NORWAY — Jordan S. Cole, 18, of Greenwood, died Tuesday, Oct. 18, at Stephens Memorial Hospital. He was born in Norway, Nov. 10, 1992, the son of Stephen D. and Sandy Walker Cole. He graduated from Telstar High School and Region 9 Truck Driving School. He was a truck driver for Cole Trucking and Logging. […]
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Pair seriously injured in head-on crash at Greenwood
GREENWOOD — A man and woman remained hospitalized Friday night, a day after a van struck their car head-on on Route 26 in a downpour, Maine State Police Trooper Michael Smith said. Driver Matthew Wallace, 33, and his front-seat passenger, Freja Folce, 29, both of Cumberland, suffered multiple injuries, Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman […]
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Alcohol Mary Road withstands a challenge
We applaud Greenwood selectmen for unanimously voting Tuesday not to change the name of Alcohol Mary Road. A family that once lived on the road, but had since moved, said they still receive calls from people asking whether the road was named after their grandmother. It was not. Current residents said they were proud of […]
Posted inOxford Hills, River Valley
‘Alcohol Mary Road’ insulting, family says
GREENWOOD — To many in town, Alcohol Mary Road is just a colorful name, such as Jackass Annie Road in Minot or Quite A Road in Lovell. To the Hertell family, the name is offensive and desecrates a relative. The Hertells used to live on the road and had a grandmother named Mary, but they […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, The Franklin Journal
Greenwood dowel mill turning more than wood
GREENWOOD — Perseverance is paying off for Maine woodcrafters and Louise Jonaitis. Jonaitis, of Portland and Hanover, is a former social worker turned Maine tourmaline miner turned owner of a Maine dowel mill and Moosehead Furniture. Jonaitis has hired 24 workers in eight months since buying and restarting the Saunders Bros. dowel mill. And, the […]
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Greenwood: Voters change ambulance service
GREENWOOD — Voters at town meeting Saturday agreed to keep the town hall, at least temporarily, and to discontinue Tri Town Ambulance services. About 75 voters turned out at the American Legion post on Gore Road to pass a $1.1 million budget. In the most controversial discussion of the meeting, proponents of a plan to […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Greenwood voters to decide what to do with town hall
GREENWOOD — Voters will be asked Saturday to approve a $1.1 million town budget and decide on the fate of the town hall, among other issues at the annual town meeting. Action on the 36-article warrant, including the election of a selectman and SAD 44 school board director, gets under way at 10 a.m. May […]