The big yellow buses will roll through Lewiston and Auburn early Wednesday as school reopens for Lewiston’s estimated 5,000 students and Auburn’s 3,500 students. Lewiston will have 31 buses on the road, plus 19 vehicles for special ed students. “We transport 2,600 kid every day, twice a day.” Lewiston School Department Transportation Director Butch Pratt […]
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Special town meeting scheduled to fund West Paris Fire Department
WEST PARIS — Residents are being asked to provide an emergency infusion of cash to the depleted fire department account during a special town meeting next month. At the Sept. 26 meeting, residents will also vote on appropriating money to repair the town’s baseball field and replace the old fire station roof. A new changeable […]
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Cost of new roof has councilors weighing future of Bangor City Hall
BANGOR — City Hall needs a new roof, one that could set Bangor back to the tune of $275,000-$300,000, according to the city’s finance director. The costs of that and other potential repairs have some councilors wondering about what future upgrades to the 98-year-old building should look like. The last time the city replaced the […]
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East Millinocket school lawyers in talks with Powerball winner about new roof donation
EAST MILLINOCKET — Voters will probably have to approve the town accepting a $2 million gift from a lottery winner and former resident whose family has said they want to replace Schenck High School’s roof, the school board’s chairman said. Attorneys for the school system and for East Millinocket native Gloria MacKenzie, who now lives […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Farmington police investigate reports of firecrackers thrown from library roof
FARMINGTON — Police received a report Tuesday of someone being on the Farmington Public Library roof the evening of July 4 and throwing fireworks from it. The complaint came through library Director Melanie Coombs, who learned about it from another person, police Secretary Bonnie Pomeroy said. If people see someone on the roof, they should […]