CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The town’s Fourth of July celebration begins at 3 p.m. Saturday with a children’s parade from the Tufulio’s parking lot to the town park. The grand marshal is The Great Stefan. The Independence Day celebration will continue at the park with a children’s sawdust pile and craft projects from 3:30 to 4:15 […]
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Lewiston-Auburn This Week
MONDAY, June 29 LEWISTON — Lewiston Planning Board regular meeting, 5:30 p.m. in the administrators conference room on the bottom floor of Lewiston City Hall. AUBURN — Ribbon-cutting ceremony for refurbished city softball field, 5:30 p.m. at 48 Pettengill Park Road, Auburn. TUESDAY, June 30 LEWISTON — Lewiston City Council special meeting, 6 p.m. in the City […]
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Mexico police investigate church vandalism
MEXICO — A makeshift bomb that blew up the mailbox at the First Baptist Church on Friday night was mistaken for Fourth of July fireworks. Mexico police Lt. Dan Carrier said police were called to the church at 20 Roxbury Road at 11:05 a.m. Saturday. “But the explosion actually occurred at about 9:30 p.m. the […]
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Fireworks sales decline, but stores continue to pop up
HOLDEN — On Tuesday afternoon, just three days before July Fourth, a steady stream of shoppers visited Phantom Fireworks, Maine’s newest branch of the fireworks retail giant that has almost 70 stores across the country. “We’re going to have a celebration,” said Chris Alderson of Searsmont who was perusing the fireworks with his family. Alderson […]
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New Norway AMVETS post offers free membership
NORWAY — AMVETS Post 777, serving Oxford Hills, as well as the national headquarters of the AMVETS and the Dept. of Maine will be providing an Independence Day gift to veterans. The Fourth of July is a special day for veterans. The first patriots in America shed their blood to throw off the yoke of […]
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Arthur may keep weather from washing out Fourth of July fireworks
Storm Arthur, which is moving up the East Coast and may scrape North Carolina as a hurricane, is expected to block a cold front from the west, bringing rain, thunderstorms and the threat of flooding, the U.S. Weather Prediction Center said. As Arthur passes, the front will be able to move, and New York City’s […]
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Man accused of firing from window held on $100K bail
BANGOR — A Bangor man accused of firing shots from an apartment window, forcing the city’s Fourth of July parade to be rerouted has been ordered held on $100,000 bail. Police say 43-year-old Perrin Oliver sent a woman and child fleeing from his apartment Thursday and then fired about 70 shots during a four-hour standoff […]
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Bangor Fourth of July parade crash victim recalled as giving, humble
HOLDEN — Two of Wallace Fenlason’s favorite things to do were ride his 1941 John Deere farm tractor in area parades and groom local snowmobile trails under the light of the moon. Although starkly different, the two activities help paint a picture of a man whose life revolved around helping others. A man who put […]
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Nearly 200 people gather for Fourth of July community picnic and concert
BETHEL — Nearly 200 people gathered at the side lawn of the Dr. Moses Mason House for the annual community picnic and Portland Brass Quintet concert Thursday afternoon. Prior to the two-hour concert, William Andrews, president of the Board of Trustees of the Bethel Historical Society, told the audience that the tradition of the community […]
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Rumford has a new fireworks ordinance
RUMFORD — As private Fourth of July celebrations loom, Town Manager Carlo Puiia wants to remind residents that voters ratified a new Fireworks Ordinance on June 11. Its provisions are now enforceable. “It is very important for our residents and their guests to understand that the use and possession of ‘bottle rockets,’ as well as […]