INDUSTRY — A retiree with Parkinson’s disease rescued three canoeists from the cold water of Clearwater Pond on Sunday morning, even after his personal watercraft overturned. James Grant pulled two women and one man from the water, which had been whipped into large whitecaps by high winds. “It was the way I was taught” as […]
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Jay gets grant to enforce seat belt, child safety laws
JAY — The Police Department has been awarded a $3,000 grant to crack down on seat belt and child safety seat enforcement. Sgt. Troy Young Sr. wrote the application for the grant, which will allow the department to assign extra patrols in areas that have a higher number of crash-related injuries. The grant, funded by […]
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Bethel, Fryeburg, Auburn airports receive federal grants
BETHEL — The Bethel Regional Airport was one of several in Maine to receive a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration for local airport improvements, U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King announced in a press release Friday afternoon. Collins and King said that the FAA awarded $2,182,579 in competitive grant […]
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Maine’s Libra Foundation: Millions in the balance
Many successes and some admitted failures mark the 25-year legacy of Elizabeth Noyce’s giving. The pleas arrive seemingly nonstop, hundreds each year seeking money to build, teach, explore, invest, recreate and renovate. And here, in an office overlooking Portland’s waterfront, a group of four people will weigh each one. Their job: giving away the income […]
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Maine’s education boss sees Lewiston’s Montello school’s new plans
LEWISTON — At Montello Elementary School on Thursday morning, the lesson was multiplication in Jessie Hartford’s fifth-grade class. Some students worked in teams. Others, including Paige Gagnon and Julia Svor, played card games or “multiplication war,” which reinforced the multiplication table. Maisie Whelchel challenged Maine Department of Education Acting Commissioner Jim Rier to a game […]
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Sex assault, illegal tattooing of teens lands former Carmel man back in prison
SCARBOROUGH — A 36-year-old man is going back to prison for three years after being convicted Friday of a variety of offenses related to a pair of young girls who came to his hotel room to get a tattoo. Joshua Grant pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact, two counts of placing a tattoo on people […]
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Jay police get grant to add extra patrols
JAY — The Jay Police Department has been awarded a $5,000 grant to conduct extra patrols in December and again in August 2014 to concentrate on traffic violations and enforce Maine’s tough impaired driving laws, Sgt. Troy Young Sr. said Thursday. The money will be used to assign an extra 128 patrol hours to saturate […]
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Train, rec trail grant on agenda for Bethel selectmen
BETHEL — A recreational trail grant and a letter of support for a passenger rail between Montreal and Boston are among the items to be discussed during Monday’s selectmen meeting. It is scheduled for 7 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Town Office. The board will vote on whether to sign a letter of support for […]
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Mexico Police Department receives $750 wellness grant
MEXICO — The Mexico Police Department received a grant through the Mexico Walmart’s Local Giving Program, interim police Chief Roy Hodsdon said Friday. Hodsdon said that the $750 wellness grant, which is awarded to groups within the community to promote health and wellness, will go towards purchasing new fitness equipment for officers to use during […]
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Dream Factory grants Newport girl’s wish to become a princess, visit Disney World
NEWPORT — Like many girls her age, Haley Grant loves dressing up as a princess. The 4-year-old has slippers, gowns and crowns she regularly dons when she pretends to be Ariel, Belle, Cinderella or other characters made famous by Walt Disney Studios. Haley, however, has something other girls who dream of becoming princesses don’t — […]