Price for preservation too high Voters in Gray will be asked Nov. 4 to decide on a possible future for the Pennell Institute by approving a $2.4 million, 30-year bond to convert the building into town offices. Approval ensures the building would remain a town landmark, but the cost of the bond is too steep. […]

Price for preservation too high Voters in Gray will be asked Nov. 4 to decide on a possible future for the Pennell Institute by approving a $2.4 million, 30-year bond to convert the building into town offices. Approval ensures the building would remain a town landmark, but the cost of the bond is too steep. […]

Two Naples men were arrested yesterday in connection with a domestic dispute involving a firearm. William Edwin Merrow, 22, of 11 Valeriani Drive, pointed a gun at his wife at around 6 a.m. Thursday before fleeing the scene, said Capt. Don Goulet of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. Merrow was later located in Westbrook and […]

There has been much discussion and confusion regarding the preservation of the Pennell Institute over the past several years. Through a non-binding referendum question four years ago, the voters of Gray overwhelmingly supported the preservation of Pennell Institute for its historic and intrinsic values. A recent survey solicited by and from a select group would […]

After losing everything they own in a house fire Oct. 2, Pat and Nick Rossi are trying to move forward. But they can’t help looking back. “It’s really hard to get over it,” Pat Rossi, 53, said. “I’m still in shock.” The three-bedroom house that Pat and her husband, Nick, 58, lived in for the […]

Air National Guard Airman William J. Hannigan has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. During the six weeks of training, the airman studied the Air Force mission, organization, and military customs and courtesies; performed drill and ceremony marches, and received physical training, rifle marksmanship, field training exercises, […]

Air National Guard Airman William J. Hannigan has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. During the six weeks of training, the airman studied the Air Force mission, organization, and military customs and courtesies; performed drill and ceremony marches, and received physical training, rifle marksmanship, field training exercises, […]

The cost and placement of a planned community center were some of the reasons Standish councilors have decided against putting a more than $8 million proposal to a popular vote. Residents will not vote on the proposal in November and the council is unlikely to discuss it again soon. The councilors’ decision frustrated Community Center […]

1003vendredi.jpg From left, Pat Riley, outgoing president; Sharon Yackley, new president; Charlotte Seckler, treasurer; Joan Lennon, secretary; and Anne Miller, vice president at the Septmber meeting of the Vendredi Club, where 2008-09 officers were elected. Courtesy photo by Ellie Palmer. The Vendredi Club held its September meeting at the home of Pat Blake in Otisfield. […]

If we were already worried about the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, now it is time to get really worried. On Sept. 24 London-based newspaper The Independent alerted the world that there is evidence that millions of tons of methane are being released into the environment from beneath the Arctic seabed. If that isn’t bad […]