LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating the theft of copper from an East Livermore barn Wednesday. The copper has an estimated value of $200, Livermore Falls Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said. The residence was on Route 106. Last week, police were investigating the theft of electrical line ground wires taken from utility poles on […]
2011
Posted inFuneral Services
William L. Vassar Jr.
AUBURN — A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Thursday for William L.Vassar Jr. at Sacred Heart Church, under the direction of the Fortin Group Funeral Home. The Rev. Robert Lupo officiated. The first and second reading was by Lacey Vassar and the offertory gifts were presented at the altar by Jeannie O’Brien and Theresa […]
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Posted inObituaries
Orvis W. Bonney Jr.
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Orvis W. Bonney Jr., 83, of Laurel Place, Hudson, N.H., died Wednesday, Dec. 28, at the VA Medical Center. Orvis was born in Bath, June 25, 1928, a son of the late Orvis W. Bonney Sr. and Thelma (Merriam) Bonney. He had most recently lived in Derry, N.H., formerly living in Londonderry, […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Finally cold enough to start an ice rink
FARMINGTON — It has taken four attempts but temperatures finally dropped enough to start an ice base for the Dick Williams Memorial Skating Rink at the Hippach Field on Thursday morning. The Farmington Recreation Department has received calls from anxious skaters checking on an opening date, but 50-degree temperatures have hampered efforts to ice over […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Police log
Charges Lewiston * Richard Roger Bingelis, 42, of 181 Webster St., domestic violence terrorizing and possession of marijuana, 7:08 p.m. Wednesday at that address. * Robert Emile Goyette, 52, of 135.5 Bartlett St., warrant charging failure to appear on a charge of domestic violence assault, 7 p.m. Wednesday at that address. * Christopher Merritt George, […]
Posted inEncore
Clark celebrates 40 years rocking New Year’s Eve; Lada Gaga is headliner
NEW YORK — Forty years ago, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Eve special was created to give young people an alternative to a seasonal institution, bandleader Guy Lombardo. Now Clark’s annual show is the institution. “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” with Clark and Ryan Seacrest, pays tribute to its own history during a sprawling, nearly six-hour program […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Construction set for The Lofts
LEWISTON — The Lofts are almost under way. The project that would convert part of Bates Mill No. 2 into 48 mixed-income housing units is set to close on purchase and construction financing in early January, with construction starting in mid- to late-January, Amy Cullen, development officer at The Szanton Company, said Thursday. The Lofts […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Oxford Fair president seeks public’s input
OXFORD — The president of the Oxford County Agricultural Society announces a public meeting will be held Sunday, Jan. 15, to discuss what people want to see at the annual Oxford Fair. “We’re going to ask the public for suggestions this year,” said newly elected President Jackie Young of Paris. She took over after longtime […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
150 acres protected in Otisfield
NORWAY — The Western Foothills Land Trust announces its first conservation easement on Thompson Lake. A total of 56 acres and 1,900 feet of shoreline at Long Point on the west shore in Otisfield were donated Dec. 20 by Ethel Bean Turner of Otisfield. The protected property includes Sand Island off Otisfield Cove and part […]