SABATTUS — A Blessing of the Animals service will take place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, at Spiritualist Church of Eternal Life, 352 Crowley Road. Bring a photo of your animal. Animal communication by Patricia Pepin and a book signing by Robin E. Deatrich will take place from noon to 3 p.m. […]
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Sabattus Group Run Nights
The Sabattus Rec Club is holding FREE Group Run nights on Wednesday nights, beginning, at 6 p.m. (5:30 starting Oct. 2).These are open to anyone of any ability who wants to get some exercise in a low-key, social environment. We meet at Mixer’s parking lot on Sabattus Road next to Dunkin’ Donuts. There is no […]
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Terrorizing charges against Sabattus man dismissed
AUBURN — Scott Dumont of Sabattus pleaded guilty Friday to discharging a firearm near a dwelling nearly two years ago and paid a $100 fine. He had been facing up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. A felony charge of reckless conduct and two misdemeanor charges of terrorizing were dismissed in exchange […]
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Sabattus Legion shifts meetings SABATTUS — The regular monthly meetings of the American Legion Harry J. Conway Post 135 have moved from the first Monday of the month to the first Wednesday of the month. This change starts with the meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 4. Meetings are not normally scheduled for the months of July […]
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Marsters resigns from Sabattus board appointments
SABATTUS — David Marsters apologized Thursday for posting a racial slur and threat against President Barack Obama on Facebook and resigned from all of his municipal board appointments. An emergency meeting of the Board of Selectmen to consider dismissing him from three town boards was canceled. Marsters submitted his resignation by email to Town Manager […]
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Sabattus man gets firm rebuke for racist threat
Death threats of any kind should be taken seriously, whether they are against the president of the United States or the neighbor next door. Such statements assume a particularly sinister character when accompanied by an obviously racist slur. That’s what happened Tuesday when a Sabattus resident pronounced “Shoot the Ni—-“ on his Facebook page atop […]
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Sabattus calls emergency meeting to consider removing Marsters from boards
SABATTUS — The chairman of the town’s Board of Selectmen has called an emergency meeting for Thursday night to consider removing resident David Marsters from service on all town boards and committees on which he serves. This is the only item on the agenda. The meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. at the Town Office. […]
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Sabattus man defends posting
SABATTUS — David Marsters said Tuesday night that the wording of his Facebook post was a mistake, but he defended it, anyway. “(The Secret Service) didn’t see no pictures of Obama with bullet holes in his head,” Marsters said. “It’s not a threatening statement, in my opinion. People take it out of context as a […]
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With two towns reporting, RSU 4 appears to have passed school budget
WALES — The third attempt at passing a 2013-14 school budget appears to have succeeded. Sabattus voted 175-152 in favor and Litchfield 120-61 in favor in a referendum Tuesday, according to a clerk in each town. Results for Wales weren’t available Tuesday night. The budget narrowly passed in Wales during the first vote and was […]