In the coming months, Bryant Pond Village will likely be adorned with holiday banners and a new digital sign, thanks to approval last week by the Woodstock selectmen. The town has leftover funds and utility pole sign brackets from its bicentennial celebration in 2015. Town Manager Vern Maxfield last week suggested both be used to […]
Maine
Local and state news from the Sun Journal.
advertisement
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Franklin, Maine Crime, News
Livermore Falls woman gets nearly 4 years for fatal Jay crash
The victim’s family spoke at Trisha Payeur’s manslaughter sentencing Wednesday.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Auburn looks to better define rules for allowing a home to be built in the agricultural zone
While the council approved the new committee, some said they’re concerned the new criteria will put more restrictions and roadblocks in front of property owners to discourage residential construction.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Prayer service planned in memory of the victims of the Lewiston mass shooting
The multidenominational prayer service will be held Oct. 1 outside the State House in Augusta.
Posted inCommunity, Franklin, News, Schools & Education, The Franklin Journal
Phillips-based school district supports hiring school resource officer
Franklin County Sheriff’s Office presents information on hiring and cost of an officer.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Business
The Sedgley Place in Greene is a dream come true for longtime patron-turned-owner
A few short years after returning to Auburn from New York, Ali Desjardin jumped back into the hospitality scene, unwittingly setting off a chain of events that would lead to the ownership of the celebrated restaurant, The Sedgley Place, in Greene.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Portland educator, politician hired as Maine’s first green schools director
Former University of Southern Maine President Glenn Cummings began work this week promoting sustainability in the state’s schools.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Dixfield-based school district to livestream board meetings again
The practice stopped last year to save money.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
New Hampshire man sentenced to 16 years in deadly Berwick shooting
Daniel Lafrenier, 33, pleaded guilty in June to manslaughter in the death of 37-year-old Mark Forest.