Coach: Lucas Turner (third year) Last year’s record: 12-7, lost in Western Class C quarterfinals Returning players: Seniors — Scott Peacock (6-0 forward), Nick Trenholm (5-9 guard), Ben Woodman (6-1 center), Cam Copeland (6-0 center); Juniors — Drew McFarren (6-3 guard), Devin West (5-10 guard); Sophomore — Brandon Goff (6-2 forward). Key losses: Roger Bachelder, […]
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RSU 73 to consider regional adult, community education partnership
LIVERMORE FALLS — Regional School Unit 73 directors will consider entering into an adult and community education partnership on Thursday with Mt. Blue’s RSU 9 in the Farmington area and RSU 52 in Turner area. RSU 73 in Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls is currently partners with RSU 52, Superintendent Bob Wall said. The school […]
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Police log
Charges Lewiston * Joshua Alan Giffin, 23, of 103 Hansen Wood Road, Monmouth, warrant, 6 a.m. Monday at 1525 Main St. * Gunner James Caron, 19, of 22 Green St. No. 6, attaching false plates and failure to register vehicle, 2:19 a.m. Tuesday on Tanglewood Drive. * Quinton Adolouphus Joseph, 25, of 114 Pierce St. No. […]
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Santa turns out for Turner tree-lighting; selectmen study county budget
TURNER — Santa Claus found the town to be the ideal landing spot Monday night as he lit the Christmas tree, gave all of the good boys and girls gifts and listened to their Christmas wish lists. Parents enjoyed colorful Christmas cookies, hot chocolate and cider with Santa and the kids. The Maine-made cider was […]
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Buckfield board gets update on RSU 10 costs
BUCKFIELD — Chairman of the Budget Committee Nick DiMaio spoke to selectmen Tuesday night about the committee’s recent meeting with school Superintendent Tom Ward on the possibility of the town leaving RSU 10. DiMiao said he asked Ward Thursday for a list of all money coming in and where it is going. He said he […]
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‘Tis the season for pet pitfalls: A list of potential problems for pets this holiday season
A couple of years ago, Shannon Bennett and her family got a box of chocolate-covered cherries as a Christmas gift. The present was wrapped, so they put it under the tree without thinking much more about it. They had no idea what the box contained. “My golden retriever figured it out very quickly,” Bennett […]
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Talk of the town
Ham to go Pigs run free in Turner. Clearly they heard a Hannaford is coming and they want no part of it. You think they want to end up on that cold shelf with the kielbasa and those creepy pork chops? Good thing we had staffer Russ DillingHAM around to photograph the event. (I have […]
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Face Time: Sue Conklin (and Co.) — Teacher by day, weather forecaster by … also day
During the November storm that dumped more than a half-foot of snow across the region, I had the good fortune of speaking with Sue Conklin. It was Conklin, a Lewiston school teacher, who pointed out a strange thing happening with the weather during that particular storm: Somewhere around mid-day, the storm came to an end […]
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Thoma Papagjika
LEWISTON — Thoma Papagjika, 80, a resident of Turner, passed away at Central Maine Medical Center, Nov. 29. Thoma Papagjika was born Sarande, Albania, May 14, 1931, the son of Koco and Antigoni (Sheti) Papagjika. His passion was books, and he was reading until the day he died. While in Albania, he was an accountant […]
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Jean S. Morris
AUBURN — Jean S. Morris, 73, of Upper Street, Turner, died Wednesday, Nov. 23, at the Hospice House following a brief illness. She was born in Lewiston, July 12, 1938, the daughter of the late Albert and Hazel (Varney) Sennett. On the Sept. 4, 1954, she married Marshall Morris, who died on Feb. 8, 1996. […]