Fiddlehead fundraiser GRAY — The Fiddlehead Art & Science Center’s 5th annual Silent & Live Auction Fundraiser, “Palette,” will take place Saturday, May 19. This year to build more excitement, the center is offering an online portion to the auction through a fundraising website called “Bidding for Good.” Online bidding is ongoing now through May […]
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Nurses and Hospital Week LEWISTON — From providing treatment and comfort to the sick, to welcoming new life into the world, hospitals are central to a healthy and optimistic community. That’s the message for the 2012 National Hospital Week, May 6-12: “Making Miracles Happen.” This year, National Nurses Week coincides with Hospital Week, beginning on […]
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New Maine Wildlife Park cougar exhibit offers big cats more space
GRAY — She likes the oddly angled log. He likes his cozy straw bed. Both enjoy the extra space to stroll. Maine Wildlife Park’s two cougars have a new home. Park officials believe the enclosure is the largest of its kind in New England. It features indoor and outdoor areas, with a man-made cave, several […]
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Gray-New Gloucester offers IB program
GRAY — The Gray-New Gloucester High School is one of three schools in Maine to offer the International Baccalaureate program that focuses on worldwide curriculum. Eric Klein, assistant principal of the school, said the two-year program is different from the one-year advanced placement programs common in high schools throughout the state. “I think the major […]
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Joshua Allen Kennedy
AUBURN — Joshua Allen Kennedy, 34, beloved father, husband, son, brother and hero, passed peacefully Friday, April 27, surrounded by his family and friends following a 2 year battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Schlerosis (ALS). A steady influence in his community, Joshua most recently served as a correctional officer at Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn while […]
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Patricia Piper Day
GRAY — Patricia Piper Day of Gray, passed away Saturday, April 21, surrounded by her children. She was born May 31, 1927, the daughter of Frank S. and Frances Cushing Piper. She lived in Parsonsfield as a small child, moving to Cornish, where her father opened his law practice. She graduated from Cornish High School […]
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Mountain lion exhibit to open at Maine Wildlife Park
GRAY — On Friday, May 4, at 11 a.m., the grand opening of the Maine Wildlife Park’s new, state of the art mountain lion exhibit will take place. Over a year in construction, this ambitious project was funded in large part by the Friends of the Maine Wildlife Park. Additional and substantial contributions in time, […]
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Barnes hired at BerryDunn
PORTLAND — BerryDunn, a firm of CPAs and consultants in Portland, announces that Nicole Barnes of Gray has been hired as a data coordinator with the firm’s marketing group. Prior to joining the firm, Barnes worked for DMM in Scarborough. She is a graduate of Unity College and specializes in data management.
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Hilda C. Mitchell
SABATTUS — Hilda C. Mitchell, 90, of Gray, died April 9, at a Sabattus care facility, following a brief illness. She was born Dec. 26, 1921, and raised in Litchfield, the daughter of Delmar and Genevieve Small. She resided for seven years on Oak Hill in Litchfield, 24 years in Lisbon Falls and 42 years […]
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Maine Wildlife Park to open April 14
GRAY — The Maine Wildlife Park on Route 26 will open for the 2012 season at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 14. The park hosted nearly 97,000 visitors during 2011. Opening this year is a new, state-of-the-art mountain lion exhibit, funded by the Friends of the Maine Wildlife Park and the park itself. This exhibit is […]