LEWISTON — George Herrick Sr. slides up to the line and rolls a strike. “Georgie,” as the guys know him, gives some high-fives and goes back to socializing with the men and women in his Thursday night bowling league. Herrick cuts a conversation short when his turn to bowl the second frame comes up. Once […]
2011
Posted inLocal Sports
Boys’ basketball: Mountain Valley’s 3-point attack drops Andies
LIVERMORE FALLS — Cam Kaubris scored a game-high 24 points, including six 3-pointers, and the Mountain Valley boys’ basketball team received a strong defensive effort to remain unbeaten with a 66-35 victory against Livermore Falls. The Falcons (7-0) have traditionally started fast and this game was no exception. The Falcons drained five 3-pointers on 7-for-17 […]
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Posted inOxford Hills, River Valley
Elks lodge needs ideas
RUMFORD — The local Elks lodge is looking for ideas that could keep the fraternal organization going. A special meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday at the lodge “to decide if we want to remain a lodge or lock our doors,” according to an advertisement. Unlike other fraternal groups, the Elks do not rent […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Acorn Products sold to umbrella giant
LEWISTON — A local producer of socks and slippers has been bought by the world’s largest umbrella maker, the Acorn Products Co. announced Monday. Acorn, based in Lewiston since 1976, was bought Thursday by the Totes Isotoner Corp., Acorn President and CEO John Donnelly said. The price Totes Isotoner paid was not made public. Acorn […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Police moving to Auburn Hall, council agrees
AUBURN — The Police Department will move out of its 1 Minot Ave. station and into Auburn Hall this year to save money, councilors decided Monday. Police Chief Phil Crowell said administration and detectives would move to the city hall’s third floor by March, and the patrol division would move into the basement in April […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Rebuilding Haiti: 103 homes and counting
SUMNER — Bill Glass, president of Haitian Outreach Ministries, gave a video presentation on his recent visit to Cite Soleil, an area in Port-a-Prince to the Saturday night supper crowd at East Sumner Congregational Church. Bill and Linda Glass have made frequent visits to Haiti since the earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010, literally moved the […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Looking for a sign: Portland police need help
PORTLAND — Welcome to Portland? Not if you’re a motorist driving into the city along the Fore River Parkway to West Commercial Street. That’s because Portland police are looking for the public’s help finding a 5-by-10-foot “Welcome” sign that was stolen in early December. Police Sgt. Dale Goodale said the sign was first noticed missing […]
Posted inMaine
Ethics complaint filed over Portland Press Herald donation to proponents of mayoral election
PORTLAND — An opponent of the successful effort to have an elected mayor has filed a formal ethics complaint over nearly $47,000 in free advertising provided to the campaign by The Portland Press Herald. Jonathan Wayne, executive director of the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices, on Monday confirmed the agency received the […]
Posted inbPlus
Talk of the Town
For Whom the Bells Toll State Police say a young Saco man has been evading paying tolls on the Maine Turnpike for the past three years. Mathieu Bosse, 23, was arrested outside the Ramada Inn in Saco, which sits adjacent to the turnpike. A State Police trooper saw Bosse drive his car off the turnpike […]
Posted inFranklin, sj-web
Parts ordered for broken Sugarloaf lift
CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Sugarloaf ski resort says the chair lift that derailed last week remains shut down, but the goal is to get it back up and running this season. Spokesman Ethan Austin said Monday there’s no specific timetable for restoring service on the Spillway East lift, one of four that reach […]