NEW GLOUCESTER — Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Dale Robin Goodman will perform a program of traditional and tradition-inspired American music on Saturday, March 3, at the Village Coffee House. Whether performing on banjo, guitar or Appalachian dulcimer, Goodman brings a contemporary energy to the songs of long ago. She plays folk, blues, early bluegrass and vintage […]
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Lewiston/Auburn Police log
Charges Lewiston * Tanner J. Lessard, 19, of 484 Pond Road, Wales, failing to register a vehicle, 9:30 a.m. Thursday on East Avenue. * Angela Lynn Delafontaine, 31, of 114 Sabattus St., probation hold, 1:44 p.m. Thursday on Central Avenue. * Daniel Allen Marshall, 26, transient, on a probation hold, 3:25 p.m. Thursday on Sabattus […]
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Computer safety LISBON — There will be a computer/Internet safety program for parents at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at the Lisbon Community School in the computer classroom. The Internet and social networking and how children use it or are exposed to it are changing so quickly. Learn how to prepare them to use them […]
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Free fun at ‘Winter Family Fitness Day’
NEW GLOUCESTER — Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine will hold its second annual “Winter Family Fitness Day” on Monday, Feb. 20, at Pineland Farms, 15 Farm View Drive. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., free cross country ski and snowshoe passes along with free equipment rentals (while supplies last) as well as […]
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‘Somali Experience’ POLAND — This month’s Check It Out! program, The Somali Experience in Maine – A Conversation, will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, in the Community Room of the Ricker Memorial Library. Hibo Omer will be the guest speaker. Omer is co-chairwoman of the New Mainers Community Collaborative and […]
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Business owner reports dump truck stolen
NEW GLOUCESTER — A local business owner is looking to the public for help finding a dump truck stolen sometime in the last week from his excavating company. Bill Kiley, owner of Kiley Excavating, reported Tuesday to the Maine State Police that someone stole a 1972 Chevrolet dump truck from a gravel pit on his […]
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New Gloucester Water District papers signed
NEW GLOUCESTER — The town water district is legally established, paving the way for selectmen to name three trustees to staggered one-, two- and three-year terms. Town Planner Paul First told selectmen Monday that the Legislature and the governor signed legislation creating the New Gloucester Water District. On Jan. 25, registered voters in the proposed […]
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E. Field: Pay fair share in taxes
Many people complain bitterly in letters to the Sun Journal about the government, taxes and “freeloaders” living off the system. We all benefit in some way from government functions such as Social Security, laws and law enforcement, courts, Homeland Security, transportation, food safety, school lunches, a clean environment, national parks, Head Start, Medicaid and Medicare, […]
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Dennis Jordan
AUBURN — Dennis Jordan of New Gloucester passed on Feb. 2. Though cancer stole his body, he will remain alive in the hearts and memories of those who loved him. He was born Nov. 4, 1946, the son of Gwendolyn Hunnewell Jordan and Sumner Jordan. Dennis attended New Gloucester schools and graduated from Gray-New Gloucester […]
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Why L.C. the chicken crossed the road
NEW GLOUCESTER — The chicken crossed the road for cheese. And it has turned her into something of a celebrity. “I think it’s pretty cool to have your chicken on Facebook,” said 10-year-old Ana Lipp, who owns L.C. the chicken with her 8-year-old sister, Jane. For the past several months, L.C. has regularly abandoned her […]