UPDATE: Sexual assault suspect found dead in Franklin County Jail cell FARMINGTON — A Strong man is accused of sexually assaulting a girl and possessing sexually explicit photos of girls. Stephen Tripp, 35, of Strong, was arrested Friday on felony charges of gross sexual assault and possessing sexually explicit material, according to an affidavit filed in a […]
November 5, 2018
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Paul LePage plans to move to Florida for tax reasons
AUGUSTA — Regardless of who is elected his successor, Gov. Paul LePage said Monday he plans to move to Florida for tax reasons and maybe to teach. “I’ll be a resident of Florida if Janet Mills wins, I can promise you that,” LePage, referring to the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, said with a smile one day […]
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Thousands without power in Franklin County after ‘intense’ windstorm
About 9,000 Maine businesses and homes remained without power Sunday night after a powerful windstorm swept through the state Saturday, knocking down trees and power lines. At its peak, about 80,000 customers statewide had lost power. Central Maine Power Co. reported 4,027 customers without electricity at 5:12 a.m. Monday. Crews from CMP worked overnight and […]
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Maine’s first virtual charter school up for state renewal
SOUTH PORTLAND — Maine’s first virtual charter school is undergoing its first comprehensive evaluation as it seeks to renew its state charter, five years after it launched amid concerns around local schools’ independence from national companies contracted to provide extensive services and whether students would succeed in an online learning environment. Maine Connections Academy is […]
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Democrats hold edge in voter registrations, while Republicans go rural
Maine has taken on a somewhat bluer tinge since the 2014 gubernatorial election, as more voters register as Democrats than Republicans or independents. Yet statewide voter registration data reveals a more complicated — and consequential — shift, with much of rural Maine becoming increasingly Republican even as more populated pockets of the state lean farther to the […]
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This week's agenda
Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Casco: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Building Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Paris: Oxford County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Paris: Conservation Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Planning Board, 6:30 […]
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Jay Dems to meet Wednesday
LIVERMORE FALLS — The Jay Democratic Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, in the back meeting room of the bank building in Livermore Falls.
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Auburn council to review L-A passenger rail study
AUBURN — If you build it, they will come — maybe. The first phase of a study looking at bringing passenger rail to Lewiston-Auburn says the region has a “latent demand” for a transit connection to Portland. The City Council, which appointed three members to a regional Project Committee tasked with studying the feasibility of […]
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Donald Norman Royer
Donald Norman Royer 1932 – 2018 AUBURN – Donald Norman Royer, 86, of Sabattus, Maine, passed away Nov. 1, 2018 at Androscoggin Hospice House surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Lewiston on Aug. 18, 1932, the third child of Alfred and Lillian Royer. Don was educated in Auburn schools after which time […]
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Winter wood supply
Leonel Reyes cuts firewood at Jillson’s Farm in Sabattus on Sunday afternoon. Reyes said the wood will be used to heat the farm store, run the wood fired evaporator during the spring maple syrup season and to heat the home of farm owners, Pat and Ed Jillson. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)