OXFORD — State Department of Transportation officials have agreed to activate the traffic light and lower the speed in front of the Oxford Casino on Route 26, after two pedestrians were killed and two motorists injured there this summer. Local and state officials and others, including representatives from the casino and the Hampton Inn across […]
August 2017
Posted inFranklin
Board increases Livermore tax rate
LIVERMORE — Selectpersons on Tuesday night unanimously approved increasing the tax rate 40 cents, to $16.40 per $1,000 of assessed property value. Administrative Assistant/Treasurer Amy Byron said the minimum tax rate possible, $16.01 per $1,000, would provide an overlay of about $700. She provided several rate possibilities: $16.25 for an overlay of $44,800; $16.40 for […]
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Mishler-Stietzel joins Franklin Surgery
FARMINGTON — Marni Mishler-Stietzel has joined the medical staff of Franklin Health Surgery and Franklin Memorial Hospital. She recently completed a five-year surgical residency at Northwell Health General Surgery (formerly Northshore Long Island Jewish), performing more than 1,000 surgical cases in general, trauma and vascular disciplines. While there, she was named the 2015 Teaching Consultant […]
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Large family helped UMaine quarterback develop competitive nature
ORONO — Liam Coen, the University of Maine football team’s offensive coordinator, said one of the attributes possessed by new starting quarterback Chris Ferguson is his competitive nature. When you are the 10th of 11 children in your family, you have to be competitive. The redshirt freshman has nine sisters and a brother. “We’re definitely […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Norway Planning Board to consider medical marijuana applications
NORWAY — The Planning Board will meet with two applicants for medical marijuana facilities Thursday. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Town Office. During the board’s Aug. 10 meeting, Rob Laverdiere of Lewiston said he was leasing the former brick production facility of the Advertiser Democrat newspaper at 1 Pikes Hill Road […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Farmington man pleads not guilty to arson, eluding an officer
PARIS — A Farmington man accused of assaulting his former girlfriend and burning her clothes in Oxford, pleaded not guilty Wednesday afternoon to arson, eluding an officer and domestic violence assault. Leslie Everett Jr., 39, was in Oxford County Superior Court for arraignment on nine charges, including obstructing the report of a crime, criminal mischief, […]
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Photos: Getting ready for the real thing — Lewiston field hockey scrimmages with Morse, Boothbay
Lewiston’s Meagan Gosselin, right, and Morse’s Leah Totman compete for the ball during a three-team field hockey preseason scrimmage that also included Boothbay on Wednesday at McMann Field in Bath. Lewiston and Morse played to a 0-0 tie. Lewiston’s Caroline St. Pierre and Morse’s Lily Thibodeau chase down the ball during a three-team field hockey […]
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Patrie made motion on money
PARIS — A story published Wednesday in the Region edition should have said School Administrative District 17 Director Barry Patrie made a motion to put part of the extra money received from the state into a capital reserve fund for the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School roof. The information was incorrectly reported.
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Jared Golden calls himself a veteran who still wants to serve
For a time, congressional hopeful Jared Golden hoped to become a high school history teacher. Then came the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that leveled the World Trade Center, charred the Pentagon and seared a nation. Golden, a student at the University of Maine then, grappled with a growing desire to join the military like […]