AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine AFL-CIO has elected its first woman to lead the labor organization. Cynthia Phinney of Livermore Falls was elected president at the Maine AFL-CIO 30th Biennial Convention Friday in Bangor. Although she’s the first woman elected to the position, she is not the first to serve in the position. Gwen Gatcomb […]
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Jay sets timeline for 2016 budget, election, meeting
JAY — Selectpersons on Monday set the annual town meeting referendum for Tuesday, April 26, 2016, to coincide with the Regional School Unit 73 validation vote on the budget for 2016-17. Selectpersons reviewed a draft timeline from Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere. The only item not on the schedule, she said, was a meeting between the […]
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Wilton police investigating 5 car burglaries
WILTON — Local police are investigating five car burglaries that occurred in the downtown area over the weekend. A laptop was taken from one vehicle and a small DeWalt tool chest from another, Gale McDonald, secretary at the Wilton Police Department, said. Smaller items may have also been taken. The burglaries happened around Curve Street […]
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Coats for children, adults available in Jay
JAY — Free coats for children and adults are available at Depot Laundry in the Jay Plaza off Route 4, according to Town Clerk Ronda Palmer. The Salvation Army delivered the outerwear for the Coats for Kids campaign, she said.
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Short circuit cause of Chesterville fire
CHESTERVILLE — An electrical short circuit is the reported cause of a building fire on Zions Hill Road early Saturday morning, Chief Edward Hastings IV aid. The damage was to a 20-foot section of metal siding on the house and the exterior of the woodshed. There was no interior damage. The homeowner, Brian Sweeney, heard […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Otisfield: Comprehensive Plan Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Otisfield: Conservation Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Thursday Buckfield: Zadoc Long Free Library Committee, 6 p.m., Zadoc Long Free Library Dixfield: Planning Board, 5:30 p.m., Town Office
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Verso notifies workers of layoffs, shuts down paper machine
JAY — Verso Corp. shut down its No. 2 paper machine Saturday and previously shut down a pulp dryer, according to William “Bill” Cohen, director of mill communications and regional governmental affairs. The company sent out “Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification” Act letters Oct. 20 to notify employees that they would lose their jobs in […]
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Truck spills wood sheathing, shuts down Crash Road in Livermore
LIVERMORE — A Phillips man escaped injury when he lost control of a tractor-trailer on the Crash Road and it overturned early Monday morning, Maine State Police Trooper Daniel Hanson said. The load of wood sheathing hauled by Ronald Veilleux, 54, was spilled, and the 2016 Volvo truck registered to Hartt Transportation Systems of Auburn […]
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Jay inmate charged with assault
FARMINGTON — A Jay man is accused of punching and kicking a fellow inmate Friday in the minimum security area at the Franklin County jail, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Monday. Corrections officer Sgt. Walter Fails arrested Joseph L. Begin, 37, on a felony charge of aggravated assault on Sunday, Nichols said. A conviction on […]
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Artists gather for Water Bear Confabulum in Farmington
FARMINGTON — Artists will gather Saturday, Oct. 31, in the alleyways of downtown Farmington for the first Water Bear Confabulum. The festival takes place from 3 to 7 p.m. and includes a Trick or Treat Trail from 4 to 6 p.m. in the alleyways and businesses along Main Street and Broadway. The guest artist, Pigeon, […]