NEW GLOUCESTER — Voters at Saturday’s annual town meeting will decide on buying a plow truck, building a second exit for the library and improving tennis courts. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Monday at Memorial School, with voter registration at 6:30 p.m. Among the spending proposals are purchasing self-contained breathing apparatus for the […]
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New Gloucester Planning Board to continue site review for treatment facility
NEW GLOUCESTER — The Planning Board will continue deliberations on a site plan for a proposed residential drug treatment facility for boys and men ages 14 to 20 at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 15. Townspeople have expressed concerns about safety, neighborhood compatibility, well water drawdown and the interpretation that the facility matches use standards in […]
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Emilia Dahlin at coffeehouse
Wielding a voice that defies the size of her body, Emilia Dahlin will perform at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 5, at the Village Coffeehouse of New Gloucester, 19 Gloucester Hill Road. Dahlin combines her strong storytelling sensibilities with raw, rootsy folk and jazz vocals to create mesmerizing tales of epic proportions. Her weaving of a historian’s imagination […]
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Planning Board to hold public hearing on Day One facility
NEW GLOUCESTER — The Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Day One’s application for a 12-bed residential treatment facility for adolescent boys at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 1, at the New Gloucester Meeting House. Day One is proposing a substance abuse treatment center for males ages 14 to 20 at 934 Intervale Road, a property […]
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Raymond Lewis Lincoln Jr.
NEW GLOUCESTER — Raymond Lewis Lincoln Jr., 66, died Monday, April 9, surrounded by his family. He was born April 5, 1952, in Portland. He was the son of Raymond and Wanda Lincoln. Ray worked at Tambrands in Auburn for 33 years. He enjoyed fishing and golfing. Ray could be found many evenings after work on […]
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New Gloucester appeals board upholds ruling on treatment facility
NEW GLOUCESTER — The Zoning Board of Appeals on Tuesday voted 4-0 to uphold the code enforcement officer’s determination that the Zoning Ordinance allows for a residential substance abuse treatment facility on Intervale Road. The application by Day One of South Portland to use a house at 934 Intervale Road will go back to the […]
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Free bird watching trek being planned at Shaker Bog
NEW GLOUCESTER — Trained naturalist and birdwatcher Carol Beyna will lead a group to the bird habitats of the Shaker Bog at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday, May 26. The bog was originally built by the Shakers in 1816 as a reservoir to power their mills, but today, the 150-acre […]
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Still no decision on proposed Day One facility
NEW GLOUCESTER — A near-capacity crowd filled the New Gloucester Meetinghouse on Wednesday night for a more than two-hour meeting that yielded plenty of public comment, but no definitive answer from the Board of Appeals on a proposed youth substance abuse treatment facility. Non-profit organization Day One has proposed a 12-bed residential treatment facility for […]
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New Gloucester board strikes term-limit ordinance
NEW GLOUCESTER — The term- limit ordinance passed by voters at last May’s town meeting didn’t survive a full year: The select board voted 3-2 Monday night to find it legally invalid. Select board member Stephen Hathorne, who helped lead the initial term-limit effort and registered one of the dissenting votes at the April 2 meeting, said […]
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Gawler Family Band to perform in New Gloucester
The Gawler Family Band, including, from left, Edith, Ellen, John, Elsie, Bennett and Molly, perform traditional fiddling and folk music rooted in Maine and New England traditions. Edith, John and Molly will be on hand for a performance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 7, at the Village Coffeehouse of New Gloucester, 19 Gloucester Hill […]