TURNER — Selectmen on Tuesday met with Thomas M. Gibson, president of Rampart Bituminous LLC, to discuss cold-mix asphalt. The town contracted with Rampart for 3,500 cubic yards of cold mix with 20 gallons of asphalt emulsion per cubic yard using town aggregate. After the pile had had time to settle, Turner measured the resulting […]
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Minnie N. Bowker
AUBURN — Minnie N. Bowker, 83, of Auburn, passed away on Sunday, May 20, following a short illness, at the Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice with her family at her side. She was born in North New Portland, Nov. 18, 1928, a daughter of the late Leslie Linn Dyer and Lora Agnes […]
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SAD 52 residents speak out about failed budget
GREENE — Residents told SAD 52 directors Thursday night that the 2012-13 budget was defeated last week, in part, because it was too high and positions were eliminated at the same time raises were handed out. Approximately 50 residents attended the school board meeting at Greene Central School Gym to discuss why the $23 million-plus […]
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Richard Arthur Perry
KENANSVILLE, N.C. — Richard Arthur Perry, 76, of Jacksonville, N.C., died May 12, at the Quinn Hospice Center in Kenansville after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Dover, N.H., on May 27, 1935, the son of Arthur and Anita Dorian Perry. Richard grew up in Greene and Turner and graduated from Leavitt […]
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Leavitt graduate has big vision as singer-songwriter
Few of us know what it takes to produce a musical album that speaks to the emotions and heart of the listener. It takes a dream, work and vision of what music needs to be. For Bryan Laurier, 23, of Turner, the human, organic and honest element has motivated him to produce music he hopes […]
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Military notes
A local servicemember has graduated from the Airman Leadership School at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center, McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn.: Air National Guard Senior Airman Michael Smith, a network infrastructure technician with the 265th Combat Communication Squadron, South Portland. Smith is the son of Carol Lessard of South Paris and […]
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Community supper to include plant sale
TURNER — Astilbes and hostas will highlight this year’s traditional ham supper sponsored by the North Turner Union Presbyterian Church, because a plant sale will be part of the Friday, May 18, event. During the supper there will be a number of perennials for sale on a first come-first serve basis. The plants come from […]
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Turner board raises rescue fees
TURNER — Selectmen raised municipal fees for ambulance service and copies for town forms Monday night. Selectman Ralph Caldwell pointed out that billing usually covers all of the expenses of the Rescue Department except for major equipment replacement. This year it did not. Maria Higgins, who does the billing for Turner Rescue, told selectmen that […]
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A. Randall: Obesity overdone
Recently, I was reading “The Evolution of Obesity” by Michael L. Power and Jay Schulkin. It got me thinking about obesity and eating disorders. Eating disorders are becoming more and more common as the media begins to overwhelm the public. Magazines, television — even video games — portray women (and even men, on occasion) in […]
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SAD 52 school budget defeated
TURNER — The SAD 52 budget referendum was defeated by a narrow margin Tuesday in light voting. With the vote total 172-182, the budget lost by less than 3 percent. Turner had 93 yes votes and 33 no votes, favoring the proposed budget by a margin of nearly 3 to 1. Leeds had 40 yes […]