AUGUSTA — Members of a legislative committee voted 6-4 Wednesday to recommend a bill that would enable Livermore Falls to withdraw from Androscoggin County and join Franklin County. The initial wording of LD 27 submitted by Rep. L. Gary Knight, R-Livermore Falls, required voters in Livermore Falls to vote by referendum on the measure. If […]
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Charges Androscoggin County * Brandon Soper, 29, of 153 Boothby Road, Livermore, warrant, 7:47 p.m. Monday at same address by Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department. * Stephen Braithwaite, 27, of 48 Orchard Way, Turner, warrant, 9:10 p.m. Monday at same address. Auburn * Nicolas Garcia, 19, of 18 Plummer St., No. 139, criminal trespass and assault, […]
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Hearing held on bill to let town withdraw from Androscoggin County join Franklin County
LIVERMORE FALLS — Town Manager Kristal Flagg told selectmen Monday that a public hearing on a legislative bill to enable the town to withdraw from Androscoggin County and join Franklin County went well last week. “I feel we were very well received,” Flagg said. Voters in Livermore Falls voted in a straw poll 2-1 in […]
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Charges Androscoggin County * Todd Macomber, 38, of 12 County Road, Greene, warrant, 10:15 p.m. Sunday at 40 Pleasant St., Auburn by Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department. * Christine Towns, 33, of 44 First Ave., Greene, operating after revocation, possession of schedule drugs, 3:25 p.m. Monday at CMMC by Maine State Police. * Joseph Duplessis, 30, […]
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Charges Androscoggin County * Richard Hinkley, 46, of 857 Upper St. No. 1, Turner, operating under the influence, 9:45 p.m. Saturday on Upper Street, Turner, by Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department. * Brendan McGinley-Tara, 22, of 136 Sumner Road, Leeds, operating after suspension, 10:58 p.m. Saturday on College Road, Lewiston, by Maine State Police. * Stacy […]
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Charges Androscoggin County * Todd Hilliard, 36, of Box 105 Route 106, Leeds, domestic violence assault, 4:36 p.m. Tuesday at 799 Church Hill Road, Leeds, by Maine State Police. Auburn * Dylan Newell, 19, of 66 Knox St., Lewiston, warrant, 10:31 p.m. Monday at 180 Mill St. * Rocky Thurlow, 20, of 182 Bald Hill […]
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Norway man charged with Poland store robbery
POLAND — A Norway man was charged Monday with armed robbery of the Big Apple convenience store at routes 121 and 26 on Friday. Todd McCrary, 22, of 85 Parsons Road got away with an undisclosed amount of money, Lt. Glenn Holt of the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release Monday. According […]
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Charges Androscoggin County * Christina Edmonds, 32, of 10 Terry Circle, Sabattus, warrant, 11:37 p.m. Sunday by Sabattus Police Department. * Todd McCrary, 22, of 85 Parsons Road, Norway, robbery, 3 p.m. Monday at 2 Turner St., Auburn, by Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department. Lewiston * Vincent Lamar Steed, 31, of 139 Park St., aggravated criminal […]
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Charges * Courtney A. Meehan, 34, of 140 Granite St., Auburn, on charges of attaching false plates and failure to register a vehicle, 4:38 p.m. Tuesday at 211 Lisbon St. * Samuel Milton Warner Jr., 24, of 51 Pierce St., on charges of aggravated assault, obstructing the report of a crime and violating conditions of […]
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Let’s stop bickering over county’s costs
The city of Lewiston has kicked off a round of tit-for-tat between itself and the county’s rural towns that, in the end, nobody will win. It started when Lewiston bargained down the price of dispatching services by arguing it provides its own dispatching with Auburn and shouldn’t have to contribute to a system it doesn’t […]