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NG residents to vote on revised budget Sept. 15

by Emily Bader August 12, 2020

NEW GLOUCESTER — The Selectboard voted Aug. 3 to reinstate the assistant librarian’s position at 30 hours per week without benefits. The planning and library directors’ positions will remain cut back from 40 hours a week to 36 and will include benefits. The two articles will go before voters next month. Voters in July rejected […]

Lakes Region Weekly

Inside New Gloucester: July 31

by Patti Mikkelsen July 31, 2020July 27, 2020

Tales from Norumbega Families looking for a unique way to spend a summer evening have an entertaining option, free of charge, courtesy of New Gloucester Parks and Recreation. Michael Fralich, an experienced storyteller, will be narrating tales that the whole family will enjoy at 6 p.m. every other Wednesday. The next program is Aug. 5 […]

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New Gloucester group calls on AMVETS to stop using Confederate flag

by Emily Bader July 29, 2020July 29, 2020

The group also held its first monthly anti-racism rally last Saturday at Coolidge Family Farms on Lewiston Road.

Lakes Region Weekly

NG voters send library, planning budgets back to Selectboard

by Emily Bader July 22, 2020September 14, 2020

New Gloucester voters rejected the two warrant articles on the library and Planning Department budgets, giving the Selectboard 60 days to put a new budget before voters.

Lakes Region Weekly

Election results: Bragdon wins NG Selectboard seat, voters reject library, planning budgets

by Emily Bader July 17, 2020July 17, 2020

NEW GLOUCESTER — The proposed $8 million town budget will be sent back to the Selectboard for revisions after voters Tuesday rejected its appropriations for the New Gloucester Public Library and the Planning Department. Voters also elected Peter Bragdon to a three-year term on the Board of Selectmen. Bragdon, a former chairman of the Budget […]

Lakes Region Weekly

Inside New Gloucester: July 17

by Patti Mikkelsen July 17, 2020July 13, 2020

Sponsor a Lamb In 2019, a young ram was donated to Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village to supplement its aging flock. This addition took on mega proportions. As it turns out, this male was not properly neutered and he impregnated 20 Shaker Village ewes. Complications ensued, which resulted in associated substantial costs. In 2020 alone, the […]

Lakes Region Weekly

Lakes Region July 14 election roundup

by Emily Bader July 15, 2020July 21, 2020

Voters validate their school budgets, elect local officials, approve two state bond questions and back Sara Gideon in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.

Lakes Region Weekly

Election results: NG selectman’s race vote unavailable Wednesday

by Emily Bader July 15, 2020

NEW GLOUCESTER — Results of Tuesday’s Board of Selectmen election between Peter Bragdon and Paul Larrivee were unavailable Wednesday, Deputy Clerk Kimberly A. Getchell said. Bragon and Larrivee were running for a three-year seat on the board. In the U.S. Senate Democratic primary, New Gloucester voters favored Sara Gideon with 409 votes. Betsy Sweet and […]