Friday, May 25, Bald Hill will perform at Guthries, 115 Middle St., Lewiston. The show begins at 8 p.m. and there is no cover. The band members all hail from New Gloucester. Their repertoire and inspiration may lead them to pull out a Jimi Hendricks or Led Zeppelin tune on occasion in addition to their first love, […]
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Round Pond portable toilet removed due to vandalism
LIVERMORE — A portable toilet that was vandalized three weeks in a row has been removed from the Round Pond boat launch off Route 4, Administrative Assistant Amy Byron said Tuesday. It will not be replaced for Memorial Day. Obscenities were spray-painted on the structure and there was trash filling the toilet and around the […]
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Oak Hill reopens today after threat
WALES — Oak Hill High School will reopen Friday after Maine State Police and K-9 units searched the building Thursday morning because of a threat scrawled on a bathroom wall Wednesday. Regional School Unit 4 Superintendent Andrew Carlton sent out a note Thursday to parents saying the school would reopen Friday, but that all Thursday […]
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State failed to follow procedures and share information in deaths of 2 girls
State child protective workers failed to follow policies and procedures in assessing the placement of a young girl who died as a result of abuse last winter, the Legislature’s watchdog agency concluded in a review released Thursday. In the case of a second girl’s death, there were widely scattered reports of potential abuse or neglect, but […]
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LePage eyes bringing more Chinese students, trade to Maine
Touting the safety and natural bounty of Maine, Gov. Paul LePage is pushing for Chinese students and companies to come to the Pine Tree State. LePage recently told China Daily, an English-language newspaper published in the People’s Republic of China, that attracting more Chinese students could be one solution to Maine’s aging population. “If we can get […]
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Dem, GOP leaders to get classified briefing on Russia probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate lawmakers from both parties are set to meet with top intelligence officials Thursday as President Donald Trump raises new suspicions about the federal investigation into his 2016 campaign. Trump is calling his newest attempt at discrediting special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation “spygate.” In recent days, he has been […]
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Woman charged with murdering her daughter gives birth to a boy
The 33-year-old woman charged this year in the murder of her child gave birth Wednesday to a boy, her father said. Joseph Kennedy said he received a call notifying him that Sharon Carrillo gave birth to a healthy boy weighing 7 pounds. Sharon and her husband, Julio Carrillo Jr., 51, are charged with the depraved […]
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Jay man killed in Route 4 crash Thursday morning
TURNER — A Jay man was killed in an early-morning crash Thursday. William Rodgers, 54, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Rodgers was driving south on Route 4 just after 1 a.m. when his 2014 Dodge Caravan collided with a 2011 Jeep Liberty driven by Christian J. Parlin, 23, of Livermore, Androscoggin County […]
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Vaccination opt-out rate rising among Maine kindergartners
Maine’s vaccination coverage for students entering kindergarten worsened in 2017-18, making outbreaks of preventable diseases such as measles, chicken pox and pertussis more likely. Five percent of kindergartners – about 600 students of the 12,500 in that grade – attended school this year without getting required vaccines because their parents opted out on philosophic or […]
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Thrift Shop, Bee Gees
DEAR SUN SPOTS: When will Bartlett Memorial Parish Thrift Shop be open? No name, no town ANSWER: According to Pastor Doris Morgan, the thrift shop in North Jay will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 26, and be open every Saturday until the Sept. 8. The shop has clothes, craft supplies […]