A Maine State Police trooper was hurt Friday afternoon when his cruiser was struck from behind by a second vehicle on the Maine Turnpike. It was the second time in just over a week that a trooper was hurt in a crash while stopped in a breakdown lane. At about 5:30 p.m., Trooper Ryan Keller […]
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Peter Bragdon, from near death to full of hope
AUBURN — He stood on the stage at East Auburn Baptist’s Christmas show with a poster board. It read: “Body shut down. Three weeks to live. Gave up. No hope.” Peter Bragdon turned over his board to show God helped him. It read: “Liver transplant. Full of life, and hope.” Others on stage also held […]
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Veteran state trooper recuperating after crash on Maine Turnpike
John Davis of the Maine State Police was injured early Friday when his cruiser was struck by a tractor-trailer in New Gloucester.
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Silver alert canceled after police locate missing New Gloucester man
An elderly New Gloucester man with dementia was found Tuesday after being missing overnight. Maine State Police are looking for an elderly New Gloucester man with dementia who was last seen Monday afternoon. Maine State Police issued a silver alert Monday morning as they tried to locate 93-year-old William Mitchell, who they said was driving […]
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Selectmen learn of costly repairs to dump truck
NEW GLOUCESTER — Selectmen learned Monday night a 9-year-old dump truck with a life expectancy of 15 years has a cracked engine block requiring $36,300 in repairs. “I don’t know how this happened,” Public Works Director Ted Shane said. The cost to replace the truck is about $185,000, compared to $100,000 when the truck was […]
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Lighting New Gloucester
Cameron Bell, 10, of New Gloucester flips the switch Sunday night to turn on the lights that adorn the holiday tree in front of the New Gloucester Town Hall. Bell’s name was drawn to do the honors. She is a fifth-grader at Gray-New Gloucester Middle School. The tree-lighting ceremony is a collaboration of the New Gloucester Historical […]
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New Gloucester town manager names interim fire chief
NEW GLOUCESTER — Town Manager Carrie Castonguay announced at Monday’s selectmen meeting that Sherman Lahaie of Naples would serve as interim fire chief starting Monday. Earlier this month, former Fire Chief James Ladewig returned to work after a paid administrative leave. He resigned the day after his return and after an investigation by Castonguay. At […]
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Wardens blame hunters for getting stuck in New Gloucester bog
The Maine Warden Service on Tuesday blamed poor decision making and a lack of planning by a group of hunters for their getting stuck in a New Gloucester bog Monday evening. They were later rescued. Cpl. John MacDonald, spokesman for the warden service, said in an email that wardens interviewed three men in their 20s […]
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New Gloucester first responders rescue 3 hunters stuck in a bog
Three hunters got stuck in a bog in New Gloucester on Monday evening and were “cold and wet up to their hips” when they were later rescued, a fire official said. Capt. Scott Doyle of the New Gloucester Fire and Rescue Department said the hunters became stuck in a bog off 495 Intervale Road, which […]
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New Gloucester fire chief resigns, deputy chief suspended
NEW GLOUCESTER — Town Manager Carrie Castonguay confirmed Thursday that Fire and Rescue Chief James Ladewig resigned from his post Tuesday after being reinstated to his position Monday. Ladewig had been placed on paid administrative leave Thursday, Oct. 18, while Castonguay carried out an investigation, about which she declined to comment. Deputy Chief Roger Levasseur, […]