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Sabattus budget would hold line on taxes, cut one employee
SABATTUS — Town meeting voters will see a proposed municipal budget that buys more planning expertise, scales back town employees’ health care, cuts one position, aims to attract more volunteer firefighters and attempts to hold down property taxes. Town Manager Rick Bates said the last thing wasn’t easy. “Sabattus is not in a position where […]
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Government at a glance: Sabattus
Board: Sabattus Selectmen Met: Tuesday night Swept away Issue: Elm, Main, High and Greene streets were all recently swept by Public Works, a job usually left to the state since they are state roads. Selectman Mark Duquette asked why the change. The scoop: Town Manager Rick Bates said the roads were cleaned in advance of […]
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Oak Hill High School honor roll
WALES — Oak Hill High School has announced the fall semester honor roll. 9th grade High honors: Derek Gamage and, Kyle Spencer. Honors: Erik Austin, Brady Dion, Zachary Fisher, Katie-Marie Gauthier, Heather Krook, Miranda Marquis, Noah Pomerleau, Crystal Quesenberry, Athena Ritcheson, Cassidy Stevens and Daniel Woodard. 10th grade High honors: Isaac Daigle, Sean Deans, Kyle […]
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Eats: Fielder’s Choice ice cream covers all the bases
SABATTUS — Come on. You know you want it. You’re always in the mood. One of the great oral experiences in life is the shivering, sugary explosion of ice cream on the tongue. Tinged with mint, fraught with fudge or streaked with strawberries from the season’s sunny bounty, the American ice cream adventure is a […]
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Government at a glance: Sabattus
Board: Sabattus Selectmen Met: Tuesday night Town manager another year Issue: Town Manager Rick Bates’ one-year contract was up in February. He was new to the town last year, hired under a unique arrangement in which Sabattus contracted for staff with Municipal Resources Inc. of New Hampshire. The scoop: Bates works 24 hours a week. […]
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Writers club reception
The Oak Hill Young Writers’ Club will hold a Writers’ Reception at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 5, at Oak Hill Middle School in Sabattus. Sharon Lee, author of “Barnburner and Gunshy,” Jim Baumer, author of “Moxietown” and “When Towns Had Teams,” and Tom Pelletier, author of “Two Arrows,” will speak. Others are Keith Evans, […]
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Lisbon, Sabattus officials support combining police forces
LISBON — Officials from Lisbon and Sabattus are considering combining their police forces to save money, Town Manager Steve Eldridge said Thursday. “As we look toward the future and the way the economy is at this time, we must look at what the cost of this service will be in the next five to 10 […]
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Woman gets 10 months for arranging sham weddings
BANGOR, Maine — The Sabattus woman who enlisted more than a dozen other Mainers, including family and friends, to enter into sham marriages with immigrants was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court to 10 months in prison. Angela Roy, 37, sobbed as a federal judge described her role as a recruiter and wedding planner in […]
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Maine sap tappers enjoying banner harvest
JAY — Sap tappers across Western Maine said Thursday it has a banner year for maple syrup production. The weather has cooperated, keeping temperatures below freezing at night and in the 40s during the day. That and the snowpack have kept the trees from budding early, enabling sap to flow longer into the spring. Anthony […]