BALTIMORE, Md. — Joshua Charest has made the dean’s list at Johns Hopkins University. Charest is going to be a junior in the engineering program and has been on the dean’s list since his freshmen year. He’s currently doing a summer engineering internship with Proctor & Gamble. He is the son of John and Louise […]
New Gloucester Maine
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Well done
POTSDAM, N.Y. — The following students will attend Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y., as members of the Class of 2016: Aimee Giffune of Turner, a graduate of Leavitt Area High School. Giffune will be majoring in chemical engineering. Caleb Verrill of Poland, a graduate of Saint Dominic Regional High School. Verrill will be majoring in […]
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Well done – Ethan Sivulich
NEW GLOUCESTER — Ethan Sivulich, of New Gloucester, was named a College Scholar at Middlebury College for the 2012 spring term Ethan will begin his sophomore year at Middlebury College. He is the son of Michael and Lenore Sivulich of New Gloucester and is a member of the varsity swim team.
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Antoinette L. LaChance
PORTLAND — Antoinette L. LaChance of New Gloucester, also known as Toni, was promoted to Glory on Aug. 20. She was born March 16, 1938, the daughter of Arthur and Wilhelmina Chapman of Newburgh. She is survived by her husband, Dennis Lachance of New Gloucester; son, David Baker of Florida; daughter, Laurel Reed, wife of […]
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Correction
Off key A story in Monday’s edition should have said New Gloucester resident and musician Beth Barefoot once led and directed the performance chorus at Gray-New Gloucester High School in the past. She was not in charge of the music program there. It was a reporting error.
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Authors will kick off new Machiah Center talk series
NEW GLOUCESTER — The Machiah Center will inaugurate a monthly series of talks and ?lm screenings on Wednesday, Aug. 29, with a talk with authors Arlie and Adam Hochschild. Al Brewer of WMPG Radio’s “Big Talk” will interview Adam about his work. John Baugher, associate professor of sociology at the University of Southern Maine, will talk […]
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New Gloucester keeps taxes at 2011 mill rate
NEW GLOUCESTER — Selectmen on Monday held the line, setting the town’s mill rate for 2012 the same as 2011 at $12.95 per thousand of valuation. Tax bills will go out in October. Town Manager Sumner Field III said the town will collect $5,995,532 from taxation. The total budget before allowable deductions of $1,344,002 totals […]
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School to offer CNA course
GRAY — The Gray-New Gloucester Adult and Community Education Program will offer a certified nursing assistant 12-week program in September. The classroom experience is one day per week from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Gray-New Gloucester High School. The clinical portion of the program, 70 hours, will be at Clover Manor in Auburn on […]
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Community to send off beloved organist
NEW GLOUCESTER — When Beth Barefoot puts on her shoes in early October, she will pack up her musical gifts and step away from a career spanning nearly 28 years in this area. Her steps will take her and her husband, Larry Ritter, an optometrist, to a new home in either Virginia or Pennsylvania. They […]
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Casino payoffs do not vary by time of day
DEAR SUN SPOTS: My friends who go to the casino say they do not play in the morning, because the slots don’t pay. I say the slots are set at the factory and only the gambling commission can change them. Who is right? Also I play on pogo.com. I have not been able to access […]