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==History== [[File:Bear River, North Newry, ME.jpg|thumb|left|Bear River in 1905]] [[Image:Poplar Tavern, North Newry, ME.jpg|thumb|left|Poplar Tavern {{circa|1918}}]] First called Sunday River Plantation, it was settled in 1781 by Benjamin Barker and his two brothers from [[Methuen, Massachusetts|Methuen]], [[Massachusetts]], together with Ithiel Smith of [[Cape Elizabeth, Maine|Cape Elizabeth]].<ref name=Coolidge>{{Cite book | last = Coolidge | first = Austin J.|author2=John B. Mansfield | title = A History and Description of New England| publisher = A.J. Coolidge | year = 1859| location = Boston, Massachusetts| page = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ/page/n264 229]| url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ| quote = coolidge mansfield history description new england 1859. }}</ref> But the settlement was plundered in 1782 by [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indians]] and abandoned. Then John J. Holmes of [[New Jersey]] purchased the land in 1794 with his sister's surname on the deed: Bostwick. On June 15, 1805, Bostwick Plantation was renamed by settlers that had come from [[Newry]] in what is now [[Northern Ireland]].<ref name="MAGDE">{{cite book |last= Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums |editor=Doris A. Isaacson |title=Maine: A Guide 'Down East' |year=1970 |publisher=Courier-Gazette, Inc. |location=Rockland, Me | pages = 365 }}</ref> The name Newry is an anglicization of ''An Iúraigh'', an oblique form of ''An Iúrach'', which means "the grove of [[Taxus baccata|yew trees]]".<ref name="pni">{{Cite web |title=Placenames NI: Newry |url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=14767 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510084712/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=14767 |archive-date=May 10, 2017 |access-date=December 20, 2016}}</ref> The trade route (now [[Maine State Route 26|Route 26]]) from [[Portland, Maine|Portland]] to [[Errol, New Hampshire|Errol]], [[New Hampshire]], completed in 1802, passed through Newry. Farms were established on the intervales, which had excellent soil. [[Hay]] was the principal crop. Slopes of the mountains provided [[pasturage]] for grazing animals. A [[sawmill]] and [[gristmill]] were built on the Bear River, and by 1870 the population was 416. Today, Newry is noted as the home of [[Sunday River (ski resort)|Sunday River Ski Resort]].<ref>{{Citation | last = Varney | first = George J. | title = Gazetteer of the state of Maine. Newry | place = Boston | publisher = Russell | year = 1886 | url = http://history.rays-place.com/me/newry-me.htm }} </ref> ===1960 KC-97 tanker crash=== [[Image:NewryME BearRiverGrange.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Bear River Grange]] At 20:15 on June 27, 1960, a [[United States Air Force]] tanker of the [[380th Air Refueling Squadron]] departed [[Plattsburgh AFB]] to refuel a [[Strategic Air Command]] bomber. The [[Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter]] rendezvoused with the [[B-47 Stratojet]] bomber at an altitude of 15,500 feet in the ''Fighting Fox'' [[aerial refueling]] area over Newry. As the bomber maneuvered into refueling position, a lubrication failure caused the tanker's outboard port engine [[supercharger]] impeller to disintegrate. Impeller fragments leaving the engine nacelle caused fuel leakage. The bomber observed ignition of the leaking fuel and broke away from formation. The tanker entered a gradual left turn, which became a spiraling spin as the fire rapidly caused structural damage to the port wing. Seven miles away, three hundred people at a [[Rumford, Maine|Rumford Point]] [[drive-in theater]] observed the tanker spin down, with burning pieces flying off. The fuselage impacted a forested slope of granite boulders and caused a fireball seen fifty miles away in [[Lewiston, Maine|Lewiston]]. The port wing tip was found in Howard Pond, three miles from the crash site. There were no survivors from the tanker's five-man crew.<ref>{{cite news |last=Noddin |first=Peter |date=October 2001 |title=REMEMBERING THE CREW OF KC-97G 52-2728 |url=http://www.mewreckchasers.com/kc97art.html |work=Dirago Flyer |access-date=January 19, 2012}} Published on the Web site Aviation Archaeology in Maine.</ref> Wet vegetation limited spread of the fire, but fuel-covered trees were completely consumed and the five-acre hillside wreckage field was discernible for years amid the surrounding forest. ===Newry murders=== {{Main|Christian Charles Nielsen}} The February 23, 2012, episode of ''[[Sins and Secrets]]'' (season 2, episode 7, "Newry") told the story of a series of murders that happened at a local B&B in 2006.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sabar |first=Ariel |date=September 6, 2006 |title=Man Is Charged in Killings at Maine Bed and Breakfast |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/06/us/06maine.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=A14 |access-date=July 23, 2018}}</ref> The convicted killer, charged in 2006<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 6, 2006 |title=Police Say Man Killed 4 in Maine Rampage |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-sep-06-na-rampage6-story.html |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=July 23, 2018}}</ref> and now serving four consecutive life sentences, was a citizen of Newry. ===Lithium deposits=== Substantial lithium deposits were discovered in 2018 on the north side of Plumbago Mountain, which straddles Newry and [[Andover, Maine]]. Restrictions on extraction were being debated in the state legislature as of 2023.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/04/01/science/lithium-is-becoming-more-crucial-warming-world-maines-huge-deposits-may-never-be-mined-because-environmental-concerns/ |title=Lithium is becoming more crucial in a warming world, but Maine's huge deposits may never be mined because of environmental concerns |author=David Abel |date=April 1, 2023 |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]}}</ref>
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