SABATTUS — Marc Veilleux was a firefighter in a neighboring town, driving his daughter to school when he spotted flames and pulled a woman from a burning building on Middle Street. A year later, Veilleux is the town’s new fire chief. He calls it pure coincidence, and he’s still modest about the rescue. “It’s one […]
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After defeat, RSU 4 starts school budget over
WALES — The morning after the school budget’s defeat at the polls, RSU 4 Superintendent Jim Hodgkin said he expected to have a new, leaner budget before voters in four to six weeks. The $17.7 million budget, a 0.85 percent increase over the current year, narrowly passed in a referendum in Wales and Litchfield before […]
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Voters in RSU 4 defeat school budget
WALES — Voters in Litchfield, Sabattus and Wales defeated the $17.7 million RSU 4 budget Tuesday, according to election results from town clerks. The combined tally was 292-331. The vote in Sabattus was 121-180. It passed narrowly in the other two towns: Litchfield, 109-100, and Wales, 62-51. The budget for 2013-14, $17.75 million, was a […]
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Sabattus voters shorten town meeting, OK gun ordinance
SABATTUS — Traditional town meeting is over. In a 220-60 referendum vote on Tuesday, residents decided to start holding the town meeting on a weekday evening instead of a Saturday, according to results from Town Clerk Suzanne Adams. By a 227-65 vote, they also agreed to trim the size of the warrant for those meetings. […]
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New England School of Communications honors list
BANGOR — The New England School of Communications has announced its honors list for spring 2013. High honors Auburn: Kacey Wight Canton: Brandon Doyen Durham: Stephen Creps Greene: James Morin Harrison: Brandon Denison Lewiston: Kathleen Bouchard, Christopher Rancourt Lovell: Harold Sheehan Poland: Kyle Kyllonen Roxbury: Lea Cone, Jessica Kane West Paris: Errol Silver Honors Auburn: Thomas […]
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Financial Fitness Fair raises awareness for students
LEWISTON — The Norm Nolette Chapter of Credit Unions, with support from the Jeannette G. Morin Chapter of Credit Unions, presented their 10th annual Financial Fitness Money Management Experience at the Lewiston Armory on April 4. Nearly 200 students from seven area high schools attended this year’s fair, the state’s oldest Financial Fitness Fair, including […]
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Guns, shortened town meeting on Tuesday ballot in Sabattus
SABATTUS — Voters will decide Tuesday whether to pass a citizen-initiated gun rights ordinance and whether to overhaul the traditional town meeting to make it sleeker and shorter. David Marsters and Amedeo Lauria gathered 240 signatures to see Question 1 on the ballot. It would block the town from adopting policies or ordinances that restrict […]
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Couple denies charges in connection with sexual assault
AUBURN — A husband and wife pleaded not guilty Friday to charges stemming from accusations that the husband sexually abused a girl over a four-year period. Michael Gagnier, 34, of Sabattus was charged in a grand jury indictment Wednesday with 38 counts of gross sexual assault and one count of domestic violence assault. The sexual […]
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Yves ‘Jim’ Arondel de Hayes
AUBURN — Yves “Jim” Arondel de Hayes, 75, of Sabattus, died on June 5, at the Hospice House. He was born on June 6, 1938, in France, to parents, John Arondel de Hayes and Pauline Paine. Jim was a member of Derby Athletic, Midtown Athletic, and the ACME Club. He loved taking care of his […]