ANDROSCOGGIN VALLEY — COVID-19 has cancelled plans for a joint 50th high school reunion weekend at the Town and Country Inn and Resort this July.
For the first time ever, the Berlin High School, Notre Dame High School and Gorham High School classes of 1970 had arranged to hold their 50th reunions at the resort on July 25. The plan called for each school to hold a separate dinner and then the classes could mingle and dance.
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