Samantha Rinaldi, 40, of Gray died at a Portland hospital; the man accused of hitting her, Jay Westra, 58, of North Yarmouth, is the widower of the schoolteacher who went missing for six days before her body was found last fall.
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Face Time: Devin Harrington on making art work
Devin Harrington of Gray graduated from Livermore Falls High School in 2008. He considered being a zoologist when he was young, but changed his mind to pursue art. He graduated from the Maine College of Art in 2015. He has worked as a model artist for Hasbro — where he hand painted toys for […]
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Maine Wildlife Park holding HARVEST-FEST
GRAY — HARVEST-FEST at the Maine Wildlife Park will offer families games, races and a chipmunk hole crawl from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 13 and 14. There will also be aquatic harvest races with pumpkins and apples, pumpkin tic-tac-toe and dodging giant spider legs without getting caught. The park will […]
Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Louise 'Nellie' M. Knapp
AUBURN — Louise “Nellie” (Morrell) Knapp, 79, of Gray and more recently of Hebron, passed away Friday, Sept. 21, at Clover Healthcare in Auburn. Louise was born in Windham to Clifford and Fannie (Plummer) Morrell on Oct. 28, 1938. After completing school in Windham and Gorham State Teachers College, she taught second grade at Memorial Elementary […]
Posted inObituaries, sj-web
John W. Grant Jr.
RUMFORD — John W. Grant Jr., 81, died peacefully Tuesday, Sept. 11, at Rumford Community Home, surrounded by family and loved ones. He was born in Gray on Sept. 18, 1936, one of 15 children of John W. Grant Sr. and Marie Bragdon, and attended local schools. He married Betty Swan on Sept. 4, 1958. Mr. […]
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Single-car crash in Gray splits vehicle in half, traps driver
GRAY — A single-vehicle crash Friday night on Cambell Shore Road in Gray ripped the car into two pieces and trapped the driver inside, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday. Upon arriving at the crash scene about 10:20 p.m., personnel from the sheriff’s office and Gray Fire and Rescue found a 2008 Honda Civic […]
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Rick Charette to play at Maine Wildlife Park
GRAY — The Maine Wildlife Park, Route 26, presents popular Maine kids’ singer, Rick Charette, from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 8. Over 1,000 children and their families have come out each year to hear Charette and see the show under the pines of the park picnic area. This year, Rick will sign autographs […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Two-car crash on turnpike in Gray injures 8
GRAY — Eight people were transported to hospitals in Lewiston and Portland on Sunday night after a two-car crash on the Maine Turnpike in Gray. Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, said the vehicles crashed in the northbound lane, about a mile south of the Gray toll exit. “Eight people were […]
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Warned of legal concerns, organizers cancel cannabis food fair in Gray
Organizers have canceled a cannabis-themed foodie fair in Gray because state inspectors concluded it would violate state marijuana laws. The Cultivator Country Fair was to have begun Friday at 5 p.m. at Caswell Farm. It was to have included live music, circus performers and a cannabis-infused meal prepared by guest chefs Scott Nikol of Duckfat […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Encore, sj-web
Maine Native American Summer Market returns to Shaker Village
GRAY — The 10th annual Maine Native American Summer Market will be held from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village. Admission is free, rain or shine. Barbecue lunch plates will be served. The Shaker Museum and Shaker Store will be open as well. Shaker Village is at 707 […]