NEW GLOUCESTER — One Bowdoin company’s specialty: making handcrafted, impossibly thin electrodes for use by brain surgeons. For another company out of East Boothbay, it’s making $30 million super yachts. The Manufacturers Association of Maine’s annual Manufacturing Summit celebrated big and small on Thursday, highlighting the variety of work done here and how there’s room […]
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Lewiston Somalis give new life to New Gloucester, Pownal farms
NEW GLOUCESTER — A new season, a new chapter and new beginnings are taking root for an immigrant community and unused farmland. Intervale Farm, which ended its nearly 20-year run of harvesting and selling popular pumpkins and gourds last October, has a new crop of farmers. The Somali Bantu Community Association of Maine, a Lewiston-based […]
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Four candidates vying for two selectmen seats in New Gloucester
NEW GLOUCESTER — Four certified candidates whose names appear on the ballot are vying to fill two open seats on the New Gloucester Board of Selectmen. Incumbent Linda Chase, Jean Couturier, Stephen Hathorne and Kathleen Potter are seeking the two three-year terms. Nathaniel Berry IV is not seeking re-election. Lynn Conger, a former selectman who […]
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Man accused of shooting at off-road rider
NEW GLOUCESTER — A Tyler Avenue man was arrested Wednesday and charged with firing a round from a handgun at an ATV rider. Mark A. Leighton, 58, of 41 Tyler Ave., was charged with reckless conduct with a firearm. He was taken to the Cumberland County Jail in Portland and later released on $160 cash […]
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Falmouth crash snarls traffic
FALMOUTH – A New Gloucester woman escaped without injury Thursday when her car was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 295. Maine State Police said a Nissan driven by Elizabeth Morgan, 22, was rear-ended by a 2003 Peterbilt driven by Paul Bean, 53, of Levant, while traffic was slowing on the turnpike at about 5:30 […]
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RSU 15 budget passes, paving way for June 9 referendum
GRAY — Moderator Don Libby of New Gloucester lead 37 registered voters in Gray and New Gloucester on Thursday as they passed Regional School Unit 15’s proposed 2015-16 budget, totaling $23.91 million. This paves the way for the June 9 district referendum validation approval vote at the polls. At the same time, by a ballot vote of 27 […]
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Robert L. Robshaw
1943 – 2015 BRUNSWICK — Robert L. Robshaw, 71, passed away Tuesday, May 12, at Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston, after a lengthy Illness. At his side were his son, Rob; partner, Debby Stubbs; ex-wife, Phillis McKenney; and friends, Bruce, Sandy and Stephanie Hubbard. He was born Sept 9, 1943, in Bath, to Dorothy Alexander. […]
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Gray-New Gloucester voters to decide new school budget Thursday
GRAY — Regional School Unit 15 will hold a district budget meeting starting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Gray-New Gloucester High School cafetorium on Libby Hill Road in Gray. Voter registration begins at 6 p.m. The proposed 2015-16 budget totals $23.91 million, an increase of $116,970 or 0.49 percent compared to the current […]
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Candidates forum in New Gloucester on May 29
NEW GLOUCESTER — A televised candidates forum will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, May 29, at the New Gloucester Meetinghouse, 389 Intervale Road. Beverly Cadigan will serve as moderator. Candidates vying for two seats on the Board of Selectmen are Linda Chase, Jean Couturier, Stephen Hathorne and Kathleen Potter. Residents are encouraged to send […]
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New Gloucester man charged after police find guns in home
NEW GLOUCESTER — A New Gloucester man is facing multiple charges after a search warrant yielded several firearms, according to a Maine State Police statement. Troy Babb, 49, is prohibited from possessing firearms due to a pair of felony convictions from the 1990’s, according to the statement. The seized firearms included shotguns, handguns and rifles, […]