A number of students and staff across the Lakes Region’s five school districts have tested positive for the coronavirus over the last two weeks.
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Inside New Gloucester: Dec. 4
2020 tree lighting extinguished “Tiny Timber” is aglow once again this year to share cheer and hope for all passersby. This year’s tree lighting, however, came without the traditional ceremony, carls, cookies and cocoa because of the coronavirus and the closure of the public library during the last few months. Beverly Cadigan, president of the […]
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Rig crashes in New Gloucester; driver charged with OUI, suspended license
Route 100 was closed for hours to clean up wreckage and a load of apple juice.
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Driver charged with OUI in tractor-trailer crash
NEW GLOUCESTER — An Illinois man was arrested early Wednesday and charged with operating under the influence after crashing the tractor-trailer he was driving on Lewiston Road near Gloucester Hill Road, according to a press release from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. The 53-foot trailer, registered to an Illinois company and hauling a full load, […]
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Two arrested following car chase in Standish
STANDISH — A Standish man and a New Gloucester woman were arrested early Nov. 25 after leading Cumberland County Sheriff’s Deputies on a car chase that ended on Portland Water District property. A deputy saw a vehicle driving erratically and attempted to stop it about 2 a.m. on Chadbourne Road, according to the Sheriff’s Office. […]
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Absentee ballot requests more than doubled in Lakes Region
Of the 39,386 ballots cast across the Lakes Region Nov. 3, more than 60% of those were by absentee. Despite the enormous task of processing these ballots, “it was a fabulous day,” said one town clerk.
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New Gloucester charter commission elections likely next summer
NEW GLOUCESTER — The election of six residents to a charter commission will take place at the next regularly scheduled town meeting, the Board of Selectmen voted Monday night. The question of whether to create a charter commission was approved by voters 1,922 to 1,580 at the Nov. 3 election. The charter commission is comprised […]
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Schools districts plan to stay the course on hybrid model
Superintendents say data does not suggest schools are a main source of transmission for the virus.
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Voting site for NG library question moved due to virus concerns
Citing an uptick in the number of COVID-19 cases among emergency personnel, Selectmen move the polling location for the Dec. 15 election from the Fire Department to the Community Building.
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Guest Commentary: ‘Mischaracterized’ Trump thwarted at every turn
Here’s what I think about the calls for “healing” and “coming together.” For four years the vast majority of the major print, online and broadcast media, politicians of both political parties and elements of his own administration have worked to prevent this president from advancing the agenda for which he was duly elected in a […]