TURNER — First comes Santa, then the gift of gravel. Turner will host its second annual tree lighting at 6 p.m. Monday at the town hall with local arborist Greg Roy decorating the town’s 35-foot spruce for the event. “Santa will arrive and he will magically light the tree,” Town Manager Eva Leavitt said. About 50 […]
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Historic plane still flying
Now the plane, purchased about eight years ago by Dr. Louis Hanson of Durham, is featured in a new documentary about Dario Manfredi and Angelo Raiti, the late pair who created the parachute system. Manfredi’s son, Dario Jr., hopes to use the film to ignite interest in an updated parachute system by his company, Aviation […]
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Government at a glance: Turner
Board: Turner selectmen Met: Monday night New park, new name Issue: Selectmen had been looking for a name for a spruced-up patch of property on School House Hill Road, next to the Nezinscot Dam. The scoop: Selectmen Dennis Richardson suggested naming it the Philip S. Bryant Memorial Park, after the only man from Turner to […]
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Forest service investigating wildfire in Hartford
HARTFORD — The Maine Forest Service is investigating a wildfire that burned 33 acres in Hartford Saturday afternoon. According to a press release issued Sunday by the Maine Forest Service, reports of the Oxford County wildfire came in Saturday around 1 p.m. The fire was discovered by hunters off Route 219 in Hartford. Firefighters from […]
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MDEA arrests two, seizes 28 pounds of pot in Auburn
AUBURN — Two men were arrested and 28 pounds of processed marijuana was seized Thursday morning, according to a release issued by Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland on Friday. Troy Melanson, 26, of Auburn and Benjamin Thone, 32, of Turner were charged with aggravated trafficking in marijuana. The arrests and seizure were […]
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Government at a glance: Turner
Board: Turner selectmen Met: Monday night Wanted: Chairs, table returned Issue: Town policy doesn’t allow town furniture to be loaned or borrowed. Nonetheless, the building manager of the Boofy Quimby Memorial Center discovered six 6-foot, gray tables and 31 white plastic chairs missing two weeks ago. The scoop: Three tables have since been returned. The […]
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Turner mom on CNN talking debt, taking back control
Over 16 months, Jaime Tardy and her husband, Matt, shook $70,000 in debt and saved up $23,000. Now, she says, they’re on their way to banking a million. In a live on-air interview last week, CNN asked the Turner woman how she did it. Anchor Tony Harris’ guessed: Lots of beans and rice? Sort of, […]
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New England Youth Theater will present ‘Cinderella’
BATH — New England Youth Theater will present Rogers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella,” with Lillian Ramser of Turner in the lead role, on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 29-30. Matthew Boyle of Bath plays Prince Charming; Sarah Perreault of Brunswick and Courtney Jones of Topsham play the nasty stepsisters; Tyler Beck of Brunswick plays the King and […]
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Turner man pleads not guilty to murder charge
AUBURN — A Turner man accused of intentionally killing his wife pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a murder charge in Androscoggin County Superior Court. Brian Nichols, 45, was dressed in an orange jail suit when he stood before a judge to hear the charge against him. He waived a formal reading of the indictment. His […]
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Government at a glance: Turner
Board: Turner selectmen Met: Monday night Fixing Fish Street Issue: Last year, the town won a $55,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to repair erosion along Fish Street, which is being worn away by the Nezinscot River. Issue: It’s worse than it first appeared. Up next: Town Manager Eva Leavitt is going to […]