LEWISTON — Roland G. Pepin, 81, of Sabattus died Thursday, Jan. 10, at Marshwood Health Care Facility following a short illness. He was born in Auburn, Nov. 22, 1931, the son of the late Romeo and Gracia (Dupuis) Pepin. He was employed at the Falcon Shoe Factory and then entered the U.S. Navy during the […]
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Sabattus reserves land for future veterans park
SABATTUS — The space is official. Now the planning begins. Selectmen this week voted to set aside one-third of an acre on Green Street as the future home of the Sabattus Veterans Memorial Park. Town Manager Andrew Gilmore said the site was once home to the Klondike Mill, which burned down, and had been used […]
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“Items of interest” found in Rangeley Lake, but search postponed due to harsh weather
RANGELEY — The Maine Warden Service using sonar on Thursday spotted “items of interest” as the search continued for the bodies of three snowmobilers in Rangeley Lake. The snowmobilers still had not been found as of Thursday evening and the search was postponed at least until the weekend. Lt. Kevin Adam of the Maine Warden […]
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Weather hampers search for 3 missing snowmobilers in Rangeley
In a short span Sunday night, four people died — the three men riding together and a woman who was riding separately — when they drove their machines into icy open waters. Nobody can recall any time when four snowmobile riders were killed in the same place at roughly the same time. “It’s hard to […]
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Emergency dispatching changes taking effect
LEWISTON — Moments after the new year began Tuesday, emergency phone calls from Sabattus and Durham took a new route. Calls for help to police officers, firefighters or paramedics will go first to Androscoggin County’s dispatch center, as they have for more than a decade. Then, in most cases, they’ll be transferred to a dispatch […]
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Elks holding New Year’s dance LEWISTON — A New Year’s dance will be held Monday, Dec. 31, at Lewiston Elks, 1675 Lisbon St. The cost is $12.50 per person or $25 per couple. For tickets call 784-4801. Sabattus Seniors cancel meeting SABATTUS — The January meeting of the Sabattus Seniors has been canceled due to […]
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Well done
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The following local residents graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology in the summer 2012 quarter: Meghan Castagno of Sabattus earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from RIT’s College of Liberal Arts. Kristy Drouin of Mexico earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration-accounting from RIT’s E. Philip Saunders College […]
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Joe E. Vigil
AUGUSTA — Joe E. Vigil, 76, of Sabattus, passed away Dec. 17, at Togus VA with his wife, Linda at his side. He was born in Wheatland, Wyo., Oct. 6, 1936. Joe proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy for 24 years, and worked at Bath Iron Works for 22 years. He leaves his […]