NEW GLOUCESTER — Selectmen advised Town Manager Sumner Field III on Monday night that they want next year’s budget to cap merit pay raises at 3 percent and have no staff increases. The board also wants no excessive use of the Undesignated Fund Balance. The timeline for budget development has Field distributing budget books for […]
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Horse health to be topic of conference
NEW GLOUCESTER — Horse owners, caretakers and pre-veterinary students will learn about the most serious infectious diseases that can affect their animals and what can be done to improve biosecurity and prevent disease outbreaks on the farm at the Horse Health Education Conference on Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Pineland Equestrian Center. The program is […]
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M. Love: Focus will be on jobs, education
I’m writing in support of Nichole Stevens, who is running against Ellie Espling to represent District 105 (New Gloucester, Durham and part of Lisbon) in the Maine House of Representatives. Stevens grew up in rural Maine, and she knows what she’s talking about when she says that Augusta’s priorities are out of step with Maine’s […]
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Students are semifinalists in National Merit Scholarship Program
EVANSTON, Ill. — Officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation have announced the names of approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 58th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,300 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million that will be offered next […]
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Nelson A. Hood Jr.
AUBURN — Nelson A. Hood Jr., 83, formerly of New Gloucester, passed to heaven at home in Auburn, Oct. 29. He was born in Lewiston, Nov. 1928. He went to Bald Hill School and graduated from New Gloucester High School in 1947, where he played both basketball and baseball. He then worked as a mechanic […]
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S. Stanton: Learned the value of hard work
I support Nichole Stevens on Nov. 6 as the next state representative from New Gloucester. She is one of the most energetic and hard-working people I have met. Growing up in a working class Maine family, she learned early on the value and necessity of hard work. She put herself through college and continues to […]
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M. Larson: A give-away to businesses
During a recent Senate candidate forum held in New Gloucester, Lois Snowe-Mello touted LD 281, a law she sponsored, as an accomplishment she was very proud of. The law creates a statue of limitations on enforcement actions taken by the state against entities that pollute the air or water. The state must now bring enforcement […]
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L. Sturgis: Not what they are there for
I support Nichole Stevens for the Legislature in the New Gloucester area. She will stand up for workers’ rights and protect the rights of women. It has come to my attention that Ellie Espling, who is a very nice person, has an agenda of promoting her religious ideas in the Legislature. She was quoted on […]
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City seeks spruce tree LEWISTON — With planning for the sixth annual Twin Cities Holiday Celebration underway, the City of Lewiston is seeking the donation of a tree with which to decorate Dufresne Plaza, the site of festivities following the 2012 Parade of Lights, which will kick-off in Auburn on Nov. 26. City Arborist Steve […]
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Dressage: Pineland Farms hosting Olympic riders, judges
NEW GLOUCESTER — The New England Dressage Association is hosting its premier educational event, the annual Fall Symposium, at Pineland Farms through Sunday, Oct. 28. More than 300 riding enthusiasts and competitors from across the Northeast will come to Maine to participate in two days of educational clinics and demonstration riding. This is the first […]