CAPE ELIZABETH — New principals will welcome students back to Pond Cove Elementary School and Cape Elizabeth Middle School at the start of the school year on Sept. 5. Last week, the Cape Elizabeth School Board approved hiring Troy Eastman of Norway as principal of the middle school, and Jason Manjourides of Windham as principal […]
August 2017
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Joins Skowhegan Savings
SKOWHEGAN — Skowhegan Savings announces that Christopher Farmer has joined the bank as a vice president regional community banker focused on working with commercial and retail customers in the Franklin County area. Well known to the area, Farmer most recently was the general manager, chief financial officer and in-house counsel of Saddleback Ski Resort in […]
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Danzig Painting Business of Month
PARIS — The Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce announces the June Business of the Month is Danzig Painting of Norway. Rick Danzig and his crew perform all levels of residential and commercial painting, remodeling and restoration on interior and exterior surfaces. The chamber started the Business of the Month program to raise awareness and celebrate […]
Posted inFranklin, sj-web
Freeman Township to lead Franklin County council
FARMINGTON — A Freeman Township man has been hired as executive director of the Greater Franklin Development Council, according to a news release. Charlie Woodworth will take over the position on Sept. 4. He succeeds Alison Hagerstrom of Farmington who has led the organization for 15 years. Hagerstrom will retire Aug. 31. Most recently Woodworth […]
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Chesterville man dies after fall from bridge in Chain of Ponds
CHAIN OF PONDS — Maine State Police are investigating the accidental death of a Chesterville man who fell off a bridge and struck his head late Saturday or early Sunday at the Natanis Point Campground located off Route 27. Robert Clough Jr., 56, was walking in the dark on a bridge with no rails and […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Ohio judge shot in 'ambush' outside courthouse, returns fire and kills attacker
An Ohio judge was shot Monday morning outside his courthouse in what authorities called an ambush attack that ended when the judge and a probation officer returned fire, killing the attacker. Police said a man apparently waiting for Judge Joseph Bruzzese, who sits on the Jefferson County Court of Common Pleas, ran up to the […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Tractor-trailer overturns on turnpike entrance ramp
LEWISTON — A tractor-trailer truck overturned Monday afternoon while it was getting on the Maine Turnpike. The truck overturned while on the entrance ramp. This story will be updated.
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Paul LePage pens notes to critics of his Charlottesville stand
PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine resident says she is “shocked” after Republican Gov. Paul LePage wrote several notes in response to criticism of his comments on the deadly protests in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Portland Press Herald reports two residents sent faxes after the governor blamed both sides for the violence. LePage responded to Darcey Poulin’s […]
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Susan Collins unsure whether Trump will be GOP nominee in 2020
BANGOR — Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said Monday she’s not sure if President Donald Trump will be her party’s nominee for the nation’s top job in 2020. Collins, who didn’t endorse Trump last year, told MSNBC it is “too difficult to say” if he’ll gain the GOP’s backing in the next presidential […]