FARMINGTON — Selectmen in Franklin County Commission District 3 will meet at 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 29, at the county courthouse to elect a representative to the Franklin County Budget Advisory Committee. The elected selectman will replace former Avon Selectman John Calloway, who chose not to seek re-election this year. The term for the new […]
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Chesterville voters approve 5-year recycling contract, summer fest
CHESTERVILLE — All articles passed at the town meeting Monday night, but some drew discussion first. Proposed articles concerning the reopening of the Adams and Gordon Hill roads documented voter approval of winter maintenance. The roads were closed and later reopened, but records can’t be found for when that happened. Amendments were made to include […]
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Oxford County jail administrator to resign
PARIS — The Oxford County commissioners voted recently to accept a resignation letter from Oxford County Jail Administrator Ed Quinn. County Administrator Scott Cole said Quinn had held a variety of posts at the jail over the years, and that his initial employment was May 1980. “That’s around the same time that Mount St. Helens […]
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Bicentennial Committee may get Mexico version of classic board game
Members of the Mexico Bicentennial Committee gather around a replica game of the classic Monopoly game. They would like to have one for Mexico in the future as a fundraiser. From left are Sheryl Briggs, Marilla Couch, Mara Smith, Louise Arsenault and Caroline Mitchell. MEXICO — In the near future, people may be rolling the dice […]
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Livermore Falls man described as caring, loving
FARMINGTON — When Charlene Slaver sang a childhood song to her critically injured son, Joey, as he was lying in a bed at a Lewiston hospital, she said, he squeezed her hand. Joseph Slaver Jr., 23, of Livermore Falls incurred multiple blunt-force injuries as a result of a collision with a Livermore Falls police cruiser […]
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End-of-season fishing in Norway
An ice fisherman checks his traps on Pennesseewassee Lake in Norway on Tuesday afternoon.
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Veterinarians upset about role in new Maine opioid law
Dr. Gary Stuer examines Pearl, a Great Dane, at the Bethel Animal Hospital on Tuesday afternoon. Stuer prescribes pain medication for the 3-year-old dog. When one of Gary Stuer’s four-legged patients gets hurt, has surgery or is living with cancer, the Bethel veterinarian prescribes pain medicine. Sometimes that pain medicine is an opioid. “For years, […]
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No charges to be filed against Livermore Falls officer in fatal crash
LIVERMORE FALLS — State prosecutors will not seek charges against a local police officer involved in a fatal collision with a pedestrian. Officer Troy Reed was driving a police cruiser Oct. 28, 2016, when Joseph Slaver Jr., 23, of Livermore Falls ran into the road and collided with the vehicle. He died Oct. 31. According […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: The grind is real
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Michael Ankeny’s U.S. Alpine Championships experience ended early Tuesday with a DNF during the first run of the men’s giant slalom. Other than the physically grueling act of skiing down a hill really fast, that’s a short work day. However, Ankeny said, “I’m pretty tired today.” High-level ski racers spend the year […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships Notebook: Richard overcomes another obstacle
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Max Richard didn’t see anybody in his way going down Sugarloaf’s Narrow Gauge trail Tuesday. Though like most of the competitors in the men’s giant slalom, he couldn’t see much anyway, thanks to pea-soup-level fog. But Richard, who attended Mt. Blue High School before moving onto Carrabassett Valley Academy, then Colby College, […]