LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating a break-in at J.P.’s Corner Store between 7 p.m. Sunday and 5:30 a.m. Monday, police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said. Entrance was gained by breaking a window at the convenience store located at the corner of Church, Pleasant and Baldwin streets, he said. An estimated 135 packs of cigarettes […]
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Town to apply for road open permit for library access
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen voted Monday to apply for a road opening permit for the town’s right of way to Treat Memorial Library off Main Street. The library currently doesn’t have any spaces for handicap accessibility, but people park in front of the library on Main Street, also known as Route 4. Town Manager Kristal […]
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Class sponsoring annual holiday dinner
LIVERMORE FALLS — Members of the Livermore Falls High School Class of 2011 are sponsoring their third annual Community Holiday Dinner for area senior citizens. The dinner will be offered free at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12, in the high school cafeteria. Tickets are free but are limited to 250 and may be obtained by […]
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Man arrested after police follow footsteps
LIVERMORE FALLS — A local man remained in an Auburn jail Tuesday, arrested Sunday after police followed footsteps to his residence. A woman called police when she returned home Sunday and found that an entry door was damaged, police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said. The woman called police and they investigated. Officers Vernon Stevens and […]
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Santa’s workshop, parade, tree lighting to be held Dec. 4
JAY – The Spirit of the Season Light Parade and Tree Lighting is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 4. Parade lineup begins at 4:30 p.m. at Memco’s parking lot on Main Street in Jay. The parade will kick off at 5:15 p.m. and travel down Main Street to Livermore Falls, ending at the Geneva Hodgkins Memorial […]
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Police arrest man on Bank Building roof
LIVERMORE FALLS – Police arrested a local man Friday night after receiving a report of someone on the roof of the four-story Bank Building on Main Street. Officer Robert Samson went onto the roof, Lt. Thomas Gould said, and found Jason H. Pierce, 31, of Millett Street in Livermore Falls. “Evidence at the scene indicated […]
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Winter parking bans in effect in Jay, Livermore Falls
JAY — Winter parking bans are in effect in this town and Livermore Falls that prohibit vehicles from being parked on any street between midnight and 6 a.m. until April 15, 2011. The exception in Jay is physicians on emergency calls. A vehicle found in violation of the towns’ ordinances are subject to a $15 […]
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School consolidation plan goes to Augusta as is
LIVERMORE — A plan to merge Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls schools into one system will be sent to the state on Wednesday. The Regional School Planning Committee made no changes to the plan Tuesday after a review of the process the committee and its subcommittees used to develop board apportionment and a cost-sharing formula. […]
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Transient faces charges after burglary, assault
LIVERMORE FALLS — A man is accused of forcing his way into a residence on Fayette Road late Thursday and punching the owner, police said. Marvin Capen, 43, listed as a transient, was arrested early Friday on charges of felony burglary and misdemeanor domestic assault and assault, Livermore Falls police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said […]
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Three issued trespass warnings after bar fight
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police issued three local men trespass warnings after a fight broke out early Saturday at the Riverview Pub on Depot Street, police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said. Police responded to a report of a fight at the bar at 12:30 a.m. When police arrived, within a minute of the call, the fight […]