A New Hampshire man was killed in an ATV crash Sunday evening in Bingham, according to the Maine Warden Service. Charles Goodstein, 55, of Durham, New Hampshire, died in the crash around 8:30 p.m. on Interconnecting Trail System 87. Goodstein was a passenger in a Polaris Razor side by side ATV driven by 55-year-old Blake […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, River Valley
Walk the Bingham Gym program to begin Jan. 10
BETHEL — The Bethel chapter of the AARP Age-Friendly Community will be resuming its exercise program on Jan. 10 at 1:30 p.m. Seniors age 55 and older will be able to walk in the Gould Academy Bingham Gym at 53 Elm St. in Bethel on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Jackie Cressy, […]
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Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Joan Arlene Lebroke
1941 – 2015 SOUTH PARIS — Joan Lebroke, 74, of Norway passed at the Maine Veterans’ Home on Monday, Sept. 21, with her family at her side. She had struggled for a number of years with Alzheimer’s, but through it all, her children and her loving husband, Art Lebroke, had been great sources of support […]
Posted inBethel, sj-web
Bingham Forest Authority: Property could be given to state
The Bingham Forest Authority voted last Thursday to recommend to Bethel selectmen to go to court to determine if the BFA has the right to use the Daisy Bryant Road to access the 2,300-acre Bingham Forest. “If the judge says ‘no,’ we’re filing papers with the State of Maine [to give the land to the […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Environmentalists withdraw appeal of Bingham wind farm
AUGUSTA (AP) — An environmental group fighting a Somerset County wind farm has abandoned its appeal of the state’s decision to grant a license for the project, clearing the way for construction. The Kennebec Journal (http://bit.ly/1zNTwmj ) reported that withdrawal of the appeal filed by Friends of Maine’s Mountains means Blue Sky West can build a […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Maine to hold 2nd meeting on Bingham wind project
BINGHAM (AP) — Maine officials will hear from the public this week on a proposal to build a 62-turbine wind farm in Somerset and Piscataquis Counties. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is holding the second public meeting on the proposal by Blue Sky West, LLC and Blue Sky West II, LLC to develop the […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Hammer bandit robs another Bingham bank
CLINTON (AP) — A hammer-wielding bandit has struck again, robbing a bank twice in less than three weeks in Maine. The Morning Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1enYNMn ) reported that Skowhegan Savings Bank in Bingham was robbed on Tuesday by a man described by police as wearing a ski mask and wielding a hammer. Last month, a man […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Tremblay sentenced to 90 days for striking flagger with truck
PARIS — A Bingham man was handed a 90-day jail sentence Friday in Oxford County Superior Court after pleading guilty to striking a construction flagger with his pickup truck in November 2012 in Mexico. Michael Tremblay, 55, pleaded guilty to aggravated driving to endanger and was sentenced to a three-year prison term with all but 90 […]
Posted inBusiness, sj-web
Bingham wind farm review on hold over bats
BINGHAM (AP) — Review of a proposed 62-turbine wind farm in Bingham has been put on hold in part because of concerns about bats. Bat deaths are a typical concern at wind farms and it is standard practice to evaluate bat habitats and mortality rates during project reviews. The Department of Environmental Protection, however, may […]
Posted inLetters
J. Lord: Needs of local communities
After reading Jonathan Carter’s rant about a wind power project (Aug. 11), it seems like some folks have the luxury of pontification while the rest of us are left to figure out how to prevent rural Maine communities from becoming ghost towns. Rural towns such as Bingham are mere shadows of what they once were. […]