Charges Androscoggin County * Eric Hunt, 36, of 141 Sedgley Road, Leeds, domestic violence assault, 12:45 a.m. Tuesday at same address by Maine State Police. Accidents Lewiston * Vehicles driven by Anthony Moore, 41, of 287 Allen Pond Road, Greene and James Forrest, 55, of 1560 Lisbon St., Lewiston, collided 7:02 p.m. Thursday on Canal […]
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Colby-Sawyer College dean’s list
NEW LONDON, N.H. — The following local Colby-Sawyer College have been recognized for outstanding academic achievement during the 2013 fall semester. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must achieve a grade-point average of 3.50 or higher on a 4.0 scale while carrying a minimum of 12 credit hours in graded courses. Kolby Arnold of […]
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Poland bus driver taking back seat after 40 years
POLAND — RSU 16 bus driver Danielle Girardin is thinking about all of the miles she’s traveled and the children she’s known and loved over her career that began more than 40 years ago. “I began driving back in 1973, right here in Poland,” she said. “I’ve driven three generations of some families.” Friday will […]
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Four departments help Leeds firefighters put out storage building fire
Someone who spotted smoke from the top of Quaker Ridge called in the fire at about 11 a.m., fire Chief Glenn Holt said. Nobody was at the nearby home at the time. Firefighters battled the blaze but were hampered by freezing temperatures and no available water source. They pumped water from a portable pool set […]
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Androscoggin County teachers receive classroom grants
LEWISTON – More than 20 teachers in Androscoggin County received grants from U.S. Cellular for classroom projects funded through the company’s Calling All Teachers campaign. The wireless carrier worked with philanthropic website DonorsChoose.org to fund $500,000 in creative and impactful classroom projects submitted by public school teachers. The local donation of $11,749 benefitted teachers at: […]
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Leavitt Area High School honor roll
TURNER — Leavitt Area High School has announced the first-quarter honor roll. High Honors Grade 12: Reilly Burgess, Annie Castonguay, Tasha Cloutier, Nathan Coombs, Joshua Daigle, Brianna Degone, Bailey Dow, Zachary Goulette, Rylee Knox, Giovanna Lisboa Peixoto Dias, Kelsea Marschall, Dana Monbleau, Levi Morin, Mackenzie Ouellette, Taylor Ouellette, Emily Perkins, Melissa Richardson, Clay Rowland, Sierra […]
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Off-duty deputy pulls man from partially submerged truck in Turner
AUBURN — An off-duty deputy pulled to safety the driver of a pickup truck that was partially submerged in the Androscoggin River on Saturday. Detective Kevin Nichols said he was driving with his family on Saturday shortly before 10:30 p.m. when his wife spotted what looked like tail lights in the river as they were […]
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Monmouth girl donates to CMMC
When 11-year-old Grace Vierling of Monmouth, center, was asked about any preferences for her birthday celebration, she said she wanted to help young patients at Central Maine Medical Center. The 11 guests at her birthday were asked to bring gifts, not for Grace, but for pediatric patients at the Lewiston hospital. The guests enthusiastically complied […]
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Well done: Students honored for achievements
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Kristen Lavallee of Lisbon has enrolled in Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the nation’s first and largest technological college for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. She is a graduate of Model Secondary School for the Deaf in Washington, D.C., and the daughter of Nancy and Jim Lavallee of […]