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Brickyard Hollow Brewing Company will collaborate with the New Gloucester Fire Department to promote fire safety within the community. On Saturday, March 15, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., the company will offer delivery services within New Gloucester, with Fire Department volunteers serving as delivery drivers. Delivery service will be available exclusively within the town […]

Lakes Region Weekly

Grant freeze causes major setbacks for Shaker herb house project

by Rory Sweeting February 18, 2025February 18, 2025

The Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village’s herb house revitalization project faces uncertainty in the wake of the federal grant freeze.

Lakes Region Weekly

New Gloucester considers outsourcing ambulance services

by Rory Sweeting February 11, 2025February 11, 2025

The New Gloucester Select Board debated the controversial idea of outsourcing the town’s ambulance services to either the town of Gray or United Ambulance Services.

Lakes Region Weekly

New media director hired for Gray and New Gloucester

by Rory Sweeting January 27, 2025January 27, 2025

Chris Daggett will oversee the broadcasting of government meetings, among other services, in Gray and New Gloucester.

Local & State

One man killed, another seriously hurt in New Gloucester crash

by Katie Langley January 11, 2025

A Damariscotta man was pronounced dead at the scene, and a passenger from Portland sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Lakes Region Weekly

New Gloucester considers future of transfer station

by Rory Sweeting January 7, 2025January 7, 2025

New Gloucester’s aging transfer station has been the subject of considerable debate.

Lakes Region Weekly

Unity Environmental University ranks in top 2% on 2024 Social Mobility Index

December 30, 2024December 20, 2024

Unity Environmental University has climbed to No. 22 out of 1,205 U.S. institutions in the 2024 Social Mobility Index, placing it in the top 2% nationally, and remaining No. 1 in Maine for a second straight year, according to a Unity press release. This marks a significant improvement from Unity’s 2023 standing in the top […]

Lakes Region Weekly

Inside New Gloucester: Dec. 20

by Patti Mikkelsen December 20, 2024December 16, 2024

Wreaths Across America rolls through Upper Village Hundreds of people converged at the New Gloucester Veterans Monument to watch the Wreaths Across America convoy bound for Arlington National Cemetery pass by. Sirens and horns emanating from police and fire vehicles signaled the arrival of the lengthy procession. A 30-minute ceremony featured tributes to several of […]