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1986
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- Gorham's South Street Historic District was created by the Federal
Government. (18 homes)
- The Town celebrated it's 250th Anniversary (May 24- May 31). An ABC's
"Good Morning America" program was held at the top of Fort
Hill. There was a carnival-type atmosphere at the former Gorham
racetrack.
There was a huge parade. The class of '36 at Gorham High school had an
interesting float with a replica of the old Gorham high School (demolished in 1975). There were graduates of 1936 riding on it.
Jean Holden was the winner of the Gorham's 250th celebration for the
first baby born in town after midnight, May 25th, 1986.
- Professor Robert French displayed some of the artifacts unearthed in the
Fort Hill area. His paper, "The Fort Hill Site: A Study in Frontier
Evolution
in Southern Maine" was printed.
- March 1, 1986. Warren Gilman received the Jefferson Award for his dedication to local public service.
- March 29, 1986. Maurice Whitten's book "The Gunpowder Mills of Gorham,
Maine" was published. The Gorham Historical Society and the
Gorham Park and Conservation Commission shared in the cost of the
first printing of 1000 copies of the book.
- Bertha Willis wrote the book, "The way It Was In Gorham" for the 250th
Anniversary.
- May 27, 1986. Raymond Phinney and family donated the Band Stand in front
of the Municipal Building.
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1987
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- July 12, 13, 14, the municipal playground was erected by citizens of Gorham on land adjoining the Municipal Center and Narragan-
sett School.
- Gorham Lions Club started the rehabilitation project of the Robie Gym.
The first paid full-time rescue personnel were added to the Gorham
Rescue.
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1988
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- In Sept., the Village Sewer Project was successfully completed.
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1989
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- "Gorham House," a 100 unit elderly housing facility on New Portland
Road was completed and opened.
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1990
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- The census=11,856.
- Gorham Rams Girls Basketball team was this year's Maine State, Class B, Girls Basketball Champion.
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1991
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- August 19th, "Hurricane Bob" dumped over 8 inches of rainfall in less than 24 hours. It damaged numerous roads and bridges.
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1992
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- The Town's area was 51.5 sq. miles. There were 138.5 miles of streets.
There were five elementary schools, one secondary school and 2,151
students.
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1993
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- January, Mrs. Helen Dubbs died at 101 years of age. She was the widow
of Rev. Harrison Dubbs, former pastor of the First Parish Congregational
Church.
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1994
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- July 10th, groundbreaking was started for new classrooms at Gorham
High School.
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1995
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- Fall completion of the new high school renovation. A dedication
ceremony was held Dec. 10th at Gorham Performing Arts Center.
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1996
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- April 4th, Mobile home fire, Hemlock Drive, Friendly Village. It was
arson. The woman was sentenced to three years in jail.
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1997
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- June 21st, The North Gorham Public Library celebrated its 100th Anniversary.
- December 29th, The home of Alton Brackett had a fire. He died in that fire.
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1998
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- 200th Anniversary of the founding of the First Parish Congregational
Church.
- 30th Anniversary of the Gorham Historical Society.
- The Great Ice Storm of 1998 started on January 5th with freezing rain
falling for 50 hours. The freezing rain made a thick coating of ice, up to
3 inches in places, broke limbs, trees, and power lines throughout the town
and much of Maine. Many roads were closed for varying lengths of time.
St. Anne's Catholic Church was opened for public shelter for almost
two weeks. Utility crews from several states were in town for days helping
to restore power and communications.
- On August 24th, a class 6 thunderstorm hit Gorham in the afternoon with
torrential rains and winds gusting to over 70 miles per hour. Estimated
damage to the Town was about $1,000,000. The USM Campus had over
$100,000 damage. Fortunately, no one was injured.
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