The mother of a Gray-New Gloucester High School student says she is pulling her son out of school and moving because he has been the target of racial epithets on several occasions. Vernita Gross’ 16-year-old son, Bryant Gross, would be the second student to leave the high school following two recent incidents of racism at […]

Olivia Verrill, a fourth grade student at Manchester School in Windham, was honored last week at the State House by state Rep. Gary Plummer, state Rep. Mark Bryant, teacher Barbara Brown, Gov. John Baldacci, Commissioner of Education Susan Gendron, and state Sen. Bill Diamond. Verrill, daughter of David and Leslie Verrill, was named the grade […]

Heather Phinney, the animal control officer for both Gray and New Gloucester, began to notice a problem last spring, when a cat left behind by the previous owner was found starved to death, trapped inside a foreclosed home in Gray. Then, shortly after, a dog was found chained near a New Gloucester home, left behind […]

Residents will have a chance to vote on the Casco Community Center again in January – this time to borrow less money than proposed in the past to finish repairs and open the building to the public. A special town meeting is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 10, at 9 a.m. A public information session to […]

Vortex: Any circular or rotary flow in the atmosphere that possesses vorticity when a small air parcel spins as it moves along its path. Friday: Chance of snow, 70 percent Hi: 22 Low: 11 Saturday: Chance of snow, 30 percent Hi: 24 Low: 6 Sunday: Chance of snow, 30 percent Hi: 22 Low: 4

Saint Joseph’s College marine science professor Gregory Teegarden will continue studying red tide in the Gulf of Maine, with the help of a grant from NASA. The $90,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration will help Dr. Teegarden, of Pownal, and his colleagues at the University of Maine and Bowdoin College to come […]

Benefit for Spruce Hill Farm featuring Motor Booty Affair Friday, Jan. 9 Keeley’s Banquet Center, 178 Warren Ave., Portland Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets $25 in advance, $35 at the door All ages welcome Call 893-0025 or 712-6595 for more information

A very, merry Christmas Merry Christmas everybody! Even the Scrooges among us must be in the holiday spirit this week, as the “snowflake” lights are twinkling all along Main Street and the storefronts are decorated with gifts and garlands. Keep your fingers crossed for a white Christmas. It looks like it might be a close […]

Global warming: wouldn’t it be nice if this was an affectionate term describing a warm and fuzzy feeling shared by the Earth? But instead it is a state of crisis for our planet. Major companies such as GE, DuPont and the electric utility Energy are examples of an effort reduce emissions of global warming pollution. […]

Global warming: wouldn’t it be nice if this was an affectionate term describing a warm and fuzzy feeling shared by the Earth? But instead it is a state of crisis for our planet. Major companies such as GE, DuPont and the electric utility Energy are examples of an effort reduce emissions of global warming pollution. […]