TURNER – A barn was destroyed by fire Monday night at 44 Knight Farm Road. No one was injured, and no animals were hurt. Turner Fire Chief Nathan Guptill said the cause could not be determined Monday night and the state Fire Marshal’s Office would be at the scene Tuesday morning. Dulsie Varney, who lived […]
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Livermore man charged with manslaughter in Turner fatal crash back in court
LEWISTON — A Livermore man charged with manslaughter and aggravated criminal drunken driving stemming from a fatal crash in Turner last year was back in court Wednesday after Jay police said he violated his bail conditions. Christian J. Parlin, 24, who was freed in November on his own recognizance, appeared Wednesday in 8th District Court, […]
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Livermore man charged with manslaughter in 2018 Turner fatal crash
AUBURN — A Livermore man was charged Tuesday with manslaughter and aggravated criminal drunken driving stemming from a May 24 crash in Turner that killed a 54-year-old Jay man. An Androscoggin County grand jury indicted Christian J. Parlin, 24, on the two felonies. The manslaughter charge carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, […]
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Turner selectmen recommend budget for 2019-20
TURNER — Selectmen are recommending a $2.85 million municipal budget for 2019-20, Town Manager Kurt Schaub said at Monday night’s board meeting. The proposal is 3.72 percent more than this fiscal year, which ends June 30. The Budget Committee is recommending $2.84 million, a 3.41 percent increase. The difference between the two recommendations comes mostly […]
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Hauling in a 13-pound lunker in Turner
Philip Moon of Turner reacts Monday afternoon as he feels the heft of a 13-pound northern pike he caught off the Turner Boat Launch on the Androscoggin River in Turner. Fellow fisherman Robert Shufelt of Jay ran over to help haul in the lunker. Visit sunjournal.com to watch a video of the catch. (Sun Journal […]
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Woman in fatal Turner crash ID’d
TURNER — The pedestrian who was struck and killed late Thursday by a vehicle on Route 4 was identified Friday as a 36-year-old local woman. Catherine Gauthier was struck at about 9 p.m. by a 2012 Dodge Ram pickup driven by Roger S. Keene Jr., 48, of Turner. The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office said in […]
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Woman struck and killed on Route 4 in Turner
(Update: The woman has been identified as Catherine Gauthier, 36, of Turner.) TURNER — A woman was killed late Thursday after being hit by a vehicle on Route 4. Police, fire and rescue crews were called to an area near Lower Street at about 9 p.m. for a report of a pedestrian who had been struck […]
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Tripp Middle announces first trimester honor roll
TURNER — Tripp Middle School has released the list of honor roll students for the first semester. Seventh grade Honors: Caden Adams, Alexis Barkman, Lindsay Bates, Emma Beedy, Logan Berube, Brendan Bickford, Nola Boutaugh, Jada Boutin,Noah Brisson, Sydney Bullard, Olivia Cameron, Noah Carpenter, Logan Chaput, Owen Chateauvert, Wyatt Clark, Tave Cloutier, Sierra Colby, Linnea Cooper, […]
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Nordic skiing: Emma Charles, William Jordan win at icy Hornet Classic
TURNER — Ice was the main concern of skiers Saturday morning at Leavitt Area High School, to which many of Maine’s nordic skiers flocked for the Leavitt Hornet Classic. In what was some skiers’ first classical nordic race of the season, the temperatures were in the single-digits and the hills in Leavitt’s course were covered […]
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Sumner man trained to work on planes
U.S. Army veteran Mark McGhee of Sumner works on a 1970 Mooney Ranger at Twitchell’s Airport & Seaplane Base in Turner on Friday. McGhee remembered his mother bringing him to Twitchell’s when he was a young boy to watch airplanes take off. McGhee learned to fly at Twitchell’s and then joined the Army where he […]