TURNER — Selectmen raised municipal fees for ambulance service and copies for town forms Monday night. Selectman Ralph Caldwell pointed out that billing usually covers all of the expenses of the Rescue Department except for major equipment replacement. This year it did not. Maria Higgins, who does the billing for Turner Rescue, told selectmen that […]
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A. Randall: Obesity overdone
Recently, I was reading “The Evolution of Obesity” by Michael L. Power and Jay Schulkin. It got me thinking about obesity and eating disorders. Eating disorders are becoming more and more common as the media begins to overwhelm the public. Magazines, television — even video games — portray women (and even men, on occasion) in […]
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SAD 52 school budget defeated
TURNER — The SAD 52 budget referendum was defeated by a narrow margin Tuesday in light voting. With the vote total 172-182, the budget lost by less than 3 percent. Turner had 93 yes votes and 33 no votes, favoring the proposed budget by a margin of nearly 3 to 1. Leeds had 40 yes […]
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ATV club welcomes new members
TURNER — The Turner Timberland ATV Club welcomes new members. Reasons to join an ATV club include: Clubs are entities that obtain private landowners permission to put the trails on the landowner property. Clubs build and main the trails on private landowner property. Clubs work with landowners when they have an issue with ATV riders. […]
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Mary F. Jordan
LEWISTON — Mary F. Jordan, 67, of Turner, died Sunday, May 6, at Central Maine Medical Center. She was born in Lewiston, April 22, 1945, the daughter of William C. Jordan Sr. and Margaret O’Connor Jordan. She graduated from Leavitt Institute and attended two years of college. She had been employed at local shoe shops. […]
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Lewiston-Auburn students rally against online bullies
AUBURN — For 16-year-old Michael Kelley of Auburn, the simple act of standing beside Lewiston-Auburn’s busiest stretch of road and holding a sign is an act of defiance. “I’ve been bullied,” Kelley said, standing at the center of Longley Memorial Bridge. “I know for a fact it really hurts. This gives me a chance to […]
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D. Prince: Secrets and popcorn
I am not very confident about the future of free elections now that the U.S. Supreme Court has decreed that money is equal to speech and can’t be restricted. The only people with loud enough voices to be heard are the 1 percent with all the money. They can donate millions to a Super PAC […]
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Barbara F. Gibbs
MERIDEN, Conn. — Barbara Fish Gibbs, 78, of Laura Lane, North Haven, Conn., passed away Saturday, April 28, at the MidState Medical Center. She was the wife of the late Lawrence N. Gibbs. She was born in Lewiston, May 1, 1933, daughter of the late Harry and Agnes Pearl Fish. Barbara had worked as an […]
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Chick-A-Dee Restaurant in Turner closes after 77 years
TURNER — The Chick-A-Dee Restaurant on Route 4, which has specialized in fried seafood for 77 years, has closed. A sign on the outside of the restaurant Wednesday afternoon said: “We are sorry to say we have been forced to close our doors due (to) the tough time in this economy. We would like to […]
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A cappella voices lend harmonies to gazebo benefit
Joining them on the benefit bill will be Chase the Fiddlers, an acoustic ensemble playing traditional New England, Celtic, and French-Canadian dance music. The fiddlers are led by the well-known Greg Boardman, who teaches applied music at Bates College. “With this concert” said Turner Public Library Trustee Anthony Shostak, “we provide popular entertainment consistent with […]