Mystery Photo for March 27, 2016
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Two-car collision injures one
SOUTH PARIS — A Woodstock woman was injured Monday afternoon when the car she was driving and a second car collided near Market Square. Police said Rachel Wilday, 43, of Woodstock was pulling out of a parking lot on East Main Street and Timothy Brackett, 54, of Buckfield was traveling on East Main Street when […]
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser
Jay woman named Belgrade town manager
BELGRADE — Carrie Castonguay, the administrative assistant to the Livermore Board of Selectpersons, will start her new duties as town manager on March 21, Belgrade selectperson Chairman Ernie Rice said Monday. The Belgrade Board of Selectmen unanimously chose Castonguay of Jay from among six candidates who were interviewed, he said. The town received 19 applications. […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Paris police budget shows nearly 20 percent drop
PARIS — Interim Police Chief Jeff Lange has presented a budget for 2016-17 that is 17.8 percent less than this fiscal year, while warning that the full cost of hiring the Oxford County Sheriff’s Department’s services hasn’t been fully discussed. Selectmen, administrators and the Budget committee are aiming to reduce this year’s municipal budget by […]
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser
Jay to hold hearing on proposed $5.2 million budget
JAY — Selectpersons will hold a public hearing Monday, March 14, on a proposed $5.27 million municipal budget for 2016-17. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in the library at Spruce Mountain High School. It will be followed by a regular Board of Selectpersons meeting. The proposed spending plan is $368,434 less than the […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Emerge Film Festival reviewing 2,300 entries
The Emerge Film Festival, scheduled for April 28-May 1, has that many submissions to review for its third annual event. That’s an increase of 1,187 percent over last year, when less than 200 were submitted. According to organizers, the festival received submissions from 42 states and 110 countries, from Albania to Zimbabwe. “That’s 2,300 people […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston council, advisers differ on Bates Mill No. 5 project
LEWISTON — Skeptics of a plan to redevelop Bates Mill No. 5 got to speak their minds Monday night as the City Council hosted a special workshop with its advisory boards to review the proposed development. “I’ve been a pretty staunch supporter of demolishing this building for the last 10 years, and nothing I’ve seen […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Auburn teachers file complaint with labor union
AUBURN — Saying the Auburn School Committee is violating labor laws, the union representing Auburn teachers, education technicians and other support workers have filed a complaint with the Maine Labor Relations Board. Both sides are at an impasse, and teachers and other staffers have worked without contracts since June, union representative Carl Bucciantini said. Superintendent […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn
Two Industry children, father remain hospitalized after Pittsfield fatal crash
FARMINGTON – Two children and their father from Industry and a Corinna man remained at a Bangor hospital Monday after a fatal crash Saturday night on Route 2 in Pittsfield, according to a spokesman from the Maine Department of Public Safety. Icy road conditions were a contributing factor in the crash, Stephen McCausland had said […]