SABATTUS — The Board of Selectmen unanimously agreed Tuesday to submit two resolutions to Androscoggin County commissioners, reiterating its displeasure about budgetary issues. Selectmen plan to express their dissatisfaction that commissioners are not participating in county Budget Committee meetings, and their opposition to a proposed county charter amendment on commissioners’ wages and benefits. Former Androscoggin […]
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Daniel J. LeBlanc Jr.
1937 – 2015 LISBON FALLS — Daniel J. LeBlanc Jr., 78, of Lisbon Falls died Tuesday, Oct. 13, at his residence with his loving wife, Florence, children and grandchildren by his side. He was born in Rumford on July 26, 1937, a son of Daniel and Mary (Votour) LeBlanc Sr., and graduated from Stephens High […]
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Sabattus man pleads guilty to child porn charge
PORTLAND — Jody G. Moczara, 34, of Sabattus pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to receiving child pornography. According to a Department of Justice news release, Moczara used the Internet and a file-sharing program to download several child pornography videos to his computer in June. Information obtained from his computer showed that he used […]
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Sabattus pair arrested on drug charges
SABATTUS – A West Ridge Road couple was arrested early Thursday and charged with dealing heroin out of their home. Theodore M. Lague, 33, and Tabitha N. Tardiff, 32, were charged with aggravated trafficking in heroin after police and drug agents searched their home at 54 West Ridge Road. Police said the Maine Drug Enforcement […]
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Oak Hill Middle School fields closed Thursday
SABATTUS — Athletic fields at Oak Hill Middle School were closed Thursday after some students developed rashes, Superintendent James Hodgkin said. Over the weekend, the fields were treated with a fertilizer the school and Sabattus Recreation Department hadn’t used before, Hodgkin said. By Wednesday, “less than five students” got skin rashes after being on the […]
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Selectmen approve lease-purchase for new dump truck
SABATTUS — Selectmen on Tuesday unanimously agreed to accept O’Connor GMC of Augusta’s bid of $88,816 for the lease-purchase of a 2016 Western Star 4700SF cab and chassis for use as a dump truck. The price is within the town’s allocated budget, approved by voters in May, according to Road Foreman Gary Labonte. The truck has a diesel-powered engine and […]
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Evelyn M. Ellis
1926 – 2015 ANDOVER — Evelyn M. Ellis, 89, of Dixfield, went to live with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, Sept. 12, with her loving niece, Tammy Hutchinson, by her side. She was born in Sabattus on June 3, 1926, the daughter of Albert and Lillian (Drinkwater) Heywood, and attended Sabattus schools. Evelyn was […]
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Sabattus man accused of beating ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — A Sabattus man is accused of beating his ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend Tuesday night, threatening him with a rifle and assaulting her, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Wednesday. The male victim was taken to a Farmington hospital by ambulance, Steward said. Andrew Breton, 21, was arrested on charges of felony burglary and misdemeanor domestic […]
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Sabattus police rule out gunshot as cause of dog’s death
SABATTUS — A Yorkshire terrier found dead near its Bowdoinham Road home earlier in the week was killed by another dog, not shot as originally believed, police said Thursday. Sabattus Police Chief Anthony Ward said his department and the Lisbon Road Animal Hospital investigated the death. Reported bullet wounds were actually canine teeth injuries, according […]