State police encountered a northbound car traveling in the southbound lane of Interstate 95 in Sabattus about 10 p.m. Monday. The trooper pulled his cruiser alongside the car and forced it into the median guardrail. A state trooper was slightly injured Monday night when he was forced to drive his cruiser into a car headed […]
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Sabattus cemetery markers not stolen after all
SABATTUS — All’s well that ends well: A pair of grave markers reported stolen from Pleasant Hill Cemetery earlier this week turned up safe and sound Friday. A cemetery official said the markers had been removed by a local undertaker for cleaning. The family of the deceased was unaware of the cleaning, and when they […]
Thieves steal veterans markers from Sabattus cemetery
SABATTUS – In his 50 years on the Pleasant Hill Cemetery board, Ron LaBerge has seen some strange things – bodies stolen from the ground in the dark of the night only to be secretly reburied elsewhere. Graves disturbed by thrill-seekers who scatter bones across the grass and make off with skulls as souvenirs. LaBerge […]
Sabattus man wanted in assault on child
SABATTUS — Police are searching for a Green Street man accused of assaulting a child last week before fleeing into the woods to evade capture. Arrest warrants have been issued for 43-year-old Urban Blaisdell in connection with the May 23 incident. Blaisdell is wanted on charges of domestic assault, endangering the welfare of a child, […]
Memorial parade in Sabattus
Joe Michaud, Steve Caron , Jim Rancourt and Dave Devoe march in the Sabattus Memorial Day parade on Monday, followed by Bill Derrick. Connie Begin, in red, sits with her grandsons, Reid and JP Kelly, and her daughter Heidi Kelly, standing, to watch the Memorial Day parade in Sabattus. Peyton Bramlett and Cayenne Rand place […]
You can build what, where? Sabattus weighs zoning
SABATTUS — Right now in town when it comes to development, almost anything goes. Officials are going to spend the next year giving that more thought. Town Manager Tony Ward said selectmen and the Planning Board/Ordinance Review Committee will meet June 6 to outline what zoning options they’d like to research and consider with the […]
Cutting and clearing
Ryan Page, a licensed arborist from Bowdoin, removes a red maple tree for a customer on Lisbon Road in Sabattus on Wednesday morning. The tree was taken down to make room for a flower garden, Page said.
Staff raises? Demolition? Paving? Sabattus residents get to decide
SABATTUS — Residents will head to town meeting next week to weigh in on employee raises, whether to pave the transfer station and how much, if any, to set aside for a new fire truck. There’s a $68,000 difference between what selectmen and the Budget Committee recommend for the town. The good news might be […]
Marion W. Pinard
LEWISTON — Marion W. Pinard, 67, of 16 Bowdoinham Road, Sabattus, died Friday, May 5, at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston. Born in Lewiston on Oct. 5, 1949, she was the daughter of Irving and June Wagg Wheeler. Educated in Lisbon schools, she was a graduate of Lisbon High School, Class of ’67. […]