NEW GLOUCESTER — Foreclosed properties and bids on a public works dump truck and equipment, along with requests for bids on a bridge-and-dam engineering study and a library egress, dominated Monday’s meeting of the Board of Selectmen. The board grappled with eight foreclosed properties under a new ordinance to collect back taxes from property owners in […]
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CPR-trained women save boy’s life on Sabbathday Lake
NEW GLOUCESTER — Three women trained in CPR revived a young boy who nearly drowned Monday on a New Gloucester lake, saving the 4-year-old’s life. He was listed Tuesday in stable condition at a local hospital. Janelle Alpizar of Lewiston said she was standing on a float off Outlet Beach (also known as Barefoot Beach) […]
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Child rescued from Sabbathday Lake, taken to Maine Med
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 […]