Gorham elects town councilors, school committee
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Chair Suzanne Phillips will serve a fifth term on the Gorham Town Council and newcomer Sam Purinton will unseat one-term Councilor Lou Simms, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s election.
Phillips received 4,388 votes, while Purinton netted 4,189. Simms received 3,699 votes and another candidate, Roger Kramer, received 2,407.
Purinton and Simms campaigned together, hoping to unseat Phillips.
The three-year Town Council terms will expire in November 2029.
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GORHAM SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Voters elected incumbent Michelle Littlefield and newcomers Nancy Flagg and Matthew Steinback to the Gorham School Committee.
Littlefield, Flagg and Steinback received 4,837, 3,957 and 3,562 votes, respectively, while Sheldon Jones, Karl Krebs and Michael Lund Ziegler trailed behind with 2,710, 2,115 and 1,957 votes respectively.
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Gorham School Committee terms are three years, expiring in November 2029.
HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATION BOND
Gorham voters approved a referendum seeking to borrow nearly $6.7 million to cover renovations Gorham High School, 5,803 to 3,756.
The projects include improving the parking lot, sidewalks, ADA accessibility and drainage for $763,000, replacing six old portable classrooms for $4.6 million, and replacing windows, doors and brick veneer work for $1.3 million.
The Town Council will decide the bond period.
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Madeleine is a community reporter for Gorham, Buxton and Standish. She started her journalism career in Vermont, where she reported for Seven Days and served as the editor-in-chief of Middlebury College's. More by Madeleine Kaptein
