OXFORD — A story on the Oxford town meeting published on Page B1 of Thursday’s Oxford Hills edition should have said a proposal to change the fire chief’s position from part-time elected to full-time appointed will be voted on Tuesday, June 10, at the polls. It was a reporting error.
June 2014
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The Burt of Burt’s Bees says Roxanne Quimby forced him out of company
The reality, Burt Shavitz says, is that he was forced out by co-founder Roxanne Quimby after he had an affair with an employee. So the man on the Burt’s Bees logo that promises “Earth-friendly natural personal care products” ended up with 37 acres in Maine, and an undisclosed sum of money. And he’s not complaining. […]
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Military notes
NEW LONDON, Conn. — Rachel A. Deschene has graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy with a bachelor of science degree and a commission as an ensign. The Coast Guard Academy offers a four-year educational program of instruction designed to provide cadets the knowledge and experience essential to become leaders of character. Cadets are required […]
Posted inLocal Sports
H.S. Track and Field: Harris on the record
LEWISTON — The biggest challenge involved in Isaiah Harris’ junior track and field campaign at Lewiston High School has fallen on the shoulders of his coach, T.J. Niles. That’s figuring out in which races to turn him loose. Such is life when you own the school record in five different events. Harris has dominated middle […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lisbon to update public on bond issues
LISBON — The Lisbon School Department will hold a Community Informational Night on Thursday to update the public on the June bond referendums. The meeting will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. June 5 at the Lisbon High School gymnasium. The presentation will include updated costs associated with building a new school gym, renovations […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Mixer’s liquor license renewed, Fun Fest scheduled
SABATTUS — Selectmen on Tuesday unanimously voted to renew the liquor license for Mixer’s Bar on Route 126. Four selectmen approved the renewal after a seven-minute public hearing. The renewal lasts for one year. Selectman Donald Therrien was absent. Selectmen also set July 10 for the eighth annual Sabattus Fun Festival. It is scheduled to […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
RSU 16 residents vote on budget Tuesday
POLAND — A referendum on the RSU 16 budget will be held Tuesday, June 10. Polls will be open in the Mechanic Falls’ municipal building, Minot’s Town Office and Poland’s Town Hall from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The $20 million proposed spending plan was approved at the May 12 districtwide meeting. It is up […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, River Valley
Newry Planning Board approves 4 applications, tables another
NEWRY — Planning Board members unanimously approved all but one application before them Wednesday night. Work on that application — George J. Kelly and Diane Whitten’s four-lot Mountainside Homes subdivision project — was tabled at the request of the applicant. The board approved the site plan for the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School’s proposed building […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Buckfield grads hear from former teacher
BUCKFIELD — The 39 members of the Class of 2014 at Buckfield Junior-Senior High School chose their former freshman English teacher, Charlie Nielsen, as speaker for their Awards Night ceremony Wednesday. Nielsen, who had just retired from teaching at Dirigo High School in Dixfield in 2010, was asked to come to Buckfield high school to […]