GRAY — The celebrity moose calf is officially here to stay. Maine Wildlife Park Superintendent Curt Johnson said the 2-month-old female is “doing very, very well” after being sent to the 40-acre park off Route 26 in June. The moose melted hearts across the country in a viral video of her with the dog of […]
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Honeybees at Maine Wildlife Park
GRAY — Maine Wildlife Park will host the Cumberland County Beekeepers Association, a local chapter of the Maine State Beekeeping Association, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, to learn about the industrious life of the honeybee, its job as an important pollinator of fruits and vegetables, and the role of the beekeeper. Parts […]
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Maine Wildlife Park hosting 14th annual powwow
GRAY — The 14th annual Attean Family Pow Wow, featuring Native American tribal representatives from Maine, New England and around the country, will be held on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 11 and 12, at the Maine Wildlife Park. There will be two full days with native dancers, singers, craft vendors, singers, traditional food booths and […]
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Maine Wildlife Park featuring fairy houses
GRAY — The Maine Wildlife Park in Gray is offering a special event, Enchanted Forests and Fairy Houses, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 4-5. Visitors will be able to meet and have their pictures taken with ‘real’ fairies and elves. Fairies take over a corner of the picnic area with […]
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Ice cream shop on pontoons a cool business for college student
GRAY — After four years of captaining his own small business on Little Sebago Lake, Joe Newlin is ready for the next challenge. Newlin, 22, owns the Good Ship Gelato, a family pontoon boat he converted into a floating version of an ice cream truck. For the past four summers, Newlin has puttered around Little Sebago […]
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Wildlife park hosting ATV safety program
GRAY — The Maine Wildlife Park will host a presentation on all-terrain vehicle safety from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 28, at 56 Game Farm Road, off Route 26. ATV MAINE, a nonprofit organization with close to 6,000 members in 83 clubs, promotes education in the safe and responsible use of ATVs. ATVs […]
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Gray-New Gloucester Middle School welcomes new leadership
GRAY — When students return to Gray-New Gloucester Middle School this fall, they will be greeted by a new principal and vice principal. Rick Hogan, 49, has been hired as principal and Kristen Dacko, 31, will join him as assistant principal. Hogan of Brunswick was most recently principal of Maranacook Middle School in Readfield. Earlier […]
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Robert M. Hamilton
AUBURN — Robert M. Hamilton, 66, of South Paris passed away Sunday, July 8, at the Hospice House. He was born in Gray on Feb. 19, 1952, the son of Maynard and Cecelia Cooke Hamilton. He attended local schools in Gray and Portland. He had been employed as a production supervisor for Mid Maine CPL in […]
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Maine Nature Art Day at Maine Wildlife Park
GRAY — Maine nature artists will visit the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 7. Several area artists as they demonstrate nature-based art and display a variety of items for sale. The artists use various mediums to capture the essence of wildlife and nature. Several local artists will be […]
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Maine Wildlife Park offering animals enrichment activities
GRAY — The Maine Wildlife Park will host a wildlife enrichment day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 30. Enrichments are items that provide mental and physical stimulation and exercise to captive wildlife to encourage natural behaviors, activity and play. The wildlife park animals are offered enrichments several times a week, and visitors […]