LEWISTON — The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce will hold a Power Trip to view Geiger’s new solar array from noon to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, at Geiger, 70 Mount Hope Ave. Business owners, homeowners, employees and community members are invited to join ReVision Energy and Geiger for the tour. The grid-tied ground-mount system produces […]
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Chamber's Power Lunch set for June 27
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce will host a Power Lunch Seminar on hiring a business consultant from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 27, at the chamber conference room, 415 Lisbon St. The title is Make Money, Save Money, Look Good: When to Call a Consultant by Bill Stone of Promising Futures. There will […]
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'From the Top' alumni at Mt. Vernon
MOUNT VERNON — Six alumni from National Public Radio’s show “From the Top” will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 1, the Mount Vernon Community Center on Minnehonk Lake. The concert will feature classical and popular music on violin, cello, piano and voice. Following the concert, there will be a fireworks display over Minnehonk Lake. […]
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Otisfield contradance June 24
OTISFIELD — An Otisfield Family Friendly Community Contradance will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, June 24, at the Otisfield Community Center, 292 Route 121. Music will be provided by Don Roy with the Arnotts. The caller is John McIntire. All skills levels are welcome as are singles, couples, groups and families. For […]
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Artist inspired by Maine quarries to speak at library
LEWISTON — Multimedia artist Kate Katomski will give a presentation at the Lewiston Public Library in conjunction with an exhibition at Kimball Street Studios. The free, public program will take place at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, in the library’s Jeanne Couture Conference Room. It will begin with a brief history of Katomski’s past work […]
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Dump truck snags utility wires, rolls over in Kingfield
KINGFIELD — A dump truck snagged utility wires and rolled over Monday near Tufts Pond Road and Route 27, according to Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. No one was injured, Nichols said. Gilbert Taylor, 69, of North New Portland was driving east on Tufts Pond Road, approaching the Route 27 intersection, when the raised dump body […]
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Wilton teenager rescued after fall from cliff in Industry
INDUSTRY — Dawson Tolman, 17, of Wilton is recovering “spectacularly” from a fall off a cliff on Little Pico Ridge last week, his mother Dawn Tolman said Tuesday. He had a broken foot and facial lacerations but just two days after the fall he was back to his old self, she said. “He fell about 30 […]
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John Williams pleads not guilty to murder of deputy
John Williams, the 29-year-old Madison man accused of killing a sheriff’s officer in Somerset County on April 25, pleaded not guilty to a murder charge Tuesday afternoon in a Portland courtroom. Williams, wearing a blazer, shirt and tie and dress pants, entered the plea in front of Superior Court Justice Robert Mullen. Tuesday’s hearing lasted only a […]
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Lewiston Middle School student, 13, drowns during Range Pond field trip
POLAND — What should have been a fun, end-of-school-year field trip to the beach turned tragic Tuesday when a Lewiston Middle School student drowned at Range Pond State Park. The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of the 13-year-old boy. The seventh-grader was missing underwater for at least half an hour, according to […]
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Casting ballots in Rumford
Dave Bellegarde of Rumford sorts through what remains of his 10 pages of ballots — school, state and town warrant — as he slides them into a voting machine Tuesday morning. He said he always votes and attended the town meeting to keep informed on the budget. (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times)