Supper to benefit NG Fuel Assistance The New Gloucester Republican Committee will host their annual spaghetti supper to benefit the local emergency heating assistance fund next month. Last year they raised an impressive $15,000 to bolster the fund. The event will be held at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 4 at the First Congregational Church Vestry, 19 […]
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Inside New Gloucester: Oct. 6
Free smoke alarms installed New Gloucester Fire Rescue, in partnership with the American Red Cross and Building Livability in New Gloucester, is launching a new program to install 10-year smoke alarms in residents’ homes, free of charge. The organization is looking for volunteers to help install the smoke alarms. An installation workshop will be held […]
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Applications available for Thanksgiving dinner assistance in Gray, New Gloucester
Gray-New Gloucester Caring Community is accepting applications for its annual Thanksgiving dinner assistance to residents in Gray and New Gloucester. To apply, fill out the form at bit.ly/46waixy. Proof of residency is required. The deadline is Nov. 10. For more information, contact 233-0828 or gngcaring@gmail.com.
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Yarmouth Town Council votes to support ‘trail until rail’
The council unanimously agrees to recommend that the Legislature approve the use of an old rail line between Portland and Auburn for recreation.
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Inside New Gloucester: Sept. 22
Tess Gerritsen to preview her new book Bestselling author of the “Rizzoli and Isles” series Tess Gerritsen will speak about her upcoming novel, “The Spy Coast,” at the New Gloucester Public Library at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26. The book comes out in November and revolves around a retired CIA operative in small-town Maine who […]
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Maine gets $1 million in grants to create new hiking trails
The projects receiving funding include new trail networks in Windham and New Gloucester.
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Inside New Gloucester: Sept. 8
Historical society to host talk on Opportunity Farm Diantha Hawkes Grant will present “Remembering Opportunity Farm” at 7 p.m. Sept. 21 at the New Gloucester Meetinghouse. The Opportunity Farm was an educational center for disadvantaged boys, established in 1910. It continues today with multiple educational facilities open to boys and girls. Grant’s father, Bob Hawkes, […]
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Hundreds join in with joy as Wabanaki Marketplace resumes at Shaker Village
Maine’s tribes were celebrated Saturday as artists showed off speciality foods, hand-crafted baskets, jewelry, and a performance of drumming, song and dance.
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Shaker Village hosts first Wabanaki Marketplace since pandemic hit
More than 40 Wabanaki artists will convene in New Gloucester for a marketplace that is the meeting of two communities working to preserve their cultures and traditions.
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Inside New Gloucester: Aug. 25
RRCT Watershed Landmarks Series The Royal River Conservation Trust will begin a new series of events featuring RRCT-owned properties throughout the region in September. The hike “Fairgrounds to Flowing North” launches the series at 9 a.m. Sept. 10. Participants will hike off-trail from the New Gloucester Fairgrounds down the river to RRCT’s Flowing North Preserve […]