New Gloucester News

NORWAY a ' A New Gloucester man was clinging to life Sunday night at Central Maine Medical Center following a Sunday evening accident on Route 118 in Norway.

'It was sure nice to be home!' MMA training ship State of Maine returns to Castine after 60-day cruise Maine Maritime Academy junior Andrew Joy of New Gloucester embraces his girlfriend, Bryanna Jensen, and their 2-week-old son, Cooper, as Joy meets his son for the first time upon his return with the school's training ship, the State of Maine, ...

The Legacy of the Arts Festival at Bar Harbor continues through this weekend. Enjoy great musical performances, art and Bar Harbora s local flavor.

What : Knucklebusters Club Father's Day Car Show When: Sunday, June 21, registration at 8 a.m., viewing until 2 p.m., rain or shine.

All of the rain of the past few days has this June quickly climbing to be amongst the wettest on record.

He's growing orchids - by the thousands! Take a road trip with veteran gardener Jody Goodwin to Woodsprite Orchids, Pineland Center garden and Donna's Greenhouses ... Facebook Delicious Good morning! Aren't the flowers glorious? I love this time of year.

Fine Woodworking's Christian Becksvoort recently became one of the first artists in his home state of Maine to receive a new statewide award honoring achievement in craft.

AUGUSTA : Rep. Patrick Flood, R-Winthrop, came to this session of the Legislature with three bills aimed at streamlining the Legislature.

The chief of the Maine State Police issued a public apology Thursday to the family of a 16-year-old Gray boy and that town as well as New Gloucester for remarks made by a sergeant the day of the boy's death.

A 16-year-old boy killed Tuesday in a vehicle crash on Route 100 was identified by police as Joshua Libby of Gray.

Law enforcement officials are trying to contact the parents of a 16-year-old boy who died in a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Route 100 and Bennett Road in New Gloucester Tuesday afternoon.

A Maine man and his niece who climbed 14 of Maine's highest mountains in just four days say they won't be attempting to repeat the effort any time soon.

Fourteen 4,000-foot peaks in four days. For fun. "It's probably not for everybody," said Jeff Hunnewell, 41, of New Gloucester, of his most recent hiking expedition.

New Gloucestera s rural character is vital, and we have a chance to protect it. Local volunteers and Royal River Conservation Trust have outlined a seven-parcel, 243-acre proposed Pisgah Hill Conservation Area, which would conserve one of the highest points of land in town and would be open to the public for various types of recreation.

The annual town election will be Tuesday, June 9, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Newbegin Center on Main Street.

A Gray man was flown to a local hospital Sunday night with head and internal injuries after his vehicle crashed into a tree, police said.

Bangor symphony ready to bring new conductors, talented soloists, and the music of the Beatles to audiences in '09-'10 Violinist Stefan Jackiw , violinist Chee-Yun and cellist Alisa Wellerstein are among the soloists announced for teh Bangor Symphony 2009 - 2010 season.

Justin Joseph Smith, 24, of 264 Lincoln St. on a warrant, 1:20 a.m. Friday at 56 Park St.

There will be a pancake breakfast at the North Windham Applebee's on June 14 from 8-9:15 a.m. It will benefit Open Gates Equine Rescue Inc.

State police say a Rhode Island man who threatened to shoot police and himself has been arrested after a 2 1/2-hour standoff on the Maine Turnpike.