MECHANIC FALLS — Town Manager Vic Hodgkins advised the Town Council on Monday evening that the town will get $100,00 more in state revenue than anticipated, lowering the proposed $1.84 million amount that taxpayers would be responsible for in the 2023-24 municipal budget. That’s an 8.7% increase from the $1.57 million taxpayers paid for 2022-23. […]
Marla Hoffman
Staff Writer
Marla has been a journalist for the past 17-plus years at newspapers in Maine and Connecticut. She has been a writer, a designer, a photographer, a columnist and, for the past six years, the managing editor for the evening shift at the Sun Journal.
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Photos: Serving up diverse food at Montello Elementary School
Students and staff put have a culturally relevant taste test during the school’s lunch period.
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Drivers injured in collision on Riverside Drive in Auburn
The Jaws of Life was used to extricate two drivers, who were taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
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House burns on Upper Swallow Road in Paris
PARIS — Firefighters fought back flames Tuesday evening in a fully-involved structure fire at 36 Upper Swallow Road. The fire was reported about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Smoke was reportedly coming from the second story when firefighters arrived. A second alarm was called about 5 p.m. with multiple departments at the scene. Upper Swallow Road is […]
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The Great Falls Balloon Festival wakes up from a long sleep Friday morning
The crowd collectively smiles — phones aloft and pointed toward the people waving goodbye from above, Marla Hoffman writes.
Posted inNation / World
After a displaced Ukrainian dad asked for Legos for his son, gifts pour in
When 11-year-old Andrii Sidorov fled Kyiv in late February, he packed a small suitcase of essential items. He had no choice but to leave his prized Lego collection behind. “He was so sad,” said his father, Igor Sidorov, who drove with two of his four sons to Vienna on Feb. 23, just before Russia launched […]
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On the Canadian border, artistry connects travelers to Mohawk culture
Generations of Carrie Hill’s family have made baskets. But it wasn’t until she had her first child, 15 years ago, that she began to weave them herself. She was a stay-at-home mom, she says, “and after about four months with diapers and dishes, I was just like, ‘What about Carrie?’ ” Seeking to scratch a […]
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Putin announces Ukraine military operation, explosions heard
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a military operation in Ukraine and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to “consequences they have never seen.”