Deputy William Nelson of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office wears wristbands with the names of police officers who have died in the line of duty or on the job. The recognition was part of Law Enforcement United’s The Road to Hope bike ride he participated in May 10-12. PARIS — Oxford County Sheriff’s Deputy William […]
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School board member explains $13.2 million school budget to selectmen at meeting
CANTON — Regional School Unit 56 Director Natalie Sneller presented selectmen Thursday night with the school board’s $13.2 million budget for 2017-18. It’s the first budget since the district was formed after Canton, Carthage, Dixfield, and Peru withdrew from RSU 10 last November to have more local control and cut costs. Sneller said the school […]
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Local attorney testifies as expert in Lisbon man’s bid for new trial
Bartolo Ford of Lisbon is seated with his lawyers, Jamesa Drake and David Bobrow, in Androscoggin County Superior Court during a hearing on Ford’s petition for post-conviction review. AUBURN — A local criminal defense attorney testified Friday that his legal strategy would have differed from that of the lawyer who represented a Lisbon man who […]
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Blast from past at Livermore Falls History Night
LIVERMORE FALLS — It was a blast from the past Friday evening as dozens of people braved intermittent rain to attend Livermore Falls History Night. At Fitness Stylz, a film about the history of Spruce Mountain Ski Slope was shown. It was standing-room only as “A Town That Moved a Mountain” was shown twice to an […]
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‘An ending and a beginning:’ St. Dom’s graduates 46
Logan Ronan and Connor Sampson take a selfie before the graduation ceremonies at St. Dom’s Academy in Auburn on Friday evening. Bishop Robert P. Deeley takes his place among the graduating senior class for photos at St. Dom’s Academy in Auburn on Friday evening. St. Dom’s Academy celebrates the 73rd commencement on Friday evening in […]
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Teen ER visits up after Lewiston girl’s suicide raises alarm
LEWISTON — Thirteen children have been taken to St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center’s behavioral emergency department in less than 48 hours, a number that officials there call “a sharp increase.” But while that worries medical staff — children and teens go to the behavioral Emergency Department for severe depression, suicidal thoughts and other mental health […]
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Girls’ Lacrosse: Turner, Messalonskee tip Lewiston in OT
Lewiston’s Christine Chasse, left and Messalonskee’s Ally Turner battle for a faceoff during Friday afternoon’s game in Lewiston. LEWISTON — Ally Turner scored a memorable goal Friday against Lewiston. Not only did the Messalonskee junior score the 150th goal of her career, but the milestone marker was the game-winner of an 11-10 overtime victory in […]
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H.S. Baseball: Gray-New Gloucester’s Smith gets 400th career win
Every win this season is big for the Gray-New Gloucester Patriots baseball team, which is fighting for a playoff spot in the Class B South. Thursday’s 10-0 win over Waynflete had a little extra meaning, though. It was coach Brad Smith’s 400th career victory. Smith, whose coaching career started in Massachusetts in 1971 and included […]
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Mexico police log
• May 23, 3:01 p.m.: A Roxbury Road resident reported the theft of a gaming system and prescription pills from their apartment. Officer Rob Drouin is investigation. • May 22, 4:05 p.m.: Angel Stillkey, 29, Rumford, was arrested by officer Caroline Casey on a warrant charging failure to appear. She was transported to the Oxford County […]
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Former Farmington resident pens poetry book
BONITA SPRINGS, Florida — Former Farmington resident Anne Johnson Mullin has published her second book of poetry with Finishing Line Press of Georgetown, Kentucky. Titled “Sometimes a Sonnet …” the poems in the chapbook are all sonnets in form, while varying in subject matter from nature themes to humorous comments on the evening news and […]