Aaron Aldrich is expected to be sentenced in November.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Schools & Education
Naloxone training coming to Lewiston schools next week, Auburn soon
Mandated by a new state law, public schools now offer training for students in secondary education to teach them how to administer the overdose antidote, even if the students choose not to take part.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Gendron family reflects on their late father Dolard ‘Del’ Gendron
Dolard ‘Del’ Gendron was widely loved in the Lewiston community and none knew it greater than those who loved him most, his children.
Posted inNews, River Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Andover Elementary School students learn gardening, homesteading skills
With $3,000 grant money from a Whole Kids Garden Grant, four Andover Elementary School staff members and community volunteers are creating a garden project and mini homestead at the school to teach their 22 prekindergarten through fifth grade students gardening and homesteading skills.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
UMaine System staff speak out against low wages at legislative hearing
University of Maine System employees interrupted a legislative hearing on Tuesday to express their financial discomfort from what they consider low wages.
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, Nation / World, New England, News
Suspicious mail sent to elections officials in several states
No state has reported – so far – that anyone has been harmed as a result of the suspicious mail.
Posted inFranklin, News, The Franklin Journal
Franklin County Commission authorizes Emergency Management Agency grant request to monitor two rivers
The overall grant would be $151,400 from the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, in which the grant would pay 75% or $113,550, and the county and unorganized territory to split remaining cost of $37,850.
Posted inBusiness, Community, Franklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, News
Appeal seeks to revoke license of Poppy’s Redemption Center in Jay
Poppy’s Redemption Center is under threat of closing just two months after opening at 246 Main St., according to a post on its Facebook page Sept. 11.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills, Schools & Education
Oxford Hills school construction committees diverge, advance individually
The options Oxford residents face for building a new elementary school do not feel like options to Maine’s geographically largest school district.
Posted inMaine, News
Trial begins in dispute between longtime neighbors over Popham Beach access
In the first day in court, the Phippsburg residents argued over property lines and land ownership in a battle over who has access to the beach in front of their cottages.