LIVERMORE — Following an executive session Monday, selectpersons voted to hire Randall Tirrell for the Highway Department. Tirrell worked for the town before leaving in 2015 to work for Regional School Unit 73 as a custodian/bus driver. His first day is March 27. His starting pay is $16 per hour. “Until Tirrell begins, the department […]
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RSU 9 students to have half-day Friday
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 students will have half a day of school Friday, March 17. It had been scheduled as a teacher workshop day. “Due to the fact that we need the workshop day on Friday for staff development and with the potential storm day on Wednesday, we are going with a half […]
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Wilton man pleads guilty of gross sexual assault
FARMINGTON — A Wilton man pleaded guilty Friday to sexually assaulting a girl under age 14 on April 22, 2016, according to a court document. Wilton police arrested Lance Woodbury, 40, on a Class A gross sexual assault charge May 25, 2016. Woodbury entered his guilty plea in Franklin County Superior Court. Sentencing is scheduled […]
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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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Proposed Jay budget
A story on Page B1 on Saturday should have reported that the proposed Jay municipal budget is $750,802 more than the current budget. After factoring in anticipated revenues, the net budget is $504,102 more than what taxpayers raised last year. It was a reporting error.
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Public hearing addresses Chesterville roads
CHESTERVILLE — Selectmen held a public hearing Thursday night on a proposal to formally reopen Adams and Gordon Hill roads for town maintenance. Voters will decide the issue at the annual town meeting March 27. The county stopped maintaining the roads in the 1930s, and the town voted to discontinue maintenance of Adams and Gordon […]
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Livermore Falls: Selectmen propose eliminating Police Department
LIVERMORE FALLS — At its meeting Tuesday, the Livermore Falls Board of Selectmen proposed eliminating the Police Department and contracting with the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office. “I don’t know where they’re coming from,” Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Friday. “I was totally blindsided by it.” Selectmen instructed Town Manager Kristal Flagg to contact Androscoggin County […]
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State dismisses sexual abuse charge against Jay man
FARMINGTON — The state has dismissed a sexual abuse case against a Jay man because of insufficient evidence, according to a court document. Jay police arrested Terry L. Greenleaf, 51, on Jan. 4, 2016, on a felony charge of unlawful sexual contact after conducting an investigation. He was indicted on the charge in October. Greenleaf […]