The first one-pitch softball game started just after 9 a.m. The Minot Fire Department along with a ladder team from the Mechanic Fall Fire Department did demonstrations that included rescue victims from badly damaged vehicles. They can cut glass, car doors, remove entire car metal roofs and rescue folks trapped in multi-floor buildings. Because of […]
minot
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Sabattus condemns county commissioners for restoring their pay
SABATTUS — Selectmen have sent Androscoggin County commissioners a letter taking them to task for overturning the county Budget Committee’s recommendation to knock back commissioners’ pay. In a meeting last month, two of the three commissioners voted to restore most of their own pay and benefits that had been cut by the Budget Committee. In […]
advertisement
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Minot selectmen dismayed at county commission decision
MINOT — Appalled by the Androscoggin County commissioners’ decision to ignore cuts the county Budget Committee made to the commissioners’ salaries and benefit packages, selectmen Monday voted to support the committee’s action. According to county Budget Committee member Emily Tuttle, the committee voted to eliminate the commissioners’ health insurance benefits and slash their salaries to […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
19-year-old from Lewiston dies after Minot crash
MINOT — A 19-year-old Lewiston man was killed Sunday morning in a two-vehicle accident on Center Minot Hill Road. According to Maine Department of Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland, Marcus Bennett, 19, of Lewiston was traveling eastbound in his 1993 Saab at about 9:45 a.m. At the same time, Donna Wallace, 51, of Minot was traveling […]
Posted inConnections
Briefly
Eagles to vote for custodian position LEWISTON — Members of Eagles FOE No. 618 will meet for an election by ballot for the custodian position from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10. The group received three bids and needs to vote by body as to which bid will get the contract. Fraternal Order […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Connections
Briefly
Christmas sing-a-long at library BRYANT POND — There will be a Christmas sing-a-long at the Whitman Memorial Library at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11. Jim Burke is back by popular demand and will be on the keyboard. Members of the newly formed Oxford Hills Ukulele Group will be playing and singing. Janet Willie of Bethel […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Minot board looking at major projects for 2015
MINOT — With the start of the 2015 budget season on their doorstop, selectmen on Monday discussed some of big-ticket items that could be on the March town meeting warrant. Town Administrator Arlan Saunders told the board he expects the Dec. 1 meeting among the Conservation Commission, the Recreation Committee and the Minot-Hebron Athletic Association […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Pleasant Drive building appears to have been erected without permits
MINOT — Selectman Eda Tripp told the board Monday that she discovered a house that had been put up without any building permits. Tripp said she figured the house probably was constructed two or three years ago, but she checked back through records for the past four years, just in case, and found no mention […]
Posted inConnections
West Minot Grange to hold craft fair
MINOT — West Minot Grange No. 42 will hold its second annual craft and vendor holiday fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1. The fair will feature knit and crocheted items, sewn items, wood products, food, wreaths, tree ornaments and more. Special vendor products will also be featured. Raffles and lunch proceeds […]