $35,000 in her campaign coffers at the end of that period.

- John C.L. Morgan