ANDERSEN — Michelle, 48, of Kamas, Utah, passed away in South Jordan, Utah, on Tuesday, Sept. 11. A funeral service will be held Monday, Sept. 17, at 11 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Chapel at 510 East Silver Summit Parkway, Park City, Utah. GRANT — Marilyn Joyce, 81, passed away […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Changing demographics seen urgent threat to rural schools
WATERVILLE — Bates College professor Mara Tieken told a conference Wednesday that the increasing growth of racially and ethnically diverse populations in rural places in Maine and beyond will keep these communities and their schools growing and thriving for decades to come. That growth also presents a danger of deepening inequality among races and social […]
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Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Funeral notices for Wednesday, Nov. 29
BENNETT — Charles H., age 69, died Saturday, Nov. 25. Visitation will take place on Sunday, Dec. 3, from 11 a.m. to noon, followed by a memorial service at noon, all at Adams-McFarlane Funeral & Cremation Services, 108 Court St., Farmington. A reception will take place at 2 p.m. at the Roderick Crosby Post No. […]
Posted inFuneral Notices, sj-web
Funeral notices for Tuesday, Nov. 28
BENNETT — Charles H., age 69, died Saturday, Nov. 25. Visitation will take place on Sunday, Dec. 3, from 11 a.m. to noon, followed by a memorial service at noon, all at Adams-McFarlane Funeral & Cremation Services, 108 Court St., Farmington. A reception will take place at 2 p.m. at the Roderick Crosby Post No. […]
Posted inLocal Sports, sj-web, SJVarsity
HS Football: Back from basic, Mtn. Valley's White ready for football
RUMFORD — Mountain Valley’s football team didn’t quite feel whole until senior Nathan White returned from 11 weeks in basic training. White, who comes from a family with a proud military tradition, feels more complete, too. Football wasn’t far from White’s mind while he was grinding through boot camp at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. […]
Posted inNational Sports
Patriots roundup: White emerging as another option
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Second-year running back James White has quickly become an option for Tom Brady in the New England Patriots’ passing game. “The role that he’s filled, it’s been pretty unbelievable what he’s accomplished,” Brady said on his weekly appearance on WEEI radio. “ … He’s very … he’s just solid.” With Shane […]
Posted inFranklin
Jay board accepts Verso’s appeal application for processing
JAY — The town’s Board of Assessment Review found Friday that Verso Androscoggin LLC’s appeal application of the 2013 tax abatement was acceptable for processing, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said. Verso has appealed the $829,258 tax abatement selectpersons granted on Jan. 6. At the time, the board agreed to lower the April 1, 2013, valuation […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Connecticut man held on fugitive warrant on charge of promoting prostitution
LEWISTON — An Auburn man appeared in court Monday after he was arrested Sunday on a warrant from Connecticut, where he was charged with promoting prostitution for having taken a 17-year-old girl from New York to Connecticut to work as a prostitute. Rayshawn Stokely, 26, of 714 Washington St. was arrested at 55 Mill St. […]
Posted inOxford Hills
West Paris family huddles together after fire
WEST PARIS — About a mile from Paris Hill, where historic mansions overlook the train of snow-clad peaks spanning the White Mountains and real estate values command some of the best prices in the county, Donald Hodgkin lights up a cigarette in the small prefabricated home he shares with about a dozen people. Three-year old Kiera […]
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Jay police, fire chief White remembered
JAY — About 200 people came to pay their respects to Jay police, fire Chief Larry White Sr. and celebrate his life Sunday at Spruce Mountain High School. White, 61, of Jay lost his nine-month battle with pancreatic cancer on Oct. 5. He was fighting it all the way. He had served as a police […]