AUBURN — A group rewriting the rules of Androscoggin County government backed away from plans to draw lines for seven new voting districts because of worries that the lines might be erased. On Thursday, the nine-member Charter Commission voted to scrap weeks of work and to remove detailed districting plans from its proposed charter, scheduled […]
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Charges Lewiston * Gerald Rideout, 58, of 242 Park St. No. 3, warrant, 10 p.m. Wednesday at that address. * Raymond St. Amand, 44, of 94 Blake St. No. 1, warrant, 11 p.m. Wednesday at that address. * Derek Hinkley, 28, of 507 Main St. No. 3, criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, 7 p.m. […]
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Charges Auburn * James Dunlop, 27, of 118 Hampshire St. No. 1, warrant, 10:59 p.m. Wednesday at that address. * Roderick Pringles, 20, of 22 Jasper St., Scarborough, warrant, 12:03 a.m. Thursday on Lake Street. * Devon Dwyer, 20, of 31 Lake St., warrant, 12:03 a.m. Thursday on Lake Street. * Jesse Morrill, 32, of […]
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CHARGES Lewiston * Edward Buckley Robinson, 31, of 210 Lisbon St., arrested on charges of operating a motor vehicle after habitual offender revocation and violating bail conditions at 12:37 a.m. Thursday at 27 East Ave. * Daniel Cash Fowler Jr., 34, of 45 Middle Ave., Mexico, arrested on charges of possession of a firearm by […]
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Charges Lewiston * Daniel Robert Chamberland, 23, of 114 Cheryl Lane, Oxford, robbery at 4:45 a.m. Friday on Bates Street. * Matthew Joseph Giguere, 23, of 120 College St., violating conditions of release at 11:43 a.m. Friday at that address. * Nicholas Ryan Herrick, 31, of 43 New St., Monmouth, assault at 11:51a.m. Friday on […]
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Charges Lewiston * Jama Mohamed Hassan, 52, of 78 Maple St., arrested by Lewiston police on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday at 206 Park St. Auburn * Theresa Jo Forrester, 21, of 272 Poland Range Road, Pownal, arrested by Auburn police on a charge of […]
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Charges Auburn * Zachery Paradis, 30, of 137 Whitney St., federal probation hold, 7:12 a.m. Friday on Goff Street. * David Ernest Pelletier Sr., 49, of 500 Lincoln St., Lewiston, operating after habitual offender revocation (two prior), 6:41 p.m. Friday on Spring Street. * Christopher T. Burns, 28, of 1516 Dillon, S.C., theft by unauthorized […]
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ChargesLewiston * David Glenn, 35, of 73 Pine St., on a charge of domestic assault and on a probation hold, 2:38 a.m. Thursday at 21 Walnut St. * Christopher Lee Lombardi, 44, of 104 Bartlett St., on charges of domestic assault and unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, 2 a.m. Thursday at 115 Pine St. Androscoggin […]
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Spirit of America awards pay tribute to community service
AUBURN — A ceremony honoring Androscoggin County’s recipients of the 2012 Spirit of America Foundation Tribute awards for outstanding community service was held Wednesday at the Androscoggin County Building. The Spirit of America Foundation is a nonprofit, public charity established in Augusta in 1990 to honor volunteerism. Tributes are presented in the name of Maine […]
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County searches for cause of radio static between sheriff’s deputies and dispatchers
AUBURN — Too many radio calls between Androscoggin County Sheriff’s deputies and dispatchers are being interrupted by static. And it’s getting worse, Capt. Raymond Lafrance, who oversees the county’s patrol and communications divisions, said. On Tuesday, radio experts plan to begin a top-to-bottom examination of the system, from the radio towers to central dispatch to […]