AUGUSTA (AP) — Five airports in Maine will split $1.7 million in federal grant money earmarked for the improvement of operations at each. The Kennebec Journal reported (http://bit.ly/1SCcPbv ) Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King announced Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the money through the Federal Aviation Administration. Bangor International Airport will […]
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Planning underway for restructuring Spruce Mountain elementary schools
LIVERMORE FALLS — Planning meetings have begun for restructuring the elementary schools in Regional School Unit 73. Superintendent Kenneth Healey has met with the staff and principals of Jay and Livermore elementary schools. They will spend all remaining half days working on planning curriculum and collaboration to make the reconfiguration successful, he said. Teachers will […]
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Jay man pleads guilty to embezzling nearly $80,000 from federally funded program
PORTLAND — A Jay man pleaded guilty Thursday to embezzling nearly $80,000 between May 2014 and Jan. 5, 2015, from a management agency that receives federal funds. Timothy Gallagher, 47, entered the plea in U.S. District Court, according to court documents. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to […]
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RSU 9 expels student for rest of school year
FARMINGTON — The Regional School Unit 9 board of directors voted 9-4 Tuesday to expel a Mt. Blue High School student accused of distributing pot brownies on school property for the rest of the school year, Superintendent Tom Ward said. “We’re going to work with him so he can continue his education and be ready […]
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Farmington postpones hiring full-time firefighters until changes made to policies
FARMINGTON — The hiring of the first two full-time firefighters was postponed Tuesday until wording of nepotism clauses in the town’s personnel policy and the Fire/Rescue Department’s hiring policy are changed and considered by selectmen. Townspeople voted in March to approve hiring four full-time firefighters for the department. The town does not currently have any […]
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Carthage man accused of possessing pornography of young girls
CARTHAGE — A local man is accused of possessing thousands of sexually explicit images of young girls on his home computer, according to police. Nicholas Henry, 31, of Carthage was arrested Monday on a charge of possessing sexually explicit material of someone under the age of 12, according to a news release from Stephen McCausland, […]
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RSU 9 fourth-graders design cars with guidance of UMF students
FARMINGTON — Fourth-graders in Amy Tracy’s class at Cascade Brook School worked together in groups Tuesday to make cars using four wooden wheels, two straws, an index card and three Popsicle sticks. “We need to make a car that actually moves and stays together in the process,” student Meadow Kerbo said. The exercise was part […]
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Selectmen close River Street, consider custodial duties
STRONG — Selectmen agreed Tuesday to close River Street to heavy truck traffic and post a 25 mph speed limit. Selectmen determined at a March meeting that the street has been used regularly as a shortcut for large trucks. The road begins at the south end of Main Street near the Sandy River bridge and […]
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Farmington to pursue grant to construct sewer main for proposed memory care facility
FARMINGTON — Selectmen voted Tuesday to have Town Manager Richard Davis pursue a Northern Border Regional Commission grant to help pay for the construction of a sewer main on Knowlton Corner Road. The sewer main would serve the proposed Woodlands Memory Care of Farmington. The grants are up to $250,000. The town could provide the […]
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Human library project challenges judgments, stereotypes
FARMINGTON — Everyone has a story to tell. Many of those stories are found in volumes on library shelves but for two days, patrons of Mantor Library at the University of Maine at Farmington could check out a human book and hear the tale directly from the person experiencing it. The human library project was […]