GORHAM — A party 100 years in the making greeted former selectman and business owner Glen Eastman in the town hall auditorium April 6 as friends and family gathered to wish him a happy birthday for a milestone occasion.
Eastman sliced into a blue and white decorated sheet cake, cutting pieces for the dozens of well-wishers from different parts of his life.
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