Penny began to write about New Gloucester before she ever lived here, reporting on school board meetings and human-interest stories as an area correspondent for the Lewiston Sun/Journal – Sunday in the early and mid- 1980’s. After she moved to New Gloucester in 1988, she continued local reporting for the Lewiston paper, then the Gray News, and The Monument before working for the Maine State Bar Association. She believes deeply in the importance of local reporting and citizen participation, and she is grateful that NGXchange gives her the excuse to keep asking questions and sharing the answers. Penny currently serves on two town committees and the Charter Commission.