MINOT — Selectmen voted Tuesday to recommend approval of a $1.35 million town budget for 2012. The amount is approximately $50,000 more than the current year and includes requests to fund two major capital improvements for the Fire Department. Fire Department officials are requesting $150,000 for a new firetruck and $432,000 for an addition to […]
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Albert M. Turmenne
HOULTON — Albert M. Turmenne, 74, passed away in Houlton on Dec. 23. He was born in Lewiston, April 1, 1937, to Albert and Verna (Violette) Turmenne. Albert grew up in Minot and graduated from Edward Little High School in 1956. He was a 10-year veteran, who served as a staff sergeant in the Marine […]
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Monique A. Giard
LEWISTON — Monique A. Giard, 62, of 715 Center Minot Hill Road, Minot, passed away surrounded by family on Saturday, Dec. 24, at Central Maine Medical Center. She was born in Lewiston, Sept. 19, 1949, daughter of Fernand and Simonne Poisson. Educated in Catholic schools in Lewiston, she graduated from St. Dom’s in 1967. On […]
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More Christmas memories
The Sun Journal asked readers and staffers to share some of their favorite Christmas memories, and we’ll run them over three more days. Today: the kindness of strangers, cow patties and sweet nothings. That stinks “On a snowy Sunday afternoon in December 1970, my father and I drove to a relative’s nearby dairy farm to […]
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Military note – Jacqueline Carpenter
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Air Force Airman Jacqueline J. Carpenter graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits […]
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Minot has plans for fire station addition
MINOT — Selectmen received copies of concept plans for a major expansion to the town’s central fire station Monday. The plans call for nearly doubling the size of the building with a 2,640-square-foot addition. It would include a third apparatus bay, several offices, a kitchen, bathrooms and a large training/meeting room. The total project cost, […]
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Evan Reed Culleton
PORTLAND — Evan Reed Culleton was born Tuesday, Nov. 15. After a brief but brave battle with a congenital heart defect our little guardian angel passed away in the loving arms of his parents on Wednesday, Nov. 30. Evan is survived by his parents, Shawn and Lianna; big sister, Emma; big brother, Eli Culleton of […]
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Woodsmen, butchers say Maine moose and deer crawling with ticks
WEST PARIS — Moose and deer tick infestations this year are among the worst that woodsmen and big-game meat processors have seen. They’re blaming the population boom on unseasonably warm weather and the lack of prolonged deep freezes during winter. Shed antler hunters such as Jerrold Mason of West Paris and Eric Hall of Jackman […]