Police searched the 11-year-old suspect’s home and found the ‘suspicious device,’ which was determined not to be an explosive. The boy was released to his parents while the district attorney considers whether to file charges.
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Runway for a cause event set for New Gloucester May 11
NEW GLOUCESTER — The third annual Flowers that Feed: Floral Fashions Feeding Families Art and Fashion showcase is set for 3 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the Coolidge Family Farm, 1084 Lewiston Road. The event is presented by Artlovelifestyle Magazine and the Compassionate Leadership Project, and hosted by Whitley Nabintu Marshall and Misty Coolidge. This […]
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New Gloucester poetry publisher receives $45K literary arts grant
NEW GLOUCESTER — Alice James Books, an independent poetry publisher, has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $45,000. The NEA will award 958 Grants for Arts Projects awards totaling more than $27.1 million, announced as part of its first round of fiscal year 2024 […]
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Son helped save his brothers in New Gloucester fire, then ran back to try to save his dad
A neighbor says Lado Lodoka’s son kept going back into the smoking home until he found his father and dragged his body outside.
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Yard Sauce trio to perform benefit concert at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village
A Shaker Meeting Room series benefit concert featuring Jeff Christmas, Chris Moore, and Mitch Reed – also known as Yard Sauce – an acoustic, folk, and Americana Maine-based trio, will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 20, at the Brick Dwelling House at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in New Gloucester. Their live concerts […]
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SNAPSHOT: Gray New Gloucester club gives pocket Constitutions to school
The Gray New Gloucester Optimist Club presents pocket Constitutions to the Gray-New Gloucester Middle School in Gray to be used for classroom instruction. In attendance were students Kai Sui, Alex Hamilton, Principal Richard Riley-Benoit, student Cooper Bucci, and Optimist Club members George Mathews, Virginia Bennett and Teacher Annie Cook. The club joined other Optimist Clubs […]
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Maine gets $1 million in grants to create new hiking trails
The projects receiving funding include new trail networks in Windham and New Gloucester.
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Hundreds join in with joy as Wabanaki Marketplace resumes at Shaker Village
Maine’s tribes were celebrated Saturday as artists showed off speciality foods, hand-crafted baskets, jewelry, and a performance of drumming, song and dance.
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Our View: Three cheers for a rare Maine team in the Little League World Series
Fourteen players aged between 10 and 12 take the field Thursday in Pennsylvania, the fourth team from Maine to ever qualify for the Little League Baseball World Series.
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Bank offers first Islamic mortgages based in Maine
The program is viewed as a watershed initiative for Maine’s immigrant community.