NORWAY — Town Manager Dennis Lajoie said the Board of Selectmen meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday has been rescheduled to Jan. 18 due to the nor’easter. Lajoie said the board would meet briefly at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 8, to sign warrants, but all other business would be postponed to Jan. 18, the next […]
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Posted inBethel
SAD 44: Five storm days used so far
BETHEL — Winter Storm Grayson, which caused more than 500 closings locally Thursday because of heavy snow and powerful winds, has forced School Administrative District 44 to use its last storm day of the year. Superintendent David Murphy said five storm days each year are built into the school calendar. The first days this school year […]
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Posted inEncore, sj-web
Van Halen tribute band at Mixers
Tonight, Friday Jan. 5, at “Completely Unchained,” a Van Halen, David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar era tribute band, will perform at Mixers, 136 Sabattus Road, Sabattus. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 day of show. The music starts at 8:30 p.m. The opening band will be Ruckus.
Posted inEncore, sj-web
Stronghold at The Cage
Stronghold will perform at The Cage, 97 Ash St., Lewiston, from 8 p.m. to midnight, Saturday, Jan. 6.
Posted inRiver Valley
Rumford selectmen's meeting rescheduled
RUMFORD — Town Manager Linda-Jean Briggs said the Board of Selectmen meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday has been rescheduled to Jan. 18 due to the snowstorm. All agenda items will be added to the Jan. 18 meeting.
Posted inMaine, sj-web
CMP customers warned of power bill scam
Portland-area law enforcement officials are warning of a telephone scam threatening Central Maine Power customers with power disconnection unless they pay bills with prepaid cards. Residential electricity customers are protected from immediate disconnection during the winter, and power companies never demand payment with prepaid cards, CMP spokeswoman Gail Rice said. “This is not new; scammers […]
Posted inFranklin
Deadlines loom on Forster mill abatement work
WILTON — Asbestos abatement work at the former Forster mill on Depot Street is expected to resume by next week, Town Manager Rhonda Irish told selectpersons Tuesday. EnviroVantage began the abatement work on Dec. 19 and worked that week. They planned to break over the holidays and resume the first week of January, David Massaro, […]
Posted inFranklin
Jay crew readies to hit the roads
The Jay Public Works crew was fueling up, checking snowplows and wings, and loading up to hit the roads Thursday morning when snow started falling earlier than predicted. “We are about all ready,” crew member Fred Richards said at about 7:30 a.m. at the Public Works Department. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal)
Posted inMaine
Flooding adds to the issues coastal Maine has during nor’easter
In addition to heavy snow and high winds buffeting the state Thursday, some areas – coastal areas, primarily – are dealing with flooding as well. Up and down the Maine coast, from Kennebunkport and Wells to as far east as Machias, there were reports of flooding or dangerously high water levels. In Portland, there was […]
Posted inFranklin, sj-web
Helix Generation owns project
FARMINGTON — Stories published Dec. 9 and 21 in the Region edition and Dec. 9 and 20 at sunjournal.com should have said Helix Generation LLC is the owner of the Kibby wind energy facility in Kibby and Skinner townships in northern Franklin County. It was a reporting error.