AUBURN — Signs will begin appearing on Androscoggin County roads this weekend asking people to “Vote ‘Yes’ on the Charter.” The 16-page proposal would create a full-time county administrator position. It also would set term limits and other rules and would expand the policymaking County Commission from three to seven members. “This is the nuts […]
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Charges Auburn * Jason Warren, 22, of 18 Linwood Ave., warrants, 11:09 p.m. Oct. 2 on Washington Street. * Macarthur Taylor, 39, transient, violating conditions of release, 4:13 a.m. Oct. 3 on Court Street. * Patrick Lloyd, 26, of 36 Gerald Drive, Monmouth, violating condition of release, 4:36 a.m. Oct. 3 on Court Street. * […]
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Charges Lewiston * Donald Carl Billings, 51, of 115 College St., on a warrant, 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at 64 Sabattus St. * Troy Douglas Haydon, 44, of 32 Horton St., on a charge of violating bail conditions, 11 a.m. Wednesday at 108 Summer St. Auburn * Ashley Anne Field, 27, of 664 Elm Hill Rod, […]
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County examines $10 million courthouse renovation plan
AUBURN — A year after Androscoggin County commissioners were presented with a remodeling plan for the county courthouse in Auburn totaling more than $34 million, they have a scaled-back concept with a price tag of $10 million. “We wanted to know what $10 million would get us,” said Randall Greenwood, chairman of the three-member commission. […]
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Charges Lewiston * Christopher Rowe, 36, of 69 Horton St. No. 31, probation hold and assault, 9:59 p.m. Sunday at that address. Androscoggin County * Stephanie Dorr, 35, of 47 Theriault St., Sanford, operating under the influence, 7:52 p.m. Sunday on Main Street in Poland, Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office. * Richard Nolon, 51, of 576 […]
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Charges Auburn * William Hodsdon, 41, of 2 Collins Way, Dixfield, assault, criminal mischief and terrorizing, 7:06 p.m. Sept. 22. on Summer Street. * Evan Marquis, 20, of 411 East Hardscrabble Road, furnishing a place for minors to consume alcohol, 11:41 p.m. Sept. 22 at that address. * Billy Wilson, 18, of 38 Ridley Lane, […]
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CHARGES Lewiston Yolanda Anyanwu, 39, of 157 Pine St., on a charge of criminal mischief, 5:44 p.m. Thursday at Pine and Howard streets. Ashley Harbin, 24, of 42 Davis St., on unspecified warrant charges, operating after suspension and violating conditions of release, 6:44 p.m. Thursday at 47 Knox St. Tara Enman, 29, of 41 Eastern […]
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Androscoggin County seeks savings with transition to natural gas
AUBURN — A contraption that allows Androscoggin County’s courthouse and jail to be heated by natural gas will finally go to work, potentially saving taxpayers as much as $100,000 in its first year. This week, workers are installing natural gas lines and regulators to feed the buildings’ roughly 25-year-old boiler which has always burned heating […]
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Charges Auburn * Shawna L. Peckham, 30, of 167 Stetson Road, unlawful possession of scheduled drug, 8:19 p.m. Friday on Turner Road. * Richard Kenneth Rogers, 30, of 15 Pleasant St. No. 1, domestic violence assault and disorderly conduct, 2:43 a.m. Saturday at that address. * Nicholas Pelletier, 22, of 194 Third St., violating conditions […]
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Van driver attempts to abduct Range Pond employee
POLAND — Police on Saturday were looking for a 1980s rust-colored Chevrolet van driven by a white man after an attempted kidnapping of a state park employee at Range Pond on Saturday. Androscoggin County Sheriff’s deputies said the female employee was working at the booth at the state park at about 2:40 p.m. when she […]