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Manager submits incomplete budget

Gray--Budget development is like a tag team relay race. The finish line is the date the town needs to commit to printing the warrant for the public to vote upon at Town meeting, a drop-dead deadline. That date occurs earlier this year because Town Meeting has been changed to May, not June. ... more Left, Gray's Pennell Institute after the snowstorm


Planner, Assessor surprised by reorganization
Manager springs it in public

Gray-- Town Department Heads got an earful at the day-long budget session with Council and Manager last Saturday. Aside from the lengthy deliberations about each Department's budget, Manager Mitch Berkowitz and Code Enforcement officer Paul White revealed a major reorganization involving the Planner and Assessor, surprising both Department heads in public.... more

Selectmen to dig into budget

New Gloucester -- It's budget season and the office fires have been burning late as the town staff, Department Heads, and ultimately the Town Manager Rosemary Kulow finalized the municipal budget for transmittal to Selectmen. The deed is done and the numbers have come in at higher than last year ... more

News Briefs:
--Office of Community Development is Seventh Most Efficient in the Nation
--Economic Development Visioning continues
--Report From Salvation Army and Friends of New Gloucester For Thanksgiving and Christmas 2005 ...more

Gray resident candidate for Governor

Gray -- Chris Miller of Gray, an active Democrat, has thrown his hat in the ring for Governor. The field widened last week with several other candidates also announcing they want a shot at the Blaine House ... more

Mehnert to challenge Snowe for Senate seat
Former New Gloucester resident

Gray -- The Cumberland County Democratic Committee held its January meeting at Stimson Hall in Gray. The featured speaker was Eric Mehnert who is running for the U.S. Senate, one of two Democratic candidates hoping to unseat Olympia Snowe in November. ... more

Gray Business Association is thriving
Cathy Manchester, Ketter Williams Team Business Achiever Award

The Gray Business Association held its annual banquet and membership meeting at Spring Meadows this past Saturday. It was a milestone night for all who attended, in that, significant changes ... more

Local Cable access from local cable guys

Gray --The hot headed citizens who storm the Council meetings full of angry words and rude gestures may not be thinking much about their actions being broadcast all over town, nor may they be thinking about the youngsters downstairs who make it all happen, but the good natured techs who bring government meetings to you via local cable access television sure do work hard to broadcast them, warts and all. ... more

Winter Photo Essay

On a winter's day after a heavy snowfall, I drove from The Monument Office in Gray to New Gloucester's Town Office on an errand. Here are some of the lovely winter scenes along the way. ... more