FARMINGTON — A Kids First Program will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, in Farmington and Topsham. The four-hour co-parenting education workshop for parents is designed to help address problems and reduce the negative effects of separation and divorce. The workshop will address children’s needs as marital and family roles […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Man injured in three-vehicle crash
LISBON — A local driver was seriously injured when his car was hit head-on on Route 196 in Lisbon Center shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday, police said. Lisbon police Sgt. Scott Stewart identified the drivers in the three-vehicle crash as John Tobin, 62, Diane Smith, 46, and Adam Gamage, 31, all of Lisbon. Tobin was […]
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Maineiacs clobber Voltigeurs
LEWISTON — In the back of their minds, the Lewiston Maineiacs remembered. In the 2010 playoffs, the Drummondville Voltigeurs swept Lewiston in four games, outscoring the Maineiacs 22-6. In the regular season, the Voltigeurs were 7-0-0-1 against Lewiston. The previous season, it was more of the same: a 7-0-0-1 season followed by a four-game playoff […]
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Girls’ basketball: Short-handed Rangeley bounces Buckfield
BUCKFIELD — The red faces and the hands reaching for hips during every stoppage in play hinted that Rangeley might be out of fuel. Instead, the undermanned Lakers hit the accelerator Tuesday night and escaped town with a 36-25 East-West Conference girls’ basketball victory over Buckfield. Reduced by injury and illness to six players — […]
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Buckfield holding revote on ordinance
BUCKFIELD — Selectmen on Tuesday set a special town meeting fore Feb. 19 to vote again on an ordinance that would allow residents to get loans to make their homes more energy efficient. The measure was defeated in November by a vote of 475-300. Property Assessed Clean Energy is a federally-funded program where residents can […]
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Bowie keeps Lisbon council seat
LISBON — For the second time in as many years, voters failed to support an effort to recall a town councilor Tuesday. Although the vote was 160-96 to oust veteran council Chairman Michael Bowie from his District 2 seat, the effort failed because the town charter requires at least 608 votes be cast in all, […]
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Minot board seeks changes to land-use ordinance
MINOT — Following a brief public hearing, the Planning Board Tuesday approved a number of amendments to the town’s land-use ordinance and voted to place these amendments on the warrant for the March town meeting. The changes, made primarily to the section of the ordinance that has to do with the development of back lots, […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Arnold has hot hand for EL
AUBURN — This time it was Edward Little that had the hot hand, and it belonged to Ashlee Arnold. The Red Eddies sophomore scored a career-high 32 points to lead EL to an impressive 54-34 win over previously unbeaten Hampden. “I just thought that Hampden was not going to beat us again,” said Arnold. The […]
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High school basketball: Patriots dry off Lakers, 71-50
GRAY —It has taken some time, but Gray-New Gloucester is starting to find its pace under new coach Tony DiBiase. On Tuesday night, the Patriots put Lake Region through its paces, and the Lakers couldn’t keep up. Adam Jensen scored a season-high 35 points and swiped six steals to lead the Patriots to their fourth […]