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Zone Change gathering steam
Gray--The Gray Town Council has been reviewing zone changes town-wide for about two years. They first began by looking at one segment of town, Rt. 100 south of Gray Plaza, and then decided that a comprehensive approach is wiser. They have been painstakingly reviewing changing zones town wide ever since. Some zones will remain much the same, ... more

Selectmen oppose citizen petition

New Gloucester--"Town meeting as a gathering of voting citizens can be used to discuss something more than the traditional local matters, and offers voters a means that has been overlooked by most of us of asserting commonly held values." Those are the words of ... more

Local Developers for TIF extension

Gray--Local developers Walter Hebold and Ron Marcotte of M36 Associates approached the Community Economic Development Committee (CEDC) a few months ago to request that their Tax Increment Financing District be amended. A TIF is a defined ... more

Hold up or fold up?
Library trustees mull moving library to Pennell

Gray--In an old New England town such as Gray, there often is a surplus of historic buildings. The question the Library Trustees are pondering is whether to stay with their original long-range plan and renovate and expand the historic building they currently occupy on Hancock Street, or move to...more

School Renovations
What will voters approve?

Gray--The Renovations Update Committee, a Sub-committee of the SAD 15 Facilities Committee, has a growing population. It started with Chair Peter Pinkerton, a sprinkling of Board members and citizens, easily fitting around the small elementary school library table. Last Monday night, more

SAD 15 Budget overview: Memorial School

The Monument presented the SAD budget overview two weeks ago. Last week, we begin by looking at changes at each individual school, starting with Russell School.This week is Memorial School. more