Stories about Livermore Falls

Police investigate Livermore Falls home invasion

LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating an early Wednesday morning home invasion on Baldwin Street, where the victim reported three masked-gunman entered her home looking for her ex-boyfriend before demanding drugs, police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said. When the victim told the gu...

Children's program

OUI enforcement patrols scheduled

LIVERMORE FALLS — Local police will be conducting drunken driving enforcement patrols over the next couple of weeks. Police will be doing saturation patrols and a roadblock to curb drinking and driving, Sgt. Steve Allen said Monday. The Livermore Falls Police Department receiv...

Truck hits pole

Darrell Watson, 41, Orange City, Fla., was driving a Western Express truck north on Route 4 Monday night and thought he was going the wrong way, Livermore Falls Lt. Thomas Gould said. Watson tried to turn around by going through the Food City plaza parking lot in Livermore Falls and did a U-t...

Two teens charged in house fire

LIVERMORE FALLS — State fire investigators charged two area teenagers  Thursday with trespassing at a vacant house that caught fire Tuesday night, Sgt. Joel Davis of the Office of the State Fire Marshal said Friday. Davis said investigators determined the two were in the house o...

Health center hosting Affordable Care Day

LIVERMORE FALLS — Western Maine Family Health Center will host an Affordable Care Day at the Food City grocery store from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15. Crystal Fitch, licensed social worker, will be available to help with financial issues. There will also be free blood pressure ...

PHOTO: Asleep at the wheel

Peter Hickey, 57, of Livermore Falls was injured Friday afternoon when he fell asleep at the wheel on his way home from work at Bath Iron Works, Livermore Falls Sgt. Steve Allen said. Hickey's van left Route 133 while he was heading north toward downtown Livermore Falls and ended up traveling in ...

Study approved for high schools

LIVERMORE FALLS — RSU 73 directors voted unanimously Thursday to have Bunker & Savage of Augusta do a building analysis and feasibility study on the high schools in Jay and Livermore Falls. Both schools named Spruce Mountain High School. The board’s Facilities Subc...

Fundraiser slated to help raise money for bleachers

LIVERMORE FALLS — Bailey Brothers Ford is helping to raise money for the Spruce Mountain Sports Bleacher Fund by encouraging people to test-drive Fords. Bailey Brothers Ford is bringing Ford Motor Co.’s innovative Drive One 4UR School program to the community in an effort to ra...

New district filling vacant positions

LIVERMORE FALLS — Regional School Unit 73 is in the process of filling several essential leadership positions following resignations, Superintendent Bob Wall said Tuesday. In July, RSU 73 directors accepted resignations of district Media Specialist Cathi Howell and Spruce Mountain Ad...