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State program says it helped get 98 businesses off the ground last year

POLAND — Bill Bouchard started his new heating, ventilation and air conditioning company after 20 years of working for others and seeing some things done right here, other things done right there and wanting to pull those elements together. At his last southern Maine employer, Bouchard, 43, was a service department manager with more than […]

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Oak Hill Middle School honor students are announced

WALES — The first semester honor roll of the 2017-2018 school year for Oak Hill Middle School has been announced. Exemplary Student Grade six: Sebastian Doyle, Aubrey McElhaney, Nhi Nguyen, Alexis Pelkey, Sarah Rossignol, Ian Sheehy and Eli Staggs. Grade seven: Arianna Thibeault. Grade eight: Makayla Begin, Gabrielle Chessie, Amara Denis, Rachel Duguay, Paige Gonya, […]

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Posted inObituaries, sj-web

Patricia E. Marvin

AUGUSTA — Patricia E. Marvin, also known to many as Tuckie, joined the heavenly Father on Jan. 30, at 77. She was born on June 29, 1940. Tuckie served as a Sabattus police officer in the 1970s and served as an Androscoggin County deputy sheriff in the 1980s. She is survived by the love of her […]

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Sabattus police search for suspect in attempted break-in

SABATTUS (WGME) — An attempted robbery in Sabattus Saturday night has police asking for the public’s help to track down a suspect. A broken window and a surveillance image lead police to believe someone tried to break into the Settlement on Crowley Road Saturday around 10:20 p.m. According to the Sabattus Police Department’s Facebook page, […]

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Biddeford man charged with assaulting woman in Sabattus

A Biddeford man who “savagely attacked” a woman in Sabattus early Tuesday morning was arrested following a standoff with police at a Saco hotel, police said Tuesday. Sabattus Police Chief Gary E. Baillargeon in a statement identified the suspect as 45-year-old Jeremy Norris of Biddeford. Norris has been charged with elevated aggravated assault, domestic violence […]

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Briefly: City

United New Auburn Assoc. meeting AUBURN — The United New Auburn Association will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 26, at Rolly’s Dinner. Ectoplasm workshop at Spiritualist Church SABATTUS — The Rev. Lorraine Radice will conduct a workshop on ectoplasm from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 7, at the Spiritualist Church of Eternal Life, 352 Crowley […]

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Dance to The Ge3ks at Mixers

The GE3KS are bringing their ’80s show to Mixers in Sabattus on Friday, Nov 17. Band members Eric Hartmann, Jay Staples, Jerry Perron, Luc Bergeron do it all, including pop, dance, new wave, one-hit wonders, hard rock and rap. The show begins at 8:30 p.m. No cover.  Saturday the Kenny Chesney tribute band No Shoes Nation […]

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Yvette R. Pelletier

LEWISTON — Yvette R. Pelletier, 88, formerly of 122 Old Greene Road, Lewiston, died Tuesday, Nov. 7, at d’Youville Pavilion following a long illness. Born in Augusta on June 22, 1929, she was the daughter of Onisime and Odile Moreau Bell. Educated locally, she married Real J. Pelletier, on Aug. 30, 1952. Mr. Pelletier passed away […]