New Gloucester town employees provided inaccurate information to signature gatherers
By Emily Parkhurst
On Monday evening, the New Gloucester Board of Selectmen met to discuss a variety of ordinances and items set to appear on the Town Meeting Warrant. The selectmen have proposed a cable television ordinance that outlines the programming allowed on New Gloucester Channel 3. The selectmen’s ordinance would allow government and educational programming, as long as the programming was produced and overseen by the town.
This memorial, which is located westbound on Route 202 less than a quarter-mile from the Maine Turnpike exit in Gray, was recently erected in remembrance of Nicholas Kennedy, the Gray-New Gloucester High School senior who was struck and killed by a pick-up truck last Monday. Emily Parkhurst photo
Gray Town Manager explains 2010 budget
Repairs to Libby Brook bridge and purchase of multiple town vehicles outlined
This recent photo of Libbybrook Bridge, on Weymouth Road in Gray, shows the bridge is in an obvious state of disrepair. Emily Parkhurst photo.
By Emily Parkhurst
On Tuesday evening the Gray Town Council met to discuss the draft budget, which is now available for the public’s review. Town Manager Deborah Cabana explained the budget, detailing the thirteen-page document that has been made available for public review in preparation for the upcoming town meeting.
Royal River Conservation Trust and landowners working to set aside designated areas for recreational use
By Emily Parkhurst
Little by little the Royal River Conservation Trust is setting aside land in the Royal River watershed for protection from development. The RRCT’s mission is to conserve the natural, historic, scenic and recreational values of the Royal River region for all residents and their visitors, and part of that mission means working with landowners to get permission to include their lands in the trust.
The RRCT has fixed its attention on the New Gloucester area of Pisgah Hill, where the town shares a section of the watershed with the town of Pownal. The Pisgah Hill Conservation Area, as the RRCT has come to call it, totals 240 acres of land that was identified years ago as a target for conservation. Pisgah Hill resembles
Bradbury Mountain, with its bald peak and lichen-covered rocks. There is also a retired granite quarry in the area, which is likely where much of old New Gloucester’s granite originated.
“It is as remote as you can get,” says RRCT Executive Director Henry Nichols. Nichols is passionate about protecting this area from future development and his passion plus the overwhelming support from the landowners contributed to the award of a $266,000 Challenge Grant that the organization received from the Land for Maine’s Future fund. This grant will be used, in part, for purchase of some of the Pisgah Hill area land, and also for purchases of conservation easements. ...More-->
