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Eastern Star meets today AUBURN — Pine Cone Chapter 26 Order of the Eastern Star will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 12, at the Masonic Hall, 1021 Turner St. The chapter will be having a stated meeting. Potluck supper will be at 6 p.m. All Eastern Star Members are welcome. Commercial Travelers to meet […]

Posted inLocal Sports

High School Track: Area overview

KVAC Athletes to watch: Boys — Connor Harris, EL (Jumps); Darnnell Hairston, EL (hurdles); Lucas Bourget, EL (dist/RW); Roger Charest, EL (sprints); Bryan Ring, EL (misc); Sully Jackson, MB (dist); Dustin Staples, MB (jumps/dist); Dustin Thompson, MB (jumps); Izaiha Tracy, MB (sprint); Justin Tracy, MB (dist); Zach Veayo, MB (RW); Mohamed Barre, Lew (dist); Rudy […]

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Turner prepares for elections, town meeting

TURNER — Zoning changes, residential loans, spending proposals and elections will be in front of voters this weekend at the annual town meeting. It starts at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Leavitt Area High School cafeteria. Election of officers will be held 1 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Municipal Office Building. The secret ballot […]

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Enrollment for pre-K and K TURNER — RSU 52 is accepting registrations for pre-K and kindergarten students not currently enrolled. Parents should call the school in the town where the child resides: Turner Primary School, 225-3655; Leeds Central School, 524-5151; and Greene Central School, 946-5681. For pre-K, each child must be 4 years old on […]

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Burns — Elliott

Kassie Burns and Brandon Elliott RUMFORD — James and Linda Burns of Rumford are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kassie Burns, to Brandon Elliott, son of Kelly Porter of Peru and Jeffery Elliott of Turner. The future bride graduated from the University of Maine at Farmington with a bachelor’s degree in elementary […]

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Leavitt honor roll

TURNER — Leavitt Area High School has announced second-quarter honors. High honors Grade 12: Matthew Thomas Bilodeau, Dalton Charles-Adrian Bouchles, Jacob Roger Breton, Greta-Anne Castonguay, Bria Marie Dickinson, Timothy Curtis Dow, Samantha Ann Eddy, Casey Lynn Fichter, Meagan Marie Fournier, Cassandra Rose Griffin, Jordan James Hersom, Amanda Rose Jordan, Lucy Maclean Knowlton, Alwyn (Juan) Lei, […]

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Court rules suspect’s statements admissable at murder trial

AUBURN — Statements that Brian Nichols made to a police officer, who is his nephew, will be admitted at Nichols’ murder trial when it convenes in Androscoggin County Superior Court next month. Nichols, 46, of Turner is accused of shooting his wife, Jane Tetreault, at their home in May 2010. He has pleaded not criminally […]

Posted inLetters

S. Rau: Poor choice of headline

I am disappointed in the editorial decision to run the headline, “Somalia native pleads guilty” on the front page of the Sun Journal, March 30. The online version of the same story carried a neutral headline, without the reference to Somalia. Prominent use of  “Somalia native” in the print edition is unnecessary and serves only […]