NEW GLOUCESTER — A ceremony to mark the official opening of the new public water system to Upper Gloucester will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, June 30, at the New Gloucester Fairgrounds. The public is invited to attend. The New Gloucester Water District system will provide safe drinking water and fire protection to 48 […]
June 2014
Posted inRiver Valley
Mexico woman charged with slamming woman’s hand in door
MEXICO — A local woman was arrested Friday afternoon and charged with slamming a woman’s hand in a door multiple times, police Chief Roy Hodsdon said. Jessica Harvey, 26, was charged with domestic assault. Hodsdon said officers responded to a residence on Holman Avenue for a report of a woman with a possible broken wrist […]
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Standards-based curriculum for Spruce Mountain Class of 2018
LIVERMORE FALLS — The RSU 73 board has approved a program of studies for Spruce Mountain High School students that reflects a change to proficiency-based instruction leading to a standards-based diploma. Principal T.J. Plourde said 186 standards must be mastered by students before they can graduate. The change to a standards-based diploma from the traditional […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Traffic advisory in Auburn, Lewiston for Sunday morning
AUBURN — The Auburn Police Department has issued a traffic advisory for the morning of Sunday, July 29, during the annual Bands on the Run half-marathon and 5k. Some road closures and lane reductions will be in effect from 8 to 11 a.m., and police ask motorists to use caution. Main Street from Elm to […]
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Franco Center names Thomas executive director
LEWISTON — The Franco Center has a new executive director, Mitchell Clyde Thomas. He will begin July 14, Bastille Day. “Mitch is the one who had the strongest passion, of our applicants,” said Ray Legueux, chairman of the Franco Center board and interim director for the past two months. The announcement ends a speedy search […]
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Employer-based program graduates six welders for Lewiston business
LEWISTON — Emily Letourneau has been sewing since she was 7 years old, but she’s had a difficult time building a career in that field. Her boyfriend, a welder, had taught her how to make a simple seam with hot metal instead of thread. She knew how to lay out patterns for the many quilts […]
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Child falls from third-floor window in Lewiston
A nearly 3-year-old boy who fell from a third-floor apartment window at 105 Walnut St. on Friday afternoon is placed in an ambulance as police, right, look at the scene. The boy landed on a narrow strip of grass next to the building. A translator, speaking for the boy’s mother, told police the boy was […]
Posted inMaine
Local men return home with Maine’s 133rd Engineer Battalion
AUGUSTA — The first wave of soldiers from the Maine Army National Guard’s 133rd Engineer Battalion that deployed to Afghanistan almost a year ago is back home. Family members and friends greeted the soldiers with hugs, flowers and tears at the Augusta Armory on Friday. The 13 soldiers of the more than 500-member battalion are […]