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Present Company will kick off 'Music for Mavis' concerts

TURNER — The "Music for Mavis" summer concert series at the community gazebo will open Tuesday, May 29, with Present Company, an all-female group known for its keyboards and rhythm. The band has performed its blend of country, pop, swing, rock 'n' roll and gospel for more t...

• Encore • Friday, May 25, 2012 at 5:05 pm

SAD 52 revises budget

TURNER — The SAD 52 Board of Directors voted Wednesday night to adopt a revised proposed budget for 2012-13. The new budget represents a 0.3673 percent reduction from the previous budget, which was defeated in a referendum on May 8. Superintendent Henry Alberti and the board e...

Tom Standard, Special to the Sun Journal • Lewiston-Auburn • Friday, May 25, 2012

Turner man to serve 40 years for murder

Brian Nichols says he is sorry.
by Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
May 24, 2012
by Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
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AUBURN — The teenager stood in the courtroom Thursday facing his father, who had fatally shot the teen's mother at their Turner home in 2010. The teen had witnessed the aftermath. "I just want to say I hate him," 18-year-old Travis Nichols said to the judge of his father, Bria...

Sun Journal staff • Lewiston-Auburn • Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 3:03 pm

Safe Voices needs walkers for June 2 event

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Looking for something to do on June 2? If so, join us as we support those affected by domestic violence and walk against abuse in our community. The Walk to End Domestic Violence will be Saturday, June 2. Registration will start at 9 a.m., and the o...

Sun Spots • Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Turner board questions asphalt company official

TURNER — Selectmen on Tuesday met with Thomas M. Gibson, president of Rampart Bituminous LLC, to discuss cold-mix asphalt. The town contracted with Rampart for 3,500 cubic yards of cold mix with 20 gallons of asphalt emulsion per cubic yard using town aggregate. After the pile had ha...

Tom Standard, Special to the Sun Journal • Lewiston-Auburn • Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Minnie N. Bowker

AUBURN — Minnie N. Bowker, 83, of Auburn, passed away on Sunday, May 20, following a short illness, at the Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice with her family at her side. She was born in North New Portland, Nov. 18, 1928, a daughter of the late Leslie Linn Dyer and L...

Obituaries • Tuesday, May 22, 2012

SAD 52 residents speak out about failed budget

GREENE — Residents told SAD 52 directors Thursday night that the 2012-13 budget was defeated last week, in part, because it was too high and positions were eliminated at the same time raises were handed out. Approximately 50 residents attended the school board meeting at Greene Centr... 2

Tom Standard, Special to the Sun Journal • Lewiston-Auburn • Friday, May 18, 2012 at 7:07 pm

Richard Arthur Perry

KENANSVILLE, N.C. — Richard Arthur Perry, 76, of Jacksonville, N.C., died May 12, at the Quinn Hospice Center in Kenansville after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Dover, N.H., on May 27, 1935, the son of Arthur and Anita Dorian Perry. Richard grew up in Greene and Tu...

Obituaries • Friday, May 18, 2012

Leavitt graduate has big vision as singer-songwriter

Few of us know what it takes to produce a musical album that speaks to the emotions and heart of the listener. It takes a dream, work and vision of what music needs to be. For Bryan Laurier, 23, of Turner, the human, organic and honest element has motivated him to produce music he hopes wi...

Jose Levia, Staff Photographer • Lewiston-Auburn • Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Military notes

A local servicemember has graduated from the Airman Leadership School at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center, McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn.: Air National Guard Senior Airman Michael Smith, a network infrastructure technician with the 265th Combat Com...

Connections • Friday, May 11, 2012

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