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Public schools Auburn Middle School 610 Court Street, Auburn Bruce M Whittier Middle School, 1457 Maine Street, Poland Durham Elementary School 654 Hallowell Road, Durham East Auburn Community School 15 Pettingill Road, Auburn Edward Little High School Auburn Heights, Auburn Elm Street School 129 Elm Street, Mechanic Falls Fairview School 397 Minot Avenue, Auburn Farwell […]

Libraries: Books and more Auburn Public Library 49 Spring Street Auburn, ME 04210 Phone: 207 333-6640 www.auburn.lib.me.us Bridgton Public Library 1 Church St. Bridgton, ME 04009 Phone: 207 647-2472 www.bridgton.lib.me.us Cary Memorial Library 17 Old Winthrop Road Wayne, ME 04284 Phone: 207 685-3612 www.cary-memorial.lib.me.us Cumston Public Library 796 Main Street Monmouth, ME 04259-0239 Phone: 207 […]

Government at a glance Local government in Maine provides many essential services its citizens, including road construction and maintenance, solid waste disposal, water utilities and waste water treatment, police and fire protection and emergency rescue, land use planning and building inspection, welfare, and public education for grades Kindergarten through 12. Municipal government in Maine enjoys […]

How well do you know the River Valley? 1.What is the name of the covered bridge in Andover? a. Pepperidge Bridge b. Baker Mill Bridge c. Littlefield Bridge d. Lovejoy Bridge 2.What is Andover’s Annual Festival Called? a. Andover Olde Home Days b. Pepperidge Festival c. Historical Andover Faire d. Andover Society Days 3.What past […]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – FairPoint officials say the University of Maine System is unfairly competing with the company for federal funds to improve broadband access in the state. FairPoint lobbyist Severin Beliveau says the playing field isn’t level because the private sector is in effect competing for stimulus money against a publicly subsidized entity. UMS […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – FairPoint Communications Inc. said Wednesday it posted a second-quarter loss as the provider of local and long-distance phone and Internet services recorded lower sales and hefty debt restructuring costs. For the quarter ended June 30, the Charlotte, N.C.-based company posted a loss of $17.8 million, or a loss of 20 cents […]

SOUTH PORTLAND (AP) – Starting in September, the Kennebec Journal and the Morning Sentinel will be printed in South Portland at the same facility that prints the Portland Press Herald. All three newspapers are owned by MaineToday Media Inc., which bought them from the Seattle Times Co. in June. Publisher Richard Connor says having all […]

DENVER (AP) – A Texas man who pleaded guilty to threatening President Barack Obama and the Mall of America in suburban Minneapolis was sentenced to four years of probation and home detention Friday. U.S. District CourtJudge Christine Arguello sentenced 21-year-old Timothy Ryan Gutierrez to serve the first 10 months of his probation under house arrest […]

BOSTON (AP) – A federal court has ruled that Massachusetts has the right to prevent incarcerated felons from voting. The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed after Massachusetts voters in 2000 approved a measure to disqualify currently jailed felons from voting in certain elections. Lawmakers later extended that to all elections. In 2001, several jailed […]