LEXINGTON, Ky. — Catherine Capelle Hudson of Wayne has recently become a member of Sigma Alpha Lambda, national leadership and honors organization at the University of Kentucky. Sigma Alpha Lambda is dedicated to promoting and rewarding academic achievement and providing members with opportunities for community service, personal development and lifelong professional fulfillment. Hudson is a […]
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Maranacook Community High School honor roll
READFIELD — Maranacook Community High School has announced the honor roll for the first semester of the 2011-12 school year. Grade 9 High honors: Sydney Green, Kristen Hall, Sage Hyland, Benjamin McLaughlin, Christine Miller, Annie Nielsen, Amber Ridlon, Thayer Whitney, Natalie Wicks and Colleen Wright. Honors: Michael Antanavich, Caden Brown, Laura Budrow, James Canwell, Kaitlyn […]
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Castonguay announces candidacy for House District 81
LIVERMORE FALLS — Local Democrat Maurice Castonguay has announced his candidacy for House District 81, which includes Livermore Falls, Livermore, Leeds and Wayne. “I’m frustrated by what is going on in Augusta and want to make sure that the concerns and values of everyone in this district will be heard in the State House. The […]
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Fayette awarded grant to buy fire truck, training
FAYETTE — Fire Chief Marty Maxwell is ecstatic over news that the Fire Department will receive a grant of $270,750 to buy a new truck and provide training. “It’s like Fayette winning the lottery,” he said. Voters will have to decide whether they want to put in about $14,250 to match the grant at a […]
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Logging truck rolls in Durham; driver OK
DURHAM — An overturned pulp truck shut down Route 9 for most of Wednesday morning as crews cleaned up logs and police investigated. Douglas Goucher of Wayne was driving through the intersection of Route 9 and Swamp Road at about 9:45 a.m. when he lost control of the truck and it flipped over, Maine State […]
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Melanie J. Lemieux
AUBURN — Melanie J. Lemieux, 34, of 9 Whispering Pines, Wayne, died Thursday, Dec. 22, at the Hospice House of Androscoggin Home care and Hospice with her family by her side. She was born in Lewiston, March 21, 1977, the daughter of Guy Lemieux and Debra Pelchat Lemieux. She graduated from Leavitt High School, Class […]
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Mobile home mishap in Mexico stalls traffic
MEXICO — A mobile home being transported on Route 2 fell to the pavement Tuesday, stalling traffic for more than an hour. Skidgell Excavation was moving the mobile home from Wilton to a trailer park in Mexico. As the driver was attempting to back up, the tongue to the trailer bent and the front end […]
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Modular home slides off trailer in New Sharon, injuring Wayne driver
NEW SHARON — A Wayne man was injured and a modular home hauler faces a traffic charge after half of a new modular home slid off a flatbed trailer and struck a pickup truck Tuesday morning on Route 2. Scott Tripp, 51, of Windham was traveling east on Route 2 with half the modular home […]
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Arts, Crafts Assoc. FARMINGTON — Franklin County Arts and Crafts Association will hold its final planning meeting Thursday, Nov. 17, prior to the association’s 40th annual Christmas fair. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the University of Maine at Farmington Student Center North Dining Hall. New members are welcome. A time for registering […]
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Downed power line causes outage, grass fire
LIVERMORE FALLS – Electrical service was restored at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to customers in Jay, Livermore, Livermore Falls, Leeds and Wayne after a power line came down on Depot Street in Livermore Falls, a CMP spokesperson said. Livermore Falls firefighters responded to a report of a downed power line that started a small grass […]