Erin Eastman and Erin Morton play for the Oxford Hills Basketball team. PARIS — Erin Morton and Erin Eastman have been this far before. Both were members of the last Oxford Hills girls’ basketball team to reach a state championship game in 2014. That was the Class A title game, in which Oxford Hills lost […]
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This business? All downhill
PARIS — Ted and Tom Morton had worked in the family business as teens and got accounting jobs out of college in Portland after a firm-but-polite “no thanks” to joining their father’s company. In their mid-twenties, however, both of them changed their minds. The brothers became fifth-generation sled makers. Out of a stately home off Route […]
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Hearing on William True murder conviction retrial starts
AUBURN — A hearing featuring fiery exchanges between the state’s prosecuting attorneys and the defense attorney for William True — one of two men convicted of murder in the April 2013 death of Romeo Parent, got underway in Androscoggin County Superior Court on Thursday. True, via his lawyer, James Howaniec, asked the state to either […]
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Hanson A. Morton, Sr.
ANDOVER — Graveside services with military honors for Hanson A. “Hank” Morton, Sr. of Andover were conducted 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 20, with Arthur Meader officiating. Military honors were provided by the Maine Military Funeral Honors Program from Augusta. Interment was in the Woodlawn Cemetery, Andover. Arrangements were under the care of the MEADER & […]
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Lewiston murder suspect headed to trial unless plea deal made
AUBURN — A 21-year-old Lewiston man is expected to go to trial for murder unless he and prosecutors can reach agreement on that charge and others by Nov. 10. William True, charged in the 2013 stabbing and strangulation death of 21-year-old Romeo Parent, is scheduled for a plea hearing in Androscoggin County Superior Court on […]
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Bail hearing set for Lewiston man in murder case
AUBURN — A Lewiston man charged with murder in the 2013 stabbing and strangulation death of Romeo Parent is expected to argue that he be allowed bail at a hearing on Wednesday. William True, 21, is scheduled for trial in December. He was indicted in July on the first day of testimony in the murder […]
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Newry voters OK starting process to withdraw from SAD 44
NEWRY — It’s official: Newry voters decided Wednesday at the polls to continue the multi-step withdrawal process from School Administrative District 44. The district also includes Andover, which voted Wednesday to leave SAD 44. Other towns in the district are Bethel, Greenwood and Woodstock. Voters were asked whether they wanted to authorize the town’s Withdrawal […]
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Newry board hires Bethel firm to trim its trees
NEWRY — Selectmen unanimously accepted a bid Tuesday night for tree trimming from a Bethel tree-removal business. However, they accepted it based on the daily rate that the contractor included, even though that wasn’t requested in the bid specifications. None of the other bidders provided a rate. Top Notch Tree Service LLC of Bethel, which […]
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Man killed, 2 injured in Clifton collision
CLIFTON — One man was killed and his female passenger severely injured when their pickup collided with a logging truck on Rebel Hill Road on Monday evening. The driver of an unloaded logging truck was heading west on Rebel Hill Road, part of Route 180, as he approached a pickup driven in the opposite direction […]
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Andover Fireman’s Association hosting annual craft fair on Dec. 14
ANDOVER — The Andover Fireman’s Association will host its annual craft fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at the fire station. Elaine Morton, who has been involved with the association for 28 years, said 20 crafters have reserved tables. “We actually sold out the tables by Nov. 1,” she said. “That’s […]