WALES — Local donors raised more than $1,100 to give the Oak Hill High School football team an upgraded ride to Saturday’s state championship game in Portland aboard motor coaches. However, the team will be riding in standard school buses after all. RSU 4 Superintendent James Hodgkin applauded donors’ willingness to help the team Tuesday, […]
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Derosier volunteers for Maine Area Home School Project
LEWISTON — Lydia Derosier of Sabattus has recently undertaken a Brethren Volunteer Service assignment with Maine Area Home School Project. Maine Area Home School Project provides a Christian education to Brethren families and others who desire an education in an atmosphere of high moral values based on the Word of God. The mission seeks to […]
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Legion preparing care packages for troops
SABATTUS — The Sabattus American Legion Harry Conway Post 135 will be preparing care packages to be mailed to military members from Maine who are deployed overseas. Items can be dropped off at the post, 40 Island Road, on Tuesdays during cribbage from 6 to 8 p.m. or Fridays from 6 to 11 p.m. The […]
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Sheriff seeking Maine Senate seat
SABATTUS — Androscoggin County Sheriff Guy Desjardins announced Tuesday that he is running for the state Senate in the November 2014 election. The seat is now held by Garrett Mason, R-Lisbon Falls, for District 17. Legislative redistricting approved this year means the district will be renumbered to 22 for the 2014 election. It will include […]
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MPBN one-day pledge drive LEWISTON — The Maine Public Broadcasting Network is holding a Super Thursday One-Day Pledge drive on Thursday, Nov. 7. The on-air drive will run from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m., and online donations can be made throughout the day starting at midnight. The primary objective of the pledge campaign is to […]
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Former fire chief wins Sabattus seat
SABATTUS — Voters put the town’s former fire chief on the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday and returned one incumbent to office. Former fire Chief Don Therrien won the most votes in the six-way race for selectman with 396, according to results from Town Clerk Suzanne Adams. Incumbent and Board of Selectmen Chairman Mark Duquette […]
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Knights plan blood drive LEWISTON — Knights of Columbus Rev. Louis J. Fortier Council 106 will sponsor an American Red Cross Blood Drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, at Holy Family Church Hall, 607 Sabattus St. Entrance to the hall is in the back of the church and there is plenty […]
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Election Day 2013: Early voting low
Turner Deputy Town Clerk Joyce Moulin didn’t have to think twice when asked how many voters requested absentee ballots in her town. “Not very many,” she said Friday. That’s 23. Last year, during the presidential election, 500 voters in Turner asked for ballots ahead of time. The statewide deadline for regular absentee requests closed Thursday […]
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Six vie for two selectmen seats in Sabattus
SABATTUS — Six people are vying for two spots on the Board of Selectmen next week. The terms are for three years. Mark Duquette, 43, 68 Lorelie Drive A little about yourself: Graduated Lewiston High School in 1988. Eagle Scout. Attended University of Maine. Married for 20 years to the love of my life, Amy. […]