NEW GLOUCESTER – Selectmen on Monday approved two change orders for the $4.6 million public works facility at 611 Lewiston Road. Ganneston Construction of Augusta plans to begin this week with a logging operation at the 25-acre site shared with the New Gloucester Fire and Rescue Department. The board authorized the town manger to sign […]
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New Gloucester fire chief placed on administrative leave
NEW GLOUCESTER — Town Manager Carrie Castonguay confirmed Friday that Fire Chief James Ladewig was placed on paid administrative leave Thursday, Oct. 18. Castonguay said by telephone Friday that she is in the middle of an investigation on the matter that she hopes will be completed by next week. She declined to give details on […]
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Seagrass to perform at Village Coffeehouse
NEW GLOUCESTER — Settle in to an evening of entertainment and good company and music at the Village Coffeehouse. Seagrass will play at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, in the vestry of the historic New Gloucester First Congregational Church, 19 Gloucester Hill Road. Seagrass is a five-piece, high energy Americana band out of southern Maine specializing […]
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New Gloucester charter issue going to voters
NEW GLOUCESTER — Selectmen on Monday evening voted unanimously to send the question of establishing a town charter commission to voters next June. The request for a commission was presented to selectmen in August but tabled to the Sept. 16 meeting. That meeting was canceled because Chairman Steve Libby and Vice Chairwoman Linda Chase were […]
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Volunteers repair Shaker hayfield in New Gloucester
Volunteers repair the damage done by vandals at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village hayfield in New Gloucester on Saturday. About 40 volunteers from as far away as Georgia spent the wet morning filling in ruts caused by vandals driving an automobile in circles two weeks ago. “It’s a cold, wet day and we have a […]
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Harvest Festival at Shaker Village
NEW GLOUCESTER — Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village will host its annual Harvest Festival from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, October 6. The day will feature free barn tours by Brother Arnold Hadd, free wagon rides and special activities. Freshly-picked apples from the historic Shaker orchards will be offered for sale along with cider-pressing of Shaker apples, homemade Shaker apple […]
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Nephews of British pilot killed in 1943 New Gloucester crash visit memorial with his name
NEW GLOUCESTER — Two nephews of one of the British pilots who perished in a New Gloucester farm field during training maneuvers in 1943 this week visited the New Gloucester Veterans Memorial where their uncle’s name is inscribed on a memorial plaque. Rupert Watson of New Zealand and David Watson of New York made the […]
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Dianne A. Bigonski
LEWISTON — Dianne A. Bigonski, 68, of Bridgton died Thursday, Sept. 13, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. She was born on Aug. 31, 1950, in New Gloucester, a daughter of Arthur P. and Lucy A. (Small) Brown. On May 31, 1996, she married Stephen Bigonski. Dianne worked for nearly 30 years at Sebago Moc […]
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New Gloucester board authorizes look at town charter
NEW GLOUCESTER — Selectmen on Monday directed Town Manager Carrie Castonguay to research the procedure for developing a town charter. The decision follows a request from a group of residents who wanted the issue discussed at the Aug. 20 selectmen meeting, but were told that Chairman Steve Libby ruled that the agenda was too full, […]
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Flora K. Drouin
LEWISTON — Flora Katherine Drouin (Rideout), 70, passed away unexpectedly at Central Maine Medical Center on Monday, Sept. 10, in Lewiston. She was born in Gardiner on Jan. 28, 1948. She was married to the love of her life, Robert J. Drouin Sr., for 53 years. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, sister […]