Authorities say a 4-year-old Portland boy is expected to recover after he nearly drowned at Sabbathday Lake in New Gloucester on Monday afternoon. The boy and his mother were on a family outing when he jumped off a dock and failed to resurface, Capt. Scott Stewart of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said. The boy was wearing […]
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Jessica Lynn Gallant
NEW GLOUCESTER — Jessica Lynn Gallant, 34, beloved daughter of Jennifer Gallant, died Sunday, July 29. She was born Dec. 14, 1983, in Pittsfield, Mass. She moved to Maine in 1998, graduated from the Community School in Camden and held numerous positions in the food industry. Jessica was very artistic and talented, decorating the home inside […]
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Walter J. Goulding Sr.
AUBURN — Walter “Walt” James Goulding, 76, of New Gloucester passed away Saturday, July 28, at the Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Healthcare & Hospice in Auburn, surrounded by his loving family and after a courageous battle with lung disease. Walter was born Aug. 27, 1941, in Danville, the son of Fred C. and Mary Pittepas […]
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LeRoy E. Farrington
NEW GLOUCESTER — LeRoy E. Farrington went home to be with the Lord on Monday, July 16, with family by his side. He was born to LeRoy G. and Stella Farrington on Sept. 25, 1927. Roy attended West Grammar School and Portland High School, and served his country in Korea in the late 1940s. He was […]
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Bethelyn Sweatt Fushimi
AUBURN — Bethelyn Sweatt Fushimi, 91, passed away Monday, July 16, at the Sarah Frye Home in Auburn, where she had resided for the past four years. Beth was born in New Gloucester on May 8, 1927. She was the daughter of Dr. Linwood Sweatt and his wife, Vivian Marden Sweatt. She graduated in 1945 from […]
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Gray-New Gloucester Middle School welcomes new leadership
GRAY — When students return to Gray-New Gloucester Middle School this fall, they will be greeted by a new principal and vice principal. Rick Hogan, 49, has been hired as principal and Kristen Dacko, 31, will join him as assistant principal. Hogan of Brunswick was most recently principal of Maranacook Middle School in Readfield. Earlier […]
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NU Brewery to open this fall in New Gloucester
NEW GLOUCESTER — Two longtime friends are “all in” on their partnership to create a brewery in New Gloucester, which they plan to open in October. The NU Brewery — pronounced “new” — will be at 437 Lewiston Road in a 7,600-square-foot building that housed a farm equipment company and is being renovated. The brewing business […]
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New Gloucester beach closure takes some heat
NEW GLOUCESTER — For generations, some residents have cooled off at a small, private beach at the south end of Sabbathday Lake. But not anymore. A developer who bought the property two years ago — and is creating a seven-lot subdivision across the street on the opposite side of Sabbathday Road — erected fences this […]
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Maynard Edson Braley
AUBURN — Maynard Edson Braley, age 73, passed away peacefully Saturday, June 30, at the Hospice House in Auburn. He was born Nov. 1, 1944, in Auburn,a son of the late Erwin and Julia (Fuller) Braley. He was a 1963 graduate of Edward Little High School. Maynard was also a member of the Masons for at […]
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Scientific facts are not political
The recent column by Cal Thomas portrays climate change science as “hysteria” and “propaganda.” I challenge this view by citing five major takeaways from the US Global Change Research Program draft special report of June 28, 2017: 1) Global temperatures are rising — faster than any time in the last 1700 years; 2) Significant atmospheric […]