POLAND — Voters at Saturday’s annual town meeting approved a municipal budget that will add about $107,000 to what they will have to raise through their property taxes, but rejected several changes to the town’s land-use ordinance that they perceived as detrimental to the character of the town. Several residents spoke out against changes to […]
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Phillips loses plow truck to fire
PHILLIPS — A fast-moving fire reduced the town’s 2010 International plow truck to charred rubble Wednesday. The driver was not injured. Public Works employee Matt Stevens was plowing the remote East Madrid Road when he saw the flames shooting from the hood of the double-axle wheeler, Town Manager Elaine Hubbard said. Stevens, also an experienced […]
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D3 Hockey Championship Game: Green Knights, we dub thee champions, again
LEWISTON — Top-ranked defense. Most outstanding player (and goaltender). Noses for the net up and down the bench. Frozen Four experience by the bushel. It all adds up, unequivocally, to the best hockey team in NCAA Division III. Smothering and self-assured Saint Norbert College stormed to its third national championship in four years and fourth […]
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D3 Hockey: Jaeger’s 45 saves propel UW-Stevens Point into final
LEWISTON — In the portion of the NCAA Division III Frozen Four that involved coats, ties and buffet tables, Wisconsin-Stevens Point goaltender Brandon Jaeger was recognized for his work in the classroom. Friday night at Androscoggin Bank Colisee, 2,200 spectators and Oswego State figured out that Jaeger keeps a tidy, prolific office, too. Jaeger, a […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Hartford-Sumner Elementary School teachers to retire
SUMNER — Hartford-Sumner Elementary School will lose two teachers at the end of the school year who together have taught for nearly 50 years. Chris Galgay, a second-grade teacher, and Jacqueline Stevens, a fourth-grade teacher, have decided it’s time to retire. For both educators, becoming teachers was a second or third career, and one that […]
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RSU 73’s Wall to retire in June
LIVERMORE FALLS — RSU 73 Superintendent Robert Wall announced his intention to retire at the end of the 2013-14 school year on June 30, following a closed board session Thursday night. Wall, of Lewiston, began his superintendent’s duties at the Jay School Department 10 years ago, and continued on when the former Jay School Department […]
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Two Penobscot County hunters missing since Friday found alive
AUGUSTA — Two Penobscot County hunters believed missing in the Chamberlain Lake or Clayton Lake areas since Friday evening were located alive on Sunday, just shortly before 6 p.m., according to the Maine Warden Service. Cpl. John MacDonald of the warden service said Travis Hafford, 33, of East Millinocket and Ryan Stevens, 33, of Millinocket […]
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Fryeburg man accused of assault with tea kettle
FRYEBURG — A Fryeburg man was arrested early Monday morning after reportedly assaulting another man with a tea kettle. Chad A. Stevens, 38, of Smith Street, appeared in 11th District Court on Monday afternoon and pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge. He was released on personal recognizance bail. Fryeburg police Chief Phil Weymouth said […]
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Pre-4th fireworks: Celtics swipe Stevens from Butler
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics keep getting younger — on the coaching staff as well as the court. Less than a week after agreeing to trade Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce to the Brooklyn Nets — and 10 days after shipping coach Doc Rivers to the Los Angeles Clippers — the Celtics hired Butler’s […]