WINSLOW — Two local game wardens and two Sugarloaf Ski Resort officials were among those recognized Wednesday at the Maine Warden Service’s annual Awards and Recognition Ceremony at the Winslow Veterans of Foreign Wars hall. Warden Brock Clukey of Andover, who has patrolled the “woods” district of Andover since 1999, received the Exemplary Service Award […]
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Region 9 board adopts $2.1 million budget
MEXICO — The Region 9 School of Applied Technology board approved a proposed $2.1 million vocational budget and a $299,000 adult education budget Wednesday night. The 2014-15 spending plan will go to voters at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, in the cafeteria of the River Road school. Region 9 towns are Andover, Bethel, Greenwood, Newry, […]
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Motion to move Lowe manslaughter trial denied
PARIS — The manslaughter trial of Kristina Lowe will be held in Oxford County Superior Court in South Paris, less than 15 miles from the deadly crash she is accused of causing more than two years ago. Active-retired Justice Robert Clifford, in an order filed Thursday afternoon, denied the motion to transfer the case to another […]
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Police: Hartford man sets fire, kills self by hanging
HARTFORD — The State Fire Marshal’s Office said a local man set his house on fire and then hanged himself Thursday afternoon. The State Medical Examiner’s Office said Daniel Stasulis, 57, committed suicide after he poured a flammable liquid throughout his house and set it ablaze. Stasulis’ body was recovered outside 828 Church St. after […]
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Rumford board OKs $7.75 million municipal budget
RUMFORD — Selectmen are recommending that voters approve a $7.75 million municipal budget, Debbie Laurinaitis, finance director, said Wednesday morning. That is $857,250 more than last year’s budget of $6.90 million, which took voters five meetings from June to November before final approval was given. The municipal budget doesn’t include the school or county assessments. […]
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Mexico selectmen, Finance Committee to discuss economic development budget
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen will meet with the Budget Committee on April 8 to discuss whether to approve the proposed economic development budget for 2014-15. The meeting will be held before the regularly scheduled selectmen meeting at 6:30 p.m. The proposed economic development budget is $8,000, $2,000 less than this fiscal year. Among […]
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Rumford brothers arrested on sex charges
MEXICO — Two brothers from Rumford were charged this week with having sex with teen girls after giving them drugs or intoxicants, Mexico police Chief Roy Hodsdon said. Hodsdon said he arrested Jacob Blood, 20, of 414 Cumberland Street in Rumford on Tuesday on four counts of Class D sexual abuse of a minor and […]
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Western Mountains Senior College to host new lunchtime discussion series
BETHEL — The Western Mountains Senior College will kick off a new lunchtime discussion series from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. April 17 at Austin’s Holidae House Bed and Breakfast, college President Nancy Davis said Wednesday afternoon. The Brown Bag Series will present selected topics, the first being Islam. “One of the items that’s been under […]
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Telstar Principal Dan Hart resigns
BETHEL — The SAD 44 board this week accepted the resignation of Telstar Regional High School Principal Dan Hart, effective at the end of the school year. Hart, of Bethel, has been principal for six years. Prior to that, he was principal at Dirigo High School in Dixfield and student services coordinator at the Region […]
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RSU 10 residents value education, but want to improve resources
MEXICO — RSU 10 Superintendent Craig King told a group of more than 50 people Wednesday night that developing a school budget requires community involvement. “The whole community must talk about it,” he said. “The question is how to provide for K-12 education for 12 rural communities so that we aren’t panicking every June. We […]