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Pumpkins at Intervale Farm in New Gloucester

Council resentful of citizen implications
Short meeting draws ire
Gray—The Gray Town Council approved Southridge Drive as a Town Road, heard from citizens on a variety of issues through correspondence, and listened to advice from a citizen on the Council’s workshop process. more

Management responds to Auditor
Reportable condition corrected
Gray--Every year, the Auditor scrutinizes the finances of the Town and writes a report. This year, the report was presented at the Gray Town Council meeting on September 3, 2002. Greg Chabot, representative from the Auditing firm of Runyan, Kersteen, and Ouellette, said that he saw only one reportable condition in Gray’s financial practices more

Support Staff gets first paycheck
Size of health care chunk demoralizes staff
Gray-New Gloucester--MSAD #15 support staff, composed of Bus drivers, Ed. Techs, Custodians, and Food Service personnel, have been working without a contract for over a year. The sticking points have been in health care costs. The District wants to reduce the Support Staff’s share of health care premiums. The union wants the District to pick up a larger share than the District has proposed. more

High School students’ personal info available to military
New law provides provides automatic access
On Friday, September 13, Gray-New Gloucester High School parents with children in the Junior or Senior class received a letter. It stated,: On January 8th, 2002, President Bush signed into law the No Child Left behind Act of 2001. Public Law 107-110, section 9528 of this law is titled "Armed Forces recruiter access to students and student recruiting information." This act, in effect, requires that all schools receiving federal assistance under the above-stated act must provide ... more

Gray residents travel to Turkey
Discovery sparks desire to "see for myself"
Gray--The Discovery Times, an Australian publication distributed in Portland, Maine, had a recent headline that said, "Government confirms: "This is Noah’s Ark." In the 1950s An ‘ancient ship’ had been discovered through high altitude aerial photography near the border of Turkey and Iran, in the Ararat region. more

Steve Joyce campaigning hard
Hopes to unseat Tom Allen
Opposing a popular incumbent is never easy, but with Rep. Tom Allen's three time election to the United States Congress with 60% of the vote, Steve Joyce has his work cut out for him. more


Candidates: Who is Running?
November 5, 2002: Election Day more