GORHAM â What appeared to the selectmen to be a simple adjustment that would roll back the clock some five years during the six warmer weather months at the state-owned parking lot on Route 2 has turned out to be more complicated than anticipated.
Last fall, the board asked the state to stop allowing OHRVs to be loaded or unloaded from trailers or pickup trucks at the state-owned parking lot on Route 2 (Lancaster Road) between May 23 and Nov. 30.
After the state had developed a new alternative OHRV parking lot off Route 16 (North Main Street), north of the Depot Restaurant, this looked like an easy-peasy way to rid that neighborhood of the noise and dust that ATVs create. Access to the OHRV trail network from the new Route 16 parking lot is located adjacent to the black railroad trestle.
By Edith Tucker
GORHAM â At the request of applicant Terry MacGillvray on Thursday, March 11, the Gorham Planning Board voted unanimously, 4 to 0, to continue its site plan review until Nov. 18 on the 4.80-acre former Burger King parcel at 197 Main Street and also to extend the decision time period until Jan. 30, 2022.
Reuben Rejala, Earl McGillicuddy, Peter Gagnon, and ex-officio selectman member Mike Waddell all voted yes; chairman Paul Robitaille only votes to break a tie.
This was the third Thursday evening in a row in which the Board had reviewed the application for the proposed site of the Polaris âSummer Funâ ATV-UTV rental facility.
GORHAM â The Gorham Fire Department will receive a $29,866 grant to buy lifesaving extrication equipment, often called the âJaws of Life,â from the nonprofit Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation.
Fire Chief Phil Cloutier, who wrote the application, learned it is one of only 96 grants awarded in this latest nationwide funding round.
The equipment is designed to safely and efficiently remove drivers and passengers trapped in motor vehicles at serious accident sites, fulfilling a critical need within the department.
When town manager Denise Vallee announced the award at the Jan. 11 selectmenâs meeting, chairman Mike Waddell, and selectmen Judy LeBlanc and Adam White thanked the chief for his ongoing fundraising successes. In 2020, GPD was awarded both a $134,600 FEMA grant to buy multiple self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), also known as air packs, and a $10,000 grant for firefightersâ turnout gear from a community foundation supported by TC Energy,