MONDAY, March 13 LEWISTON — School Committee budget meeting, 6 p.m., Dingley Building. Agenda: review budgets of the Farwell, Longley, Geiger, Martel, McMahon and Montello elementary schools. LEWISTON — Free film at Bates College, “First Degree,” documentary on triumphs education brings to prisoners, 7 p.m., Pettingill Hall, Room G52. Nationwide, over half of released inmates return to […]
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Farmington man faces drug-trafficking charge
FARMINGTON — A Farmington man faces a felony drug trafficking charge after police found evidence of sales made from his home near a town park. During a bail check Thursday on Travis Lambert, 27, who lives on the Morrison Hill Road, police found more than five grams of heroin, scales, individual packets or “tickets” or […]
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Regional agenda
Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Casco: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Spruce Mountain Middle School Jay: Public hearing on warrant articles for April 25 town meeting, 6 p.m., Spruce Mountain Middle School Mexico: Selectmen, […]
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Looking Back on March 13
100 years ago, 1917The evils of the kitchen bar room are brought forcibly to mind by a case that Sheriff Stevens’ officer has recently hunted out in Lewiston. Certain children have been known to be intoxicated. The officers are confident that the children have gotten the liquor in their own home. The deputies are informed […]
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Jay residents to vote on $6M budget April 25
JAY — Selectpersons’ proposed $6 million municipal budget for 2017-18 is going to voters. Absentee ballots will be available at the Town Office beginning March 24. The annual town meeting referendum will be held from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, at the Jay Community Building. Twenty-seven articles were reviewed during Monday’s public […]
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Public meeting on broadband access scheduled
PARIS — A partnership of local and regional organizations will hold a public meeting in from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 (snow date, March 28), in the forum at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, 256 Main St., to help mobilize citizen action to expand the accessibility and availability of broadband Internet in Oxford […]
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UMF students spend school break helping others in Guatemala
FARMINGTON — Seven UMF students just returned from a life-changing experience at Safe Passage, a school and Maine-based non-profit charitable organization built on the edges of the Guatemala City Garbage Dump in the Republic of Guatemala in Central America. The UMF students — members of the UMF Rotaract Club — along with two Mt. Blue […]
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Michael Fournier
HUDSON, Fla. — Michael Fournier, 62, passed away Sunday, March 5, in Hudson, Fla. He was born May 20, 1954, in Lewiston, the eldest son of Laurier “Larry” and Elizabeth “Liz” Fournier. Michael graduated from Lewiston High School in 1972 and the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor of Arts in communications and marketing in […]
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New health care analysis draws varied reaction from Maine lawmakers
Following the release Monday of a Congressional Budget Office analysis of the health care measure pushed by President Donald Trump, Maine’s elected representatives offered an array of opinions about what it means. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican who’s a key player on the issue, called the report a “cause for alarm” because of its […]
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Farmington pole repaired, Bridge Street reopened
FARMINGTON — A Central Maine Power crew Monday replaced a pole damaged by a tractor-trailer Saturday, allowing Bridge Street to reopen. The street was closed to traffic over the weekend after a Dead River Co. fuel truck hit the pole about 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Ronald Bragg, 69, of Clifton stopped the 2013 Volvo tractor-trailer near […]