Board: Sabattus Selectmen Met: Tuesday night No PD merge, search on for chief Issue: Selectmen and Town Manager Rick Bates have been exploring whether to combine police services with Lisbon after police Chief Thomas Fales retired last month. The scoop: The department is going to keep business as usual. Selectmen voted to not consolidate and […]
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Order of the Eastern Star to meet Tuesday
WALES — Lakeside Chapter No. 60, Order of the Eastern Star will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, at the Grange-Masonic Hall, 322 Centre Road. Stephanie J. Dupal, the worthy grand matron, will perform the scheduled official visitation. The worthy matron and secretary will open the hall for the official visitation officer at 6 […]
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Pandamania Bible school
Community Baptist Church, 9 Main St., Sabattus, will hold Vacation Bible School from Monday, June 27, through Friday, July 1. This year’s theme is “Pandamania (Where God is Wild About You).” All children ages three through sixth grade are welcome to attend. Classes will run from 9 to 11 a.m. For more information, call 375-4337.
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Government at a glance: Sabattus selectmen
Board: Sabattus selectmen Met: Tuesday night Issue: Police Chief Thomas Fales retires June 30. Selectmen have been weighing how, or whether, to replace him. The scoop: They considered hiring the lieutenant as chief, contracting with Lisbon, hiring a chief through Municipal Resources Inc., the same firm that supplied Town Manager Rick Bates, or hiring through […]
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Water monitoring begins on No Name Pond
LEWISTON — The No Name Pond Watershed Management Association will begin its third summer of volunteering to sample the water at the pond’s outlets. Two teams will collect the samples every other Saturday morning during the summer. The testing will be conducted at the Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution Control facility on Lincoln Street. Results will be […]
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OES to meet on Flag Day
WALES — Lakeside Chapter #60, OES, will meet on June 14, Flag Day, at 7 p.m. at the Grange-Masonic Building, 322 Centre Road. The meeting will honor the stations of marshal, warder and sentinel. The grand officers have been invited. At the last meeting, Edward Webber, PP, was installed as chaplain and the installing marshal […]
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Erosion control funds available
LEWISTON — Residents of the Sabattus Pond Watershed in Sabattus, Greene and Wales are eligible for technical and financial assistance for selected erosion control projects. Funded in part by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act, Section 319 grants are administered by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection in […]
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Sabattus voters pass $2.1 million budget
SABATTUS — Sixty-two voters came out to represent a population of nearly 5,000 on Saturday, passing a budget that called for the bare minimum to operate the town, Town Manager Rick Bates said. Before townspeople voted on the warrant, Bates gave a presentation that showed the 2010 mill rate of $14.15 per $1,000 of property […]
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Sabattus workshop Thursday
SABATTUS — Selectmen have called a workshop for Thursday at 6 p.m. at the town office. Assistant Town Manager Andrew Gilmore will conduct a presentation on the town’s fund balance and reserve accounts in advance of Saturday’s town meeting.
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Sabattus veteran still serving, with American Legion
When Ron Caron came home from Okinawa after serving in the military during the Vietnam era, he changed from his uniform to civilian clothes. “It was not a good time for U.S. servicemen. “While I was never called a baby killer or anything like that, it was still a difficult time for veterans. But it […]