LEEDS (AP) — Law enforcement authorities in Maine are looking for an inmate who escaped from a work release site in Leeds. The state prisons department says 35-year-old Justin Ross was reported missing at about 6 p.m. on Monday. He was living at the Central Maine Pre-Release Center in In Hallowell. Authorities described Ross as […]
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Thieves deprive church of silver tea set
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Someone broke into our church and stole two of our silver tea sets. We used the tea sets for outreach receptions and special occasions. If there is anyone out there who may have a silver-plated tea service that they would like to sell for a reasonable price, please call me. — Evelyn, […]
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Leeds Dems to hold meet, greet
LEEDS — The Leeds Democratic Committee will hold a candidate meet and greet event from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, at the home of former state Sen. John Nutting and Sandy Nutting, 79 Campbell Road. Colleen Quint, D-Minot, seeking the Senate District 17 seat, and Maurice Castonguay, D-Livermore, seeking the House District 81 […]
Posted inConnections, The Franklin Journal
Turner Legion presents scholarships, honors vets
Turner American Legion Post 111 honored scholarship winners Aimee Giffune of Turner and Jesse Juntura of Greene before a gathering of family and friends. Aimee will attend Clarkson University; Jesse will attend Colby College. Mark Hite of Leeds was also honored as the community’s representative to Dirigo Boys State. Top photo, from left, are Hite, […]
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Well done – Area students attain dean’s lists
BALTIMORE, Md. — Joshua Charest has made the dean’s list at Johns Hopkins University. Charest is going to be a junior in the engineering program and has been on the dean’s list since his freshmen year. He’s currently doing a summer engineering internship with Proctor & Gamble. He is the son of John and Louise […]
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Leeds firm participated in Trek Across Maine
Occupational Medical Consulting, headquartered in Leeds, joined thousands of other cyclists in support of the American Lung Association. Raising funds for healthy air and healthy communities, several OMC employees and their children volunteered and cycled in the 2012 Trek Across Maine. From left are OMC employees Ellen Randall, Chani Mitchneck, Gabrielle Mitchneck, Tricia Hanley-Goodwin and […]
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Phyllis E. Buzzell
LEEDS — Phyllis E. Buzzell, 86, a resident of Plains Road, Leeds, died early Thursday, Aug. 16, at her home. She was born in Leeds, April 17, 1926, the daughter of Merton H. and Claribel Curtis Thurlow Burnham. Phyllis attended Leeds and Monmouth schools, receiving her GED from Leavitt High school in 1986; Phyllis and […]
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Leavitt student earns Roux Scholarship
LEWISTON — Kendra Elie of Leeds has been awarded the 2012 Dominic J. Roux Scholarship from Central Maine Credit Union. A 2012 graduate of Leavitt High School, Kendra will be entering Colby College in Waterville. Central Maine Credit Union values its members and encourages the pursuit of higher education. Every year, the credit union presents […]
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Leavitt grad headed to Notre Dame
AUBURN — Thomas Hite of Leeds has enrolled in the Class of 2016 at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., one of 3,850 admitted freshmen from a pool of 16,952 applicants. Hite finished 11th in his Leavitt class of 145 graduates, with a weighted GPA of 99.338. He plans to pursue a […]