SABATTUS — Oak Hill High School has announced its honor roll for the fall semester of the 2016-2017 academic school year. High Honors Grade nine: Morgan Inman, Magdolyn Ryder and Grace Woodard. Grade 10: Catherine Daigle, Alexis Faucher, James Greenwood, Jennifer Hall, Alani Lindsay and Sadie Waterman. Grade 11: Katie Courser, Anna Dodge, Michaela Gervais, Lydia Therrien […]
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RSU 4 superintendent resigns, cites budget, town challenges
WALES — Superintendent Jim Hodgkin told school directors that after eight years, he’s moving on. With two years left on his contract, Hodgkin submitted his resignation last week, effective June 30. Hodgkin, who was the newly formed Regional School Unit 4’s first superintendent, said Tuesday that he isn’t retiring and he doesn’t have another position […]
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Sabattus selectmen recommend 5-year bond for Webster Mill demolition
SABATTUS — Selectmen on Thursday recommended the town consider financing the demolition of Webster Mill over five years. After Town Manager Tony Ward provided several options, he said selectmen preferred to see the town consider a five-year bond at town meeting this spring to pay for demolition. That would cost the town about $62,000 annually […]
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Oak Hill Middle School lists second-quarter honor roll
SABATTUS — Oak Hill Middle School has announced the second-quarter honor roll for the 2016-2017 school year. First Honors Seventh grade: Amara Denis and Kaylee Mousseau. Eighth grade: Brynn Emond and Kiara Levesque. Honors Seventh grade: Makayla Begin, Reese Collins, Madison Drew, Rachel Duguay, Kayleigh Flaherty, Paige Gonya, Jamie Hedgpeth, Kyleigh Hyde Cassandra Steckino and Emily […]
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Joseph Arthur Frechette
1931 – 2017 SABATTUS — On Wednesday, Feb. 1, Joseph Arthur Frechette of Sabattus earned his new hands. He was born April 13, 1931, to Joseph and Marie L. Frechette. He was a member of the 82nd Airborne Division and worked as a hand sewer in several local shoe shops. Joseph later started his own […]
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Community meals
AUBURN — Danville Junction Grange will serve a bean and casserole supper with pie at 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at 15 Grange St. Cost: $8 for adults; $4 for children ages 5 to 12; free for children younger than 5. — FAYETTE — The final Keep Me Warm supper of the season will be […]
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Jury awards damages to ex-wife of Sabattus police chief
AUBURN — The police chief of Sabattus on Wednesday lost a civil suit brought by his ex-wife who accused him of abusing her throughout their 24-year marriage. A jury of six men and three women deliberated for less than 90 minutes before awarding Lori Cougle $5,000 on a count of assault and battery and $5,000 […]
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James ‘Cotton’ Henry
1934 – 2017 AUBURN — James “Cotton” Henry, 82, Daddy, Pops and Papa, earned his wings Saturday, Jan. 28, with his daughter, Tammy, by his side. James was born in Fayette on July 30, 1934, to the late Walter and Winifred Henry. He married Karen Roy on Dec. 31, 1997, and they had 19 years […]
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Trial begins for Sabattus police chief accused of spousal abuse
AUBURN — A civil trial got underway Monday morning between Sabattus Police Chief Gary Baillargeon and his ex-wife, Lori Cougle, who is accusing him of abusing her throughout their marriage. David Van Dyke, the attorney representing Cougle, said in his opening statement that this case was “about 24 years of domestic violence in (Lori’s) household […]
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Car flips onto roof in Lewiston crash
LEWISTON — A local nurse rushed to help Friday night when an SUV rolled onto its roof at Sabattus Street and Randall Road. The Ford Escape flipped after colliding with a pickup truck at about 6:30 p.m. at the intersection. Joanne Bellmore, a nurse who lives in Greene, was stopped in traffic on Randall Road […]