Gorham to pay FairPoint half-million-dollar settlement

A $20,000 donation was awarded the town of Gorham for its health and recreation needs by the Great North Woods Community Foundation. Select board chair Mike Waddell shakes the hand of Androscoggin Valley Hospital CEO and president Michael Peterson. Select board members Adam White, left, and Judy LeBlanc, right, look on along with Kassie Eafrati of Northern Human Services. (EDITH TUCKER PHOTO)

GORHAM — The Gorham select board recognized its obligation and voted unanimously on Wednesday, Aug. 18, to meet the terms of a court-ordered settlement agreement that brought seven years of litigation — from 2013 to 2019 — with Northern New England Company, LLC, aka FairPoint Communications, to a close.

The town will pay $497,914 in two installments: $248,957 on or before Dec. 31, and the same amount on or before Dec. 31, 2022.

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