Voters from Sabattus, Wales and Litchfield gave their initial approval to RSU 4’s $18.1 million school spending package Wednesday. The 53 voters made no changes to the 16-item budget but they asked lots of questions, Superintendent James Hodgkin said. “I think we were pretty well-prepared,” Hodgkin said. “We went through a pretty comprehensive process in […]
June 2014
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Michaud proposes inspector general to oversee DHHS
AUGUSTA — Democratic candidate for governor Mike Michaud said Thursday that if elected, he will create a state-level Office of Inspector General to fight “waste, fraud and abuse” in the Department of Health and Human Services. Michaud’s announcement appeared to be in reaction to a message that Republican Gov. Paul LePage has been focused on […]
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LePage joins governors in asking for VA reforms
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage is one of six Republican governors asking President Barack Obama to initiate reforms in the Department of Veterans Affairs. The governors sent a letter to Obama this week after news of an attempt to cover up delays by veterans seeking getting health care. In the letter, the governors said they’re […]
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LePage, legislative leaders to discuss Alexander Group report next week
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage will meet legislative leaders to discuss what action the state may take against the Alexander Group in the wake of allegations the Rhode Island consultant plagiarized its recent report on reforming Maine’s welfare system. Peter Steele, the governor’s communications director, said Thursday that LePage would meet with the top Democratic […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Couple injured in collision in Jay
JAY — Police said a local couple were injured Wednesday afternoon when their car and a van hauling a utility trailer collided at Bean’s Corner at routes 133 and 156. Sylvia Richards, 73, of Jay was driving south on Route 133 toward Livermore Falls when a van driven by Marc Parent, 56, of Becancour, Quebec, […]
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Officers make Torch Run for Special Olympics
FARMINGTON — Local Special Olympians cheered Thursday as participants in the Law Enforcement Torch Run ran by them on Routes 2 and 4. About 25 federal, state, county and local officers took turns carrying the torch along the 32-mile trek to Skowhegan to raise funds for Special Olympics Maine. The relay began at 8 a.m. at […]
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Suspect in killing of 3 Canadian police officers spotted, still at large
MONCTON, New Brunswick — A man suspected of killing three Canadian police officers was spotted three times Thursday but has so far eluded a massive manhunt in the normally tranquil east coast city of Moncton, police said. Justin Bourque, 24, was seen in three different places around Moncton, the latest instance after daylight Thursday morning, said […]
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BIW to begin work on Coast Guard cutters
PORTLAND — Bath Iron Works and two other shipyards have been given the green light to proceed with design work on an offshore patrol cutter for the Coast Guard. Two other shipbuilders protested the fixed-cost contract that went to Bath Iron Works, Bollinger Shipyards in Louisiana and Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. in Florida. The Coast […]
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Litchfield man charged with assaulting jail officers
AUBURN — A Litchfield man accused of having video sex chats with a 13-year-old girl and sexually assaulting her on a school playground was indicted this week on seven counts of assaulting corrections officers at Androscoggin County Jail. Steven Griffin, 19, of 2651 Hallowell Road was indicted by an Androscoggin County grand jury of assaulting […]
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S. Goulet: Enough subsidized housing
Create jobs before housing. Again, I ask , is the city of Lewiston in the housing business? Yes we have lost some older tenements in the inner city, but to replace them with new four-bedroom units attracting more Section 8 tenants who do not work does not make sense. Bring in jobs for the currently […]