SKOWHEGAN — A Maine town will spend $27,500 to correct mistakes it made that led to a youth football field being accidentally built on private property. Officials in Skowhegan say they skipped the step of ensuring that the field was built on the property of the Skowhegan Community Center sports complex. The field ended up […]
June 2014
Posted inConnections
‘Lost on a Mountain’ author to visit Wildlife Park
GRAY — On Saturday, June 28, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray, come to meet and greet the real Donn Fendler, famous for becoming lost as a youngster for nearly two weeks on Mt. Katahdin in July 1939, then writing the very popular book, “Lost on a Mountain […]
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Posted inNational Sports
Smart move on Celtics’ part
BOSTON (AP) — Soon after Wyc Grousbeck’s group bought the Boston Celtics, Red Auerbach gave him some advice. The team’s legendary president at the time “told me personally right when I came in, ‘you need instigators, not retaliators,’” Grousbeck said. Twelve years later, the rebuilding Celtics drafted what Grousbeck called an “instigator” when they took […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Skowhegan mistakenly builds football field on private property
SKOWHEGAN — A Maine town will spend $27,500 to correct mistakes it made that led to a youth football field being accidentally built on private property. Skowhegan, Maine, officials say they skipped the step of ensuring that the field was built on the property of the Skowhegan Community Center sports complex. The field ended up […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Supreme court strikes down protest-free zones around abortion clinics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a 35-foot protest-free zone outside abortion clinics in Massachusetts. The justices were unanimous in ruling that extending a buffer zone 35 feet from clinic entrances violates the First Amendment rights of protesters. Chief Justice John Roberts said authorities have less intrusive ways to deal with problems […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Police log
Charges Lewiston * Carey Lee Mathis, 47, of 214 Blake St., warrant, 12:25 a.m. Wednesday at that address. * Gretchen Marie Wilson, 35, transient, warrant, unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, sale and use of drug paraphernalia, 3:50 p.m. Wednesday at 130 Pine St. Auburn * Crystal Palmer, 28, of 12 Brittany St., Auburn, endangering the […]
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‘Life goes on’ for former Franco Center director after severe stroke
Three months after a crushing stroke, Louis Morin is rising again. The 48-year-old former executive director of the Franco Center is walking and talking. He’s preparing to move back home to Freeport in a week or so. And soon, he’ll be driving again. “This could have been much, much worse,” Morin said this week in […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Former Rumford selectman, Oxford County commissioner remembered
RUMFORD — Thursday morning was bittersweet on Penobscot Street at the Kennard family house for Carolyn Kennard and her daughter, Margery Kennard. The two women were reminiscing and preparing to go through several family photo albums. Specifically, they were looking for pictures of Fredric L. Kennard — Carolyn’s husband of 52 years, and Margery’s beloved […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Dixfield church to host annual Strawberry Festival
DIXFIELD — The Dixfield Congregational Church is hosting its annual Strawberry Festival from 7:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 28, to raise money for future church functions, the Rev. John Gensel said Thursday afternoon. The breakfast will last from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m., with the menu featuring a variety of items, including Belgian waffles with […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
West Paris taxes rise 8 percent
WEST PARIS — Selectmen increased property taxes by roughly 8 percent to make up for declining state revenues and increases to the budget. Overall, taxpayers will be asked to raise $1.51 million in fiscal year 2014-15. Town Manager John White estimated the average household would see a $100 increase in local taxes. “It’s a lot […]