LIVERMORE — The Board of Selectpersons on Tuesday evening accepted a bid for a tax-acquired property and heard from newly elected House District 75 Rep. Joshua Morris. Constance Gregory and David McNaught submitted a $5,000 offer for the Norton Road property previously owned by Mary Crocker. It was the only bid in the second attempt to sell the […]
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Jay school artists share STEAM project with board members
LIVERMORE FALLS — Students in Regional School Unit 73 are showing their artistic sides. Specifically, the district’s board of directors learned Thursday about an art program at Spruce Mountain Elementary School. Art teacher Tamara Lindsey said her fifth-graders have been working on a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) project, and learning about Alexander Calder, […]
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Livermore voters medical marijuana moratorium
LIVERMORE — Voters on Tuesday adopted a 180-day moratorium on allowing medical marijuana retail stores, dispensaries, testing facilities and manufacturing facilities. The vote was 570-530. “It gives us six months’ time for the Planning Board to figure out how and what the town can put into effect,” Selectperson Tom Gould said at a public hearing Oct. […]
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Livermore school library volunteers lauded for work
LIVERMORE — Spruce Mountain Primary School librarian Cheryl Mills said the commitment and consistency of her crew of volunteers are essential to the library’s operations. “I believe it takes a village to raise a child and a great community to have good schools,” she said. “We have that here at SMPS. The volunteers are vital to the […]
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Livermore to consider medical marijuana moratorium ordinance
LIVERMORE — Voters will decide next week whether to adopt a 180-day moratorium on allowing medical marijuana retail stores, dispensaries, testing facilities and manufacturing facilities. “It gives us six months’ time for the Planning Board to figure out how and what the town can put into effect, Selectperson Tom Gould said at a public hearing Oct. […]
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Primary school library volunteers are ‘incredible’
LIVERMORE — Spruce Mountain Primary School librarian Cheryl Mills has a volunteer crew that is consistent and committed. “I believe it takes a village to raise a child and a great community to have good schools. We have that here at SMPS. The volunteers are vital to the management here in the library world,” Mills said. When […]
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Face Time: Randy Berry — preparing for emergencies
Randy Berry is a former fire chief, state representative and papermill worker. When the Wausau Paper Corp. mill in Jay and Livermore Falls closed in 2009, he earned a bachelor’s degree in geography at the University of Maine in Farmington through the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, but his world today is all about being prepared […]
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Livermore officials consider paying for faster police service
LIVERMORE — Fire Chief Donald Castonguay told selectmen Monday night that it may be time for the town to consider paying for faster police service when his department needs assistance. “Last week there was a medical issue on the River Road. We performed CPR for about 40 minutes. It took the state trooper about an hour […]
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Halloween Mud Bash in Livermore
David Lamarch of Salisbury, Massachusetts, burns down the course Sunday in his nitrous-fueled mud dragster during the Halloween Mud Bash at Barnyard All Terrain in Livermore. The two-day event hosted competitions Saturday and freestyle Sunday. “Today was just a go out and have fun day,” said Chad “Bad Apple” Apple of Lewiston. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) […]
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History comes alive at The Norlands in Livermore
Emmet Logsdon of Rumford demonstrates how to chop cornstalks at the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center’s fall festival in Livermore on Saturday. “Everything on the farm is an exercise program,” Logsdon told visitors. (Pam Harnden/Livermore Falls Advertiser) Lucille Lavoie of Livermore fries potato doughnuts in a cast-iron skillet on a wood stove during the fall festival at […]