After a resident contacted town officials about a comment from Selectman George Colby, the offending sound bite was cut from the publicly available recording.
Emily Bader
Emily joined the Sun Journal in April 2021 on the health beat. She previously reported for the Lakes Region Weekly, covering nine towns in Cumberland County. She enjoys taste testing chai lattes at local cafes, attempting to beat her personal best on the NYT’s mini crossword puzzle and watching thunderstorms. She’s on the fence about the Oxford comma.
Emily grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from Wellesley College in 2018. She’s lived in lots of places for little bits of time but now calls Portland home. She welcomes coffee shop recommendations, cookie recipes and news tips in her inbox.
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Council interviews Gray town manager candidates
GRAY — The town this week is wrapping up its first rounds of town manager interviews, according to Town Council Chairperson Sandy Carder. The town hired municipal consultant Don Gerrish of the consulting firm Eaton Peabody in October for a fee of $6,000 and started advertising the position in November. Carder said they received 22 […]
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Brewer appointed to vacant SAD 15 board seat
GRAY — Councilors unanimously appointed Kelly Brewer to fill the vacancy on the Gray-New Gloucester School Board earlier this month. There were two other applicants. Brewer will serve as a Gray representative until June. The seat has been vacant since October, when member Dotti Barton stepped down. No reason was given for her decision.
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COVID-19 outbreaks on the rise at area schools
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has designated two more schools as open outbreak sites, in addition to two open investigations at other schools in the Lakes Region.
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New Gloucester gets its library back
Residents overwhelmingly approve the $102K budget Tuesday in the third proposal to go before voters.
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Casco still looking for new town manager
CASCO — Selectboard members will readvertise the town manager position after the candidate they offered the job to declined, Interim Town Manager Don Gerrish confirmed Wednesday. The announcement was made at Tuesday night’s Selectboard meeting. Gerrish told the Lakes Region Weekly earlier this month that the finalist had declined the offer, but the Selectboard had […]
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New Gloucester fire chief resigns, steps down immediately
Toby Martin gave notice of his immediate resignation Dec. 6, said Town Manager Brenda Fox-Howard earlier this week.
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Route 202/Falmouth Road traffic light delayed until February
WINDHAM — Residents will have to wait another month for the installation of a traffic light at the high crash intersection of Route 202 and Falmouth Road. The completion has been delayed from Dec. 31 to Feb. 1 because a contractor installed “inadequate components that must be replaced, Sen. Bill Diamond, D-Windham, and Reps. Mark […]
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Schools’ COVID-19 cases surge after Thanksgiving break
A number of students and staff across the Lakes Region’s five school districts have tested positive for the coronavirus over the last two weeks.
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Bridgton streetscape, wastewater projects nearing completion
Improvements to Bridgton’s Main Street and wastewater system are slowing down for the winter but will likely be completed by next June, say town officials.