GRAY (WGME) — A construction worker crawled to safety, after getting hit by a car on the turnpike. Now, a driver is charged. State police say this happened in Gray. They say 58-year-old Danny Lowe, an employee of Pike Industries, is being treated for serious injuries. Officials say he was standing in front of his […]
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Gray 12 year old spells tarsier and triceratops in National Spelling Bee
Twelve-year-old Naomi Zarin, who lives in Gray and attends the Friends School of Portland in Cumberland, kicked off the opening round of the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling tarsier. According to Webster’s New World College Dictionary (5th Edition), a tarsier is “any of a family (Tarsiidae) of small arboreal primates of the […]
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Robert A. Skilling
PORTLAND — Robert A. Skilling, or Bobby, Bob, Dad, Pa, Pops, old Pops and Bib, as he was known to all who loved him, 83, of Gray, passed away quietly at Maine Medical Center with his beloved wife holding his hand and all of his sons, spouses and their families surrounding him with love on […]
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Cora Leach Skilling
PORTLAND — Cora L. Skilling, or as she was known to all of us who loved her, Mom, Mum, Gram or Meme, 83, of Gray, passed away peacefully at Maine Medical Center on Friday, April 28, while surrounded by her loving family, from complications of a broken heart. Always inseparable in life, she rejoined Bobby, […]
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‘Inseparable’ Gray couple die a few days apart
GRAY — Robert Skilling, 83, known as Bob, died April 24, a Tuesday. His wife of 62 years, Cora, 83, died Friday. Both lifelong Gray residents well-known in the community, neither had long-term illnesses. Their deaths were unexpected. “She died of a broken heart,” said one of their sons, Blaine Skilling. “They were inseparable. They […]
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Gray-New Gloucester runs away from Freeport in WMC softball matchup
FREEPORT — Freeport’ softball team’s defense did its job and then some on Friday afternoon against Gray-New Gloucester. Twice early in the game, a flashy catch erased a based-loaded jam and kept the score tight. The only problem? Patriots’ pitcher Haley True hardly needed her defense at all. True limited the Falcons to five hits […]
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Maine Wildlife Park to open for season April 15
GRAY — The Maine Wildlife Park on Route 26 will open for the 2017 season at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 15 — just in time for school vacation week. Park staff have been working diligently to remove enough snow for paths to be cleared. Most wildlife exhibits will be open, and the parking lot and […]
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St. Dom's student wins scholarship
PORTLAND — The Catholic Foundation of Maine announced that Antoinette “Annie” Carman, a senior at Saint Dominic Academy in Auburn, has received a 2017 Lila Grace Sullivan Amirault Scholarship. The scholarship helps Maine Catholic high school students with college tuition costs. It was established in 2013 by Patrick Amirault in memory of his wife. Amirault, […]
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App appeal: G-NG students win state award for fourth year
GRAY — The Lady Patriots basketball team isn’t the only group of girls to bring home a state title to Gray-New Gloucester High School. A team of five female students won the Maine Verizon Innovative Learning App Challenge in January, building on the school’s history of success in a technology competition, in which participants develop […]
