NEW GLOUCESTER — The Verge New England Cyclo-Cross Series takes on the Downeast Cyclocross at Pineland Farms this weekend. As in years past, the Verge Series has brought out some of the strongest competition in the country in all types of conditions and on all styles of courses. Given the strength and depth of the […]
New Gloucester Maine
Two deaths suggest larger, hidden problem
The slayings of 22-year-old Christiana Fesmire and another woman in Lewiston this summer reveal an ugly problem that remains largely hidden — violence against women in the sex trade. Lewiston and State Police arrested Buddy Robinson on Friday and charged him with Fesmire’s murder. Her body has not been recovered. While there is no indication […]
Well done – Noelle Duncanson
DUDLEY, Mass. — Noelle Duncanson of New Gloucester was named to the dean’s list at Nichols College for the spring semester of 2011.
Correction: Hilton statement
NEW GLOUCESTER — A story on the New Gloucester selectmen’s meeting published on Page B2 of Tuesday’s City edition should have said resident Penny Hilton said her research indicates people from the same family have been on two or three of the town’s influential committees at the same time, year after year, though not on […]
Mechanics Savings Bank— Lisbon, Poland, GNG grads awarded scholarships
AUBURN – Mechanics Savings Bank awarded $1,000 Banking on the Future Scholarships to Lisbon High School graduate Taylor Haines of Lisbon Falls, Poland Regional High School graduate Connor King of Mechanic Falls and Gray-New Gloucester High School graduate Jeffrey Taylor of New Gloucester. While at Lisbon High School, Haines was an active member of the […]
Wings of Freedom bringing vintage planes to airport
AUBURN — Former New Gloucester resident Tom Driscoll picks up the leather flying jacket that his father, Lt. John Driscoll Sr., wore when he piloted B-17s in the 1940s. The jacket is a family treasure and symbol of the stories that John finally began telling about the war near the end of his life in […]