BIDDEFORD — Ariane Elizabeth Bowie, daughter of Susan and Jack Hedrich of New Gloucester and Douglas Bowie of Falmouth, has achieved a 4.0 grade point average for the fall semester at the University of New England in their accelerated one year Master of Social Work program with an emphasis on patients with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. […]
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Cadets visit National Weather Service
AUBURN — A dozen senior members, parents and cadets from the Maine Wing Civil Air Patrol 77th Squadron visited the National Weather Service Office in Gray recently to learn about the services provided by the weather service meteorologists. They toured the facility and were briefed on the impressive video displays of barometric pressure, temperature, winds […]
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Robotics Expo was held in fall
GORHAM — More than 80 youngsters participated in a University of Maine Cooperative Extension Robotics Expo on Oct. 27 designed to help youth ages 5-18 develop life skills and build math and engineering skills. The expo was held at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham. In the morning, individuals and teams had the opportunity […]
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Cop’s case could derail speed cam
WASHINGTON — A District of Columbia police officer who is challenging the accuracy of his own department’s speed camera program said a discrepancy on a speeding ticket helped him beat the charge, and could lead to many other dismissals that would force the city to give back hundreds of thousands of dollars. Sgt. Mark Robinson, […]
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Military note – Joshua McLaughlin
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Army Sgt. Joshua B. McLaughlin has returned to the U.S. after being deployed overseas at a forward operating base to serve in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Operation Enduring Freedom is the official name given to anti-terrorism military operations involving U.S. troops and allied coalition partners. Active duty and reserve component members […]
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Elaine W. Verrill
1937 – 2012 NEW GLOUCESTER — Elaine W. Verrill, 75, of Lewiston Road, passed away, Dec. 21, at her home, after a long battle with cancer. As she requested, her family was by her side when the Lord called her home. She was born on April, 19, 1937, in Gray, and attended Gray schools and […]
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Westbrook man unhurt in morning rollover on Turnpike
GRAY — A Westbrook man, Christopher Bucci, escaped injury about 7:30 a.m. Friday after his 2003 Chevrolet Impala rolled over on the Maine Turnpike in Gray. “He lost control of the vehicle as he was coming up behind a tractor-trailer, went off the shoulder and rolled over,” Maine State Police Trooper Timothy Black said. Damage […]
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Coast Guard suspends search for missing fishing boat
GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The Coast Guard suspended its search Wednesday evening for a Gloucester-based fishing vessel that vanished with only a lifeboat and other equipment being found. The 45-foot scalloper Foxy Lady II and its two-member crew, from Deer Isle, Maine, left Gloucester on Saturday and failed to return that night. The fishermen on […]
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Indoor track: Up and at ’em for Gray-NG’s Locke
GRAY — A casual observer might wonder if Eli Locke uses a hidden springboard to gracefully launch himself over a high-jump bar. Watching the Gray-New Gloucester senior make impressive leaps would make anybody suspicious. Locke will be the first to point out that he is not an imposing figure, but he commands respect whenever he […]