News Briefs

$75,000 needed to upgrade Central Office
Gray--The State of Maine requires all School Departments to create a 10-year Capital Asset Renewal plan and submit it to the State. In order to complete the renewal plan, the SAD 15 needed to learn the current condition of their buildings. They hired the James W. Sewall Company, an engineering firm, to evaluate all SAD 15 buildings in terms of condition and what work will be required in order to keep them in good functioning condition. Each facility, building, or asset is ranked in terms of deficiencies and necessary improvements on a priority scale.
MSAD 15 Central Office, 14 Shaker Road
The five most expensive items needing attention are:
$32,290 for sprinklers
$13,750 for fire alarm system
$7,600 for plumbing fixtures (ADA)
$7,222 for bulkhead stairs
$6,428 for septic field work
Prioritized by urgency:
$48,323 currently critical
$0 potentially critical
$6,428 necessary, not yet critical
$13,750 recommended
$7,600 does not meet code

Open Clean-up Week in New Gloucester

Tuesday May 11, Thursday May 13, and Saturday May 15 have been declared Open Clean-up Week at the New Gloucester transfer station. Citizens are reminded that each household is limited to disposing no more than four tires and that no wood/brush measuring more than four inches in diameter will be accepted.

Nomination papers update

Gray: Nomination papers for the June 8, 2004 elections are now available at the Town Office and must be returned by 4 PM on May 4, 2004. There is 1 positions open on the Council, 2 on the SAD 15 Board of Directors, and one on the Gray Water District Board of Trustees.
Taking out papers so far are Jack Goosetrey for Council, Christine Small, Tami Plummer, and Dan Maguire for SAD Board of Directors, and Andrew Upham for Water District.

New Gloucester: Nomination papers for the June 8, 2004 elections will be available at the Town Office on March 15th and must be returned by 2 PM on April 23, 2004. There are 2 positions open on the Board of Selectmen and 2 on the SAD 15 Board of Directors. Taking out papers so far are Sharon Vandermay for School Board and Steve Libby for Selectmen.

Did you know?

The New Gloucester Board of Selectmen have signed a Municipal Warrant for Prosecuting Unlicensed Dog Owners-Keepers. The warrant includes more than four pages of names of residents in violation of the Town's dog licensing ordinance, and directs the Town's Animal Control Officer to make demand on those persons to license their dogs, pay license and recording fees and a $25 late fee within seven days of demand. Persons who fail to comply will face a summons.

NYT U.S. Supreme Court Correspondent to Speak at Law School
Linda Greenhouse, U.S. Supreme Court correspondent for the New York Times, will speak at the University of Maine School of Law at 6 p.m., Monday, April 12. She will talk about "What Got Into the Court and What Happens Next?: The Supreme Court's Amazing Last Term and Fascinating Current One." The lecture is free and open to the public and will be preceded by a reception at 5:15 p.m. in the Law School Lobby. To reserve a seat, please call 780-4344.

Greenhouse has been the U.S. Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Times since 1978, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for her coverage of the Court in 1998.