CHARGES Lewiston • Billy Pizzaro-Ayala, 31, address unknown, arrested on a probation hold at 1:15 p.m. Friday at 71 Lisbon St.• Tamesha Rae Haas, 18, of 183 Pine St., on a charge of disorderly conduct at 7:51 p.m. Friday at 154 Pierce St.• William Abele, address given as transient, on a charge of criminal trespass […]
Androscoggin County
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Levesque pursues LePage appointment to county role
AUBURN — A one-time candidate for Congress wants to fill a soon-to-be-vacant seat on the Androscoggin County Commission. Jason Levesque, a Republican from Auburn, has asked Gov. Paul LePage to appoint him to the three-member county board next month, when Commissioner Jonathan LaBonte steps down from the commission to take on his role as the […]
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LaBonte heading to Middle East
AUBURN — Before next month’s inauguration as Auburn mayor, Jonathan LaBonte is learning a bit of Arabic. The 31-year-old Auburn native is joining a delegation of young leaders for a U.S. State Department-sponsored trip to Egypt and Jordan. On Dec. 2, LaBonte will fly to Washington, D.C., for a few days of briefings and visits […]
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Androscoggin County seeks 5.9 percent budget hike
AUBURN — Androscoggin County leaders are asking for a 5.9 percent spending hike, pushing the county budget over $8 million for the first time. Yet, the total $8,278,790 proposal adds few extras in terms of new positions, facilities or equipment for the county, said Randall Greenwood, chairman of the County Commission. “What we’ve put forth, in […]
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Androscoggin County Courthouse plan to be scaled back
AUBURN — A plan for modernizing Androscoggin County’s Civil War-era courthouse is getting a rewrite. The reason is a price tag of $34 million and climbing. A 123-page report to the County Commission detailed the aging building’s many flaws and possible changes including: the purchase of the YMCA property next door, additions and a multilevel […]
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Androscoggin County undecided on dispatching
AUBURN — After two hours of reports and opinions on the costs of answering the phone when someone in Androscoggin County calls for help, municipal leaders from across the region left Wednesday’s County Commission workshop wondering whether anything was decided. “I am confused now even more than when I walked in the room,” said Mark Bosse, […]
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Sheriff denies retaliation against former worker
AUBURN — Androscoggin County Sheriff Guy Desjardins and his second-in-command at the county jail denied Wednesday they retaliated against a former corrections worker who helped blow the whistle on a former jail supervisor in a harassment case. Desjardins testified for more than three hours during the third day of a civil trial in Androscoggin County […]
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Police log
Charges Lewiston * Ashley Kent Finley, 30, of 16 Hillside Lane Apt. 4, on a warrant, 11:53 p.m. Friday at same address. Auburn * Kristie Lynn, Miquelon, 18, of 58 Rideout Ave, Lewiston, unlawful possession of hydrocodone, 9:49 p.m. Friday at 621 Court St. * Joanne Sue Barry, 33, of 65 Howe St., Lewiston, unlawful […]
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County still searching for dispatch answer
AUBURN — The controversy over who will answer when local people dial 911 goes on. County commissioners have tossed out a September 2010 vote to merge Androscoggin County’s emergency dispatching center with Lewiston-Auburn 911, a move that would have created a single hub for the county’s emergency calls. Instead, commissioners are once again listening to […]
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Police Log
CHARGES Lewiston • Jason Edward Desjardins, 35, of 271 Pond Road, on charges of assault, criminal threatening and criminal mischief at 11:10 p.m. Friday at 287 Bates St.• Roy W. Ingalls Jr., 46, of 1019 Gardiner Road, Wales arrested for outstanding warrants and for violating conditions of release at 12:25 a.m. Saturday at 175 Scribner […]