Community Photo Album

Local homeschoolers gather on Mondays from 12:30-1:30 in the field behind Gray's Newbegin Gym. The group practices skiing, outdoor skills games, and experiences general fun and togetherness in the great outdoors. Below, Caleb Holmquist, aged 3, tries out the mini-snowshoes.

Below, Caroline Ross, aged 5, gets ready for the wind-up! Local homeschoolers gather on Mondays from 12:30-1:30 in the field behind Gray's Newbegin Gym. The group practices skiing, outdoor skills games, and experiences general fun and togetherness in the great outdoors.

Caroline Ross threw a great throw, so great that after three tries she couldn't get the velcro ball off the dart board with her mittened hand. Turning to the photographer, she said, "I could use some help here!"

Below, Whitney Peterson, aged 16, enjoys the winter fun.
The Monument: Prata photos

 

YMCA at Pineland announces establishment of Pineland Y Council

Below, Davis Van Wie explains the Y's vision for the Y Council to members of the local business community attending a Gray Business Association ribbon cutting that welcomed the YMCA to the business community and celebrated their recent expansion. The ribbon cutting was held at the YMCA at Pineland on January 13.

NEW GLOUCESTER - The YMCA at Pineland is seeking community members to join the Pineland Y Council, a "friends of the Y" group which will provide advice and support in developing the YMCA's programs and membership. A kick off reception for people interested in joining the Council will be held on Thursday, February 10, at 6 p.m. at the YMCA on the Pineland Campus in New Gloucester.

The Pineland Y currently serves over 1100 members, or over 470 families. The Pineland Y offers an aquatics program including swimming lessons, a wellness center, a gym, candlepin bowling, summer & vacation camps, after school programs, and many other activities. Members of the Pineland Y may also use facilities at the Casco Bay YMCA in Freeport and Greater Portland YMCA on Forest Ave in Portland.
For More Information Contact: John Shattuck or Phil DiRusso at 688 - 2255

Below, the GBA ribbon cutting. The Monument Newspaper, Prata photos

 

Little knowledge is available of the early settlers of West Gray, but in the 1800's an active community with several small businesses was flourishing. A central figure in West Gray during the past century was Robert A. Allen. He took over a store in 1843 at the age of 21 and for 60 years carried on multiple business operations in the area. His small red store on the north side of the road near the intersection stood until the 1890's when it was destroyed by fire. He then built a larger store which still stands at the triangle of Cambell Road and the Windham Road.

Above from: "Gray, Maine, Past and Present, 1778-1978," By the Gray Historical Society

Now, the store offers antiques on the still rural road between Gray and Windham, below. The Monument: Kathy Tombarelli photo