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Brunswick, ME

'It’s Like I Won The Lottery!': Hudson Valley HS Senior Wins $300K Scholarship 'It’s Like I Won The Lottery!': Hudson Valley HS Senior Wins $300K Scholarship 'It’s Like I Won The Lottery!': Hudson Valley HS Senior Wins $300K Scholarship
'It’s Like I Won The Lottery!': Hudson Valley HS Senior Wins $300K Scholarship A high school senior from the Hudson Valley is being rewarded for her hard work with a more-than $300,000 scholarship to her dream school.  Putnam County resident Franceska Drejaj, a senior at Brewster High School, won the four-year scholarship to Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, where she is planning on studying government and legal studies, according to an interview released by the Brewster Central School District.  Drejaj won the scholarship through QuestBridge, a nonprofit that helps high-performing low-income students attend leading colleges. She was o…
Wildwood Motel Guest Threatens To Make Bomb: Police Wildwood Motel Guest Threatens To Make Bomb: Police Wildwood Motel Guest Threatens To Make Bomb: Police
Wildwood Motel Guest Threatens To Make Bomb: Police Bomb-making materials were discovered when police in Wildwood searched a motel room, authorities said. On Friday, Oct. 28, at 8:37 a.m., the Wildwood Police Department received a report of an unwanted guest at the Mango Motel located at 209 East Spencer Ave. Police spoke with the manager who stated that Joshua Bailey, 37, of Brunswick, ME was dropped off at the motel and rented room 5 for the week.  Further investigation revealed that several guests overheard Bailey make numerous comments about constructing a bomb in room 5. The Wildwood Police Department subsequently contact…
Montgomery County Native, Casey Rae Gates Dies, 23 Montgomery County Native, Casey Rae Gates Dies, 23 Montgomery County Native, Casey Rae Gates Dies, 23
Montgomery County Native, Casey Rae Gates Dies, 23 Casey Rae Gates of Montgomery County died on Jan. 20, 2021. She was 23 years old. Born in North Wales, and formerly from Georgetown (Beaver County), Gates worked with Movers Specialty Service up until her death, her obituary says. Gates' obituary remembered her for her love of digital drawing original emotes and "creating an online space where everyone felt welcome, equal, and not judged. "She loved to laugh, work hard and there was nothing she could not achieve," the obit reads. Gates attended South Side High School in Hookstown, PA, and graduated from PA Cyber when she was 16-years-old …