WORCESTER, Mass. — Margaret Corrigan of New Gloucester, Maine, a junior majoring in civil engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, recently completed an intense, hands-on research project in Nantucket. The project was titled “Evaluating the Condition of Private Roads on Nantucket.” At WPI, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project that addresses an […]
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Pineland Farms awarded Olympic Opportunity Fund
NEW GLOUCESTER — U.S. Paralympics, a division of the United States Olympic Committee, has announced that Pineland Farms is one of 97 organizations in the U.S. selected to receive the Olympic Opportunity Fund. Grants ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 were provided to USOC partner organizations to increase the number and quality of opportunities for physically […]
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E. Field: Stop glorifying guns
Recently, NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre gave his solution to gun violence: hire armed guards for every school. There were 114 additional gun deaths in America in the seven days after the Sandy Hook massacre. If Americans saw the pictures and names of people killed with guns every day the way they did with […]
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L. Sturgis: Negative vote has consequences
On Jan. 14, there was a special town meeting in New Gloucester. Turnout was quite heavy for that meeting. There was a definite tone in the hall of suspicion and anti-government feeling. It was a very long night as several people got up to speak and sometimes went very far afield with their remarks. Others […]
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Public water workshop slated for New Gloucester
NEW GLOUCESTER — Residents are invited to a public water workshop at 9 a.m. Saturday at Memorial School, 86 Intervale Road. The workshop follows the results of a recent vote opposing the new water system and will allow residents to voice their opinions. The day will begin with a presentation on the project overview and […]
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The Winter Farmers’ Market at Connemara Farm
In June of 2012, Anne McCormack invited local farmers, artisans, craftsmen and other vendors to join her in selling their wares at a farmers’ market in New Gloucester. When the weather turned too cold for even the hardiest of Maine’s farmers and producers of homespun wares to stand outside for hours at a time, McCormack […]
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Blood Drive at L-A Harley LEWISTON — The American Red Cross is partnering with the Mid-Maine Hog Chapter and L-A Harley-Davidson for the 14th annual Super Blood Drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, at 839 Main St. Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. Each unit of donated blood […]
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Kathleen S. Pickel of Buckfield, Maine, was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2012 semester at Wagner College. POTSDAM, N.Y. — Jessica Mitaly of New Gloucester, Maine, a Clarkson University junior majoring in mechanical engineering, interned at Hamilton Sundstrand in Windsor Locks, Conn., last summer. CLEMSON, S.C. — The […]
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New Gloucester moves forward after contentious vote
NEW GLOUCESTER — In what resident Laura Sturgis termed a “contentious” meeting Monday night, voters narrowly rejected a $2.35 million public water system. The vote was 101-116. The system would have stretched from the New Gloucester Fairgrounds on Bald Hill Road to the Upper Village along a section of Route 100. It was to serve […]
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New Gloucester narrowly votes down water system
NEW GLOUCESTER — Residents on Monday voted 116-101 against building a $2.35 million public water system for Upper Gloucester Village. The vote followed about three hours of debate. The system would have stretched from the New Gloucester Fairgrounds on Bald Hill Road to the Upper Village along a section of Route 100. It was to […]