Board: Sabattus Selectmen Met: Tuesday night Town meeting set Issue: Selectmen set the date of the next annual town meeting for 9 a.m. June 2 at Oak Hill Middle School. Up next: Hammering out the budget to be voted on. The Budget Committee and selectmen start meeting March 1. The committee will present its recommendations […]
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Long completes courses as pedicurist
AUBURN — Kathy Long of Sabattus has completed the necessary courses to become Maine’s first and only certified master pedicurist. She received advanced education of foot and nail disorders and diabetic foot care and infection control with the North American School of Podology, Tampa, Fla. She will attend NASP in Toronto in the fall to […]
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Lisbon details plan to take over Androscoggin County dispatching
LISBON — In a bid to end more than a decade of talk and deliberation, Lisbon leaders pitched a plan Wednesday to take over dispatching for Androscoggin County, saying it could save money for every town in the county. Lisbon Police Chief David Brooks and Town Manager Steve Eldridge said they could dispatch the county’s […]
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Local schools stand to get more state money for education
LEWISTON — Schools in the Twin Cities will get more money from the state this year, as will most schools in the tri-county area. The Lewiston School Department stands to receive $1.23 million more, for a total of $36.5 million in General Purpose Aid to Education, according to preliminary figures from Gov. Paul LePage’s administration. […]
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An old problem: Sabattus Legion gets creative to attract new members
SABATTUS — The rabbit ears had to go. In place of the ears and an old clunky TV, there’s a 46-inch flat screen, high-definition cable, a front row seat on game day and, two words: Free buffet. It’s a new lure that leaders of American Legion Post 135 hope will draw in local veterans, then […]
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Sabattus fire leaves family homeless
SABATTUS — Communities on both sides of the Sabattus-Lewiston town line are pulling together to help a local family who lost everything but the clothes on their backs after fire ripped through their Sabattus mobile home on Saturday. Sabattus fire Chief Don Therrien said the blaze broke out at a mobile home on 32 Pleasant […]
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Football fans gather for family-friendly party at American Legion in Sabattus
SABATTUS — A couple dozen football-frenzied fans gathered for the first Super Bowl party held at American Legion Post 135 in Sabattus in more than five years. Of course, the free buffet spread underneath the new 42-inch flat-screen, high-definition television might have had something to do with the crowd. And then came Judy Cyr playfully […]
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J. Baril: Property tax won’t sustain cities
During the past few years, communities across Maine have been struggling to find money to fund their everyday operations. Cites and towns have been cutting and striving to keep the “broken tax” down. The “broken tax” — what I call the property tax — can no longer sustain the communities that charge it. Officials in […]
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Travers — Fournier
Kyle Fournier and Tanya Travers SABATTUS — Flint and Geraldine Travers of Litchfield are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Tanya Travers of Sabattus, to Kyle Fournier of Sabattus, son of Diane Fournier of Lewiston and the late Raymond Fournier. Miss Travers is a 2004 graduate of Oak Hill High School and a […]