WATERVILLE — Area students were named to the dean’s list at Colby College for their outstanding academic achievement during the fall semester of the 2012-13 year. Brittney N. Bell, a senior, is the daughter of Nancy Bell of Poland, and attended Poland Regional High School. Harper R. Burke, a senior, is the daughter of Michael […]
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Maine Maritime Academy announces dean’s list
CASTINE — Maine Maritime Academy recently named students to their dean’s list for outstanding academic achievement in the first semester of the 2012-2013 academic year. Auburn: Robert Cloutier, power engineering technology, 2015; Cody Day, marine engineering operations, 2016. Bowdoin: William Melcher, marine engineering technology, 2014; Owen Blease, marine engineering technology, 2016. Mechanic Falls: Alexander Morrison, […]
Well done: Students earn honors
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The following local residents made the dean’s list for winter 2013 quarter at Rochester Institute of Technology. Joseph Archambault of New Gloucester, a second-year student in RIT’s B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences. Joshua Vickerson of New Gloucester, a second-year student in RIT’s B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing […]
Bridge replacement, water project vote hot topics in New Gloucester
NEW GLOUCESTER — The Maine Turnpike Authority is replacing the Snow Hill Road bridge over the Maine Turnpike beginning in mid-June with completion set for November, selectmen learned on Monday. MTA spokesman Dan Morin told the board the $1.2 million project awarded to Wyman and Simpson of Richmond consists of replacing the bridge and raising […]
Maine Turnpike opens New Gloucester high-speed toll plaza
NEW GLOUCESTER (AP) — The Maine Turnpike is opening its first high-speed toll plaza. Beginning Monday, drivers who use E-ZPass can pay their tolls electronically while driving at highway speeds at the plaza in New Gloucester. The Maine Turnpike Authority says there’s one high-speed lane in each direction and three other lanes that can be […]
Students honored for achievements
MEDFORD, Mass. — Ben Armstrong, a sophomore mechanical engineering student at Tufts University School of Engineering, has been placed on the dean’s list for maintaining an honor average for the fall 2012 academic term. This is his third consecutive term on the dean’s list. Ben, a 2011 graduate of Edward Little High School, is the […]
Petition started to repeal New Gloucester water system vote
NEW GLOUCESTER – Steve Hathorne spent Friday in Upper Gloucester village gathering signatures for a petition that asks residents to repeal last month’s vote to build a public water system for the village. Hathorne and a half dozen residents are recruiting voters to sign the petition, which would be forwarded to selectmen. Spearheading the drive […]
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Students present Cross Stations AUBURN — More than 40 students in St. Dominic Academy’s eighth-grade class will present the Live Stations of the Cross at 11 a.m. on Good Friday, March 29, at the Auburn Campus, 121 Gracelawn Road. “It is a scripturally-based reading and enactment of the Stations of the Cross,” said Donald Fournier, […]
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Danville Grange meets March 28 AUBURN — Members of Danville Junction Grange will meet on Thursday, March 28, for a 6 p.m. supper with Excelsior Grange as guests. The program, beginning at 7 p.m., will feature Auburn Police Officer Tom Poulin, who will speak about the Auburn PAL Center on Chestnut Street, which recently opened. […]
Route 202 in New Gloucester closed
NEW GLOUCESTER — State police were at the scene of a motor vehicle crash on Route 202 Friday night, a dispatcher at the Troop B barracks in Gray said. The Maine Department of Transportation reported the accident at the intersection of Morse Road closed the road. It was unclear when it would reopen.