AUBURN — NAMI Maine, National Alliance on Mental Illness, will host a a free Suicide Prevention Awareness Night on Thursday, May 1, in Auburn at the Hilton Garden Inn. The training is being sponsored by Tri-Country Mental Health Services, Healthy Androscoggin, Lewiston public schools and the Auburn School Department. The presentation is intended to develop suicide […]
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SAD 44 accepts Andover payment to keep school open
BETHEL — Andover Elementary School was assured of another year serving its 30 or so students following several actions taken by the SAD 44 school board Monday. Superintendent David Murphy said the board overwhelmingly agreed to accept an additional $180,000 from the town on top of the town’s school tax assessment. For the past several […]
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Friends, neighbors of injured Rumford woman remember day of shooting
RUMFORD — Richard Korhonen was taking his dog for a walk Tuesday afternoon when he saw a Rumford police officer standing outside the apartment of Jessica Byrn-Francisco. “I told him, ‘I don’t think she’s home,’ and he told me to call the police if I heard from her,” Korhonen said. When Korhonen returned to his third-floor […]
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Black Mountain to hold first hill climb of 2013-2014 ski season on Dec. 14
RUMFORD — Black Mountain of Maine will be hosting their first Snowmobile Hill Climb of the 2013-2014 season at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at the Black Mountain ski lodge. Marketing Director Paige Carter said that the hill climb will be the “same setup as previous years,” except that it will be starting earlier. “In […]
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Patriots re-sign Carter
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots have re-signed veteran defensive lineman Andre Carter He had 10 sacks for the Patriots in 2011, his only season with them, and was chosen to his first Pro Bowl. He played for the Oakland Raiders in 2012, his 12th NFL season, but has been a free agent […]
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Rumford PD budget cuts lead to higher county call volume
RUMFORD — Ever since deep cuts to its budget earlier this year, the dispatch center at the Police Department’s offices on Congress Street has been closed and its direct phone line disconnected. For nonemergencies, residents need to use the red telephone provided to contact the Oxford County Regional Communications Center in Paris, which will connect them […]
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MLK’s dream inspires a new march, and a president
WASHINGTON (AP) — Standing on hallowed ground of the civil rights movement, President Barack Obama challenged new generations Wednesday to seize the cause of racial equality and honor the “glorious patriots” who marched a half century ago to the very steps from which Rev. Martin Luther King spoke during the March on Washington. In a […]
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Former Rumford cop pleads guilty to threatening fellow officer
PARIS — Michael Belanger, a former Rumford police officer, pleaded guilty Friday to one count of criminal threatening with a weapon in a case involving a fellow officer. The plea was entered in Oxford County Superior Court. According to a yearlong deferred disposition agreement, he may be able to withdraw his plea and have the case […]
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Antique tractors roll into Presque Isle
PRESQUE ISLE – It takes more than a little wet weather to keep die hard tractor fans away from their beloved machines. Despite rainy conditions for two of the three days at the Tired Iron Roundup this weekend at the Presque Isle fairgrounds, lovers of all things farm related, rusty and restored were checking out […]