PARIS — The Board of Selectmen voted 5-0 on Monday night to run an advertisement for another full-time employee for the town’s Highway Department. Interim Town Manager Dawn Waisanen said Road Foreman Jamie Hutchinson reviewed his budget and determined there was enough money to add another full-time employee. Waisanen said she and Hutchinson did “some […]
2019
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Family of Lewiston man killed in brawl releases statement
LEWISTON— The family of Donald Giusti, a Lewiston man who died after a brawl in Kennedy Park in June, released a statement Monday asking for anyone with information to come forward, and for authorities to charge someone with the death. “Donnie’s case must also not fall through the cracks or be sidetracked to other, more recent […]
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Skiers Edge Sunday Race Series continues
William Drysdale, 11, of Auburn competes in the Skiers Edge Sunday Race Series at Lost Valley in Auburn on Sunday. It was the second of seven races in the series that are scheduled most Sundays through March 3, starting at 1 p.m. Children as young as 5 years old up through adults compete for series […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Auburn switches teacher workshop day to class day
AUBURN — The School Department is turning a teacher workshop day into a regular school day this month to make up for one of five snow days this winter. Superintendent Katy Grondin announced the decision Monday morning on Twitter. “Due to the number of snow days so far this winter, we have decided to change […]
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Videos: Spinning in the Presumpscot, this alien-looking ice disk has Westbrook all abuzz
The circular sheet appears to be rotating and growing, drawing comparisons to a crop circle, a Lazy Susan and a duck-go-round.
Posted inBethel, Franklin, Oxford Hills, River Valley
This week's agenda
Tuesday Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Farmington: RSU 9 Operations Committee, 6 p.m., Chef’s Table Farmington: RSU 9 Personnel and Finance Committee, 7 p.m., Central Office Hartford: Ordinance Committee, 6 p.m., Town Office Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Otisfield: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Oxford County Commission, 9 […]
Posted inOxford Hills
State awards $76,500 for Norway Branch Rail Trail
NORWAY — The Maine Trails Advisory Committee has awarded a $76,500 grant for the Norway Branch Rail Trail project, according to Town Manager Dennis Lajoie. The trail for walkers and bicyclists would follow the former Norway Branch Railroad tracks for six-tenths of a mile, from Beal Street in Norway to Charles Street in Paris. Norway’s […]
Posted inFranklin
Belgrade man accused of assaulting Wilton resident
WILTON — Police said a Belgrade man is accused of assaulting an acquaintance after he broke into the man’s home late Friday. Wilton police arrested Adam Brunelle, 35, on felony charges of burglary and aggravated assault, Chief Heidi Wilcox said Monday. Brunelle had a grudge against the man and assaulted him, she said. Police received […]
Posted inMaine
New Gloucester lawmaker seeks to ban ‘obscene’ material from public schools
AUGUSTA — When her teenage son came home from school toting a book titled “Kafka on the Shore,” Amy Arata of New Gloucester decided she ought to give it a read. What she found within the pages of the 2002 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami appalled her. “It was very, very specific and graphic,” Arata […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Byron requests sheriff’s investigation into missing funds
BYRON — Nine months after a long-overdue, town audit revealed that money was missing, selectmen have requested that the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office investigate what appears to be years of financial mismanagement and missing town records. The audit, launched in March 2018, was the first one in five years, and it was immediately clear that […]