Call for street performers, vendors FARMINGTON — Farmington Summer Fest is looking for street performers of all types — musicians, jugglers, magicians, mummers — for the annual Summer Fest to be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 26. Email a description of your act and contact information to Andy Buckland at [email protected]. […]
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Presentation after social INDUSTRY — There will be a presentation by the Norlands from 12:30 to 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 20, in Industry Town Hall. The presentation follows the Community Kitchen social. There is no charge for this event. Fish chowder luncheon March 21 FARMINGTON — The Fairbanks Union Church will hold a fish […]
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Industry voters OK new plow truck, sander
INDUSTRY — Voters agreed to buy a new plow truck and sander at town meeting on Saturday afternoon, Second Selectman Robert A. Geisser said by early evening. About 50 to 60 people participated in the meeting that began at 2 p.m. and ended at 3:45 p.m. “It was quick and painless,” Geisser said. Townspeople were asked […]
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Industry voters to consider buying new plow truck, sander
INDUSTRY — Residents will consider buying a new plow truck and sander and enacting a new Building Setback Ordinance at the annual town meeting Saturday. The town meeting begins with electing a moderator and a selectman with voting from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 8 at the Town Hall. Selectman Lee Ireland is unopposed […]
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Dr. Seuss family fun day FAYETTE — The 12th annual Dr. Seuss family fun day will be held from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 1, at the Fayette School. Guest readers will be Tom Saviello, Joe Young. Jim Wright and Clayton Putnam. The event is sponsored by the Underwood Library and the Fayette School […]
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University of New Hampshire dean’s list
DURHAM, N.H. — The following students have been named to the dean’s list at the University of New Hampshire for the fall semester of the 2013-14 academic year. Highest honors: Travis Adams of Leeds, Lauren Beaudoin of Monmouth, Dylan Chase of Turner, Lacey Ryder of West Paris and Nicole Smith of Greene. High honors: Devon […]
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Industry crash ‘quite a ride,’ driver says
INDUSTRY — Two people got “quite a ride” Tuesday morning when their car went off Route 43, police said. Zachary Vadnais, 22, of Industry was driving a 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt east at about 10:30 a.m. when he came around a corner and the car slid off into the snow, narrowly missing trees, Maine State Police […]
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Verso-NewPage merger could bring upheaval before prosperity
The proposed merger of Verso Paper and NewPage Holdings, announced on Jan. 6, sent shockwaves through the local and global paper industries. Verso’s stock shot up more than 570 percent, analysts started chattering about implications for the global paper market, and millworkers in Maine expressed hope the deal would improve circumstances for the more than […]
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Truck blocks icy hill in Industry
INDUSTRY — A tractor-trailer loaded with 16,000 pounds of paper rolls found the ice on Grid Iron Hill too much to maneuver over Thursday morning. Vouh Gayetaye, 33, of South Dakota, driving for ANS Express, was traveling on Route 43 shortly after 11 a.m. to return the rolls to the mill in Madison, he said […]
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Industry man injured when car rolls in Farmington
FARMINGTON — An Industry man was injured Wednesday morning when his car slid off Route 43, crashed through a snowbank and rolled at least twice, police officer Justin Blais said. Paul Mullin, 54, received head lacerations and was treated at the scene by a NorthStar EMS ambulance crew, Blais said. Mullin was driving up a […]