Selectmen approved appointing brothers Steve and Don Libby and Selectboard member Linda Chase to the charter commission on a vote of 2-1, with one abstention. The six other members of the commission will be elected in June.
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New Gloucester ballfield project not a hit with some neighbors
The Royal River Conservation Trust and Gray-New Gloucester Little League are in the early stages of plans for their pending purchase of 180 acres off Intervale Road.
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Inside New Gloucester: April 9
Special town election A special election will take place from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 13 at the New Gloucester Meetinghouse, 389 Intervale Road. The first of two articles pertains to funding repairs to the Stevens Brook dam/box culvert replacement and road repair. The second article would OK the purchase of a loader […]
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Guest column: Royal River Conservation Trust has lost its way
Royal River Conservation Trust is on the brink of compromising its impressive history in land acquisition and preservation by partnering with Gray-New Gloucester Little League on a large urban-scale development in New Gloucester’s iconic Intervale landscape. Through a generous offer by a private landowner, RRCT has an option on a 180-acre tract that connects Royal […]
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Dog owners oppose North Yarmouth’s proposed leash law
The measure, to be taken up at town meeting this month, would require leashes at a number of public parks that are popular with those who like to let their dogs run off leash.
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New Gloucester residents to vote on repairs at Stevens Brook Pond dam
The $785,000 project would replace the dam and culvert and fix the bridge at the Gloucester Hill Road site.
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Inside New Gloucester: March 26
Scouting for food Maine Maple Weekend Smother your pancakes with maple syrup tapped and boiled at Royal River Orchards, 201 Peacock Hill Road, during Maine Maple Weekend, March 27-28. Owners David and Leslee Clark are your hosts. Pancake breakfasts with all of the fixings take place both days from 9 a.m. to noon or until […]
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Winthrop driver seriously injured after colliding with train in New Gloucester
A Winthrop man suffered serious injuries Monday after authorities say the vehicle he was driving collided with a train in New Gloucester. The early morning accident was one of three reported this week in Gray and New Gloucester. Cumberland County sheriff’s deputies responded to a call from the Pan AM Railways Dispatch Center at 3:55 […]
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New Gloucester Selectboard criticized for violating charter commission statute
Already far past the deadline set by state law for appointing members of the charter commission, the select board voted to move appointments from early July to April.
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Casco back to drawing board as New Gloucester town manager backs out
New Gloucester Town Manager Brenda Fox-Howard, whose last day on the the job is April 2, asked to be let out of her newly signed contract with Casco.