The budget reduces the spending increase from 5.93% to 4.79%, after the initial budget was rejected in June.
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Gray man accused of threatening to bring gun to Gorham day care
Local schools were put on lockdown and residents sheltered in place as the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office negotiated with the man to surrender.
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Southern Maine voters give mixed response to school bond projects
No community passed or failed all of the bonds on their ballots. Cape Elizabeth, Gray-New Gloucester and South Portland all rejected major school construction bonds while supporting smaller ones, yet Gorham approved a large renovation and rejected a tennis court project.
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Sixth grader arrested after Gray-New Gloucester school bus evacuated
Police searched the 11-year-old suspect’s home and found the ‘suspicious device,’ which was determined not to be an explosive. The boy was released to his parents while the district attorney considers whether to file charges.
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New ‘live fire’ facility will improve training for WRVC students, county’s firefighters
Westbrook Regional Vocational Center expects $1.5 million in federal funding to build a “live fire” facility.
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Gray teen hit by tractor-trailer faces ‘long road to recovery’
The 13-year-old Gray-New Gloucester Middle School student has severe injuries and had surgery on his left foot Wednesday. His mother says he is expected to be in the hospital for at least 2 more days.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Inside New Gloucester: April 21
Age-friendly livable community listening session The volunteer group Building Livability in New Gloucester, or BLING, is holding an Age-Friendly Community Listening Session for town residents Monday, April 24, at the First Congregational Church, 19 Gloucester Hill Road. Residents are encouraged to come and express their views on what would make New Gloucester a livable community […]
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Letter: Comments on the district’s transgender student policy
When your local school board does not want to hear from you, they make a last-minute change of venue. This is what happed to the Feb. 1 school board meeting. The policy for Transgender and Gender Expansive Students was up for a vote. A copy of the policy can be found under ACAAA on the […]
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Lakes Region June 8 election roundup
Voters took to the polls Tuesday to elect local officials and vote on municipal and school budgets.
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Region’s schools vary on increasing in-person learning
Though COVID-19 case numbers have spiked across the region, the five school districts in the Lakes Region have made different decisions on whether to increase in-person instruction for the remainder of the academic year.