NEW GLOUCESTER — Selectmen signed a warrant Monday for a special town meeting asking voters to support the town’s efforts to promote a village orientation of Upper Gloucester with revisions to the town’s zoning standards that support a master plan for the area on Route 100. The meeting is scheduled at 7 p.m. Nov. 16 at […]
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Androscoggin County polling places
State of Maine voter information: Maine.gov When and where you can vote Tuesday: Auburn: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Ward 1 Washburn School, 35 Lake Auburn Ave. Ward 2 Auburn Middle School, 38 Falcon Drive Ward 3 Fairview School, 397 Minot Ave. Ward 4 Auburn Hall, 60 Court St. Ward 5 Sherwood Heights School, 32 […]
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Animal Tales: Building homes for feral felines
NEW GLOUCESTER — Angela Cheetham builds houses. For cats. They’re not grand — a plastic tote within a plastic tote, filled with straw and insulated with scrap pieces of foam board, a cutout for a door — but for feral cats around Maine, they’re as good as mansions. “It gives them a chance to have […]
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New Gloucester selectmen blast MTA for ‘wiping us off the map’
NEW GLOUCESTER – Maine Turnpike Authority officials were blasted by selectmen Monday night for a plan to replace signs for New Gloucester with ones for Windham and Gray. The only New Gloucester sign along the turnpike will be one prior to Exit 63 northbound in Gray. Coming south, there will be no sign for New […]
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New Gloucester fire chief resigns
NEW GLOUCESTER — Fire Chief Gary Sacco has resigned, effective Oct. 2, Town Manager Paul First announced at Monday night’s selectmen meeting. In his letter dated Sept. 14 he said he plans to retire. Sacco joined the Fire Department as a volunteer in 1996 and worked his way up to being the first hired chief […]
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Shameek ‘JoJo’ Yuelle
1977 – 2015 NEW GLOUCESTER — Shameek “JoJo” Yuelle, 37, died on Monday, Sept. 14. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Oct. 18, 1977, the son of Randall Yuelle and Patricia (Garcia) Korhonen. JoJo moved to Maine when he was 13 and grew up in Lewiston. He played basketball, skied at Lost Valley and […]
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Transient couple arrested after New Gloucester assaults
NEW GLOUCESTER — A transient couple was arrested and charged with assaulting a local man at his home late Thursday night, authorities said. A man and a woman broke down the door to a home at 494 Snow Hill Road shortly before midnight, according to a news release from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. Dale […]
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SAD 15 officials, teachers ink contract
NEW GLOUCESTER — A new three-year contract ratified by the School Administrative District 15 board of directors and the Gray-New Gloucester Teachers Union includes higher wages and lower health insurance costs, Superintendent Bruce Beasley said Wednesday. The agreement is for the period Sept. 1, 2014, through Aug. 31, 2017. Teachers, who began the new school […]
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RSU 15 teachers’ contract expected this week
GRAY — When school opens Wednesday for Regional School Unit 15’s nearly 2,000 students, teachers will be working without a contract for the second year in a row. Superintendent Bruce Beasley said Tuesday, “We are still working on it. I am hopeful for an agreement soon. It’s a confidential negotiation and I don’t want to […]
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Raymond man in critical condition after crash
AUBURN — A Raymond man remained in critical condition Thursday, a day after his car collided head-on with a tractor-trailer on Washington Street. Michael Lahey, 54, was treated at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston for injuries suffered in the 6:30 p.m. crash. A hospital official said late Thursday that Lahey had been moved to […]