Gorham News

University of Southern Maine students can look forward to a concert on the Gorham campus April 28, with plans for the event moving forward after the Student Senate approved the use of student activity fee funds in January.

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, president of Goodwill Industries, addresses reporters and guests Wednesday, Feb.

The University of Southern Maine has received a $135,000 grant from Efficiency Maine that will go towards renovations to increase energy efficiency on the Gorham campus.

It's easy to be envious when you see other Maine colleges and universities pulling big-name acts every year.

With the opening of the new learning commons in Portland and Gorham, students can now go to one centralized location on either campus for studying, tutoring and much more.

Treasure hunter Greg Brooks claimed he has located the wreck of a World War II British merchant ship that was carrying a load of platinum now worth $3 billion.

Greg Brooks, a native of Gorham, Maine says he discovered the World War II British freighter Port Nicholson 50 miles off the Massachusetts coast.

Greg Brooks, co-manager of Sub Sea Research, is seen aboard the salvage ship Sea Hunter in Boston Harbor Wednesday, Feb.

For awhile, Angel Dapolito had an inkling of how her father made his living. There was a money counter and a scale in the house, boxes in the garage and her father carried enough cash that he could buy a television set without a credit card.

A shipwreck hunter says he has found the wreck of a World War II merchant ship that was torpedoed by a German U-boat off Cape Cod with a load of platinum now valued at $3 billion - perhaps the richest hoard ever discovered at the bottom of the sea.

Students who wish to access USM health services must currently go to the health and counseling services office in Gorham.

Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, speaks during a campaign stop at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham, Maine, Saturday, Jan.

The death of a Gorham man in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 295 Wednesday has refocused state transportation safety planners on exploring ways to improve exit ramps and their warning signs so people won't get on the highway going the wrong way.

2:28 a.m. - Stephen J. Kohr, 27, of Danvers, Mass., was arrested on Interstate 95 in Hampton and charged with Driving While Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor.

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Ron Paul, candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination, is set to speak at the University of Southern Maine this Saturday, according to USM Student Body President Chris Camire.

Freshman psychology major Jessica Harris works on her laptop in her dorm room in Hastings Hall.

When oil prices skyrocketed to more than $4 a gallon four years ago, Dan Stevens got rid of his oil-burning furnace, oil tank and heating baseboards and began using wood to heat his home.

Drafty? Yup. Construction dating back to the 1800s? Got that, too. Poor insulation? Check.