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Legere — Haines

LIVERMORE — Announcement is made of the engagement of Heather Legere and Lee Haines of Raymond, N.H. The future bride is the daughter of Kevin and Norma (Wills) Jackman of Livermore and the late Randy and Lisa (Lane) Legere of Auburn. She attended Auburn and  Livermore Falls schools and is a veteran of the Maine […]

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Livermore company awarded contract for cemetery maintenance

LIVERMORE — Selectpersons have voted to award the contract for cemetery maintenance to T & T Lawn Care of Livermore for $15,989. The Monday night vote was contingent upon the Cemetery Committee agreeing that the bid proposal met its requirements, administrator assistant Kurt Schaub said Wednesday. The Cemetery Committee met Wednesday morning and agreed that […]

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Libraries offer more than just books

LIVERMORE FALLS — In honor of National Library Week, April 9-14, Treat Memorial Library is highlighting the fact that libraries are no longer just a collection of books. Based on staffing, physical space and budgeting, every effort is made to provide for the needs of patrons through every medium available. Services you may not have […]

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Diane C. Wiggins

FARMINGTON — Diane C. Wiggins, 70, a resident of Gibbs Mill Road, Livermore, died peacefully on Tuesday, April 10, at Franklin Memorial Hospital, surrounded by her loving family, following a lingering illness after suffering a stroke on Nov. 17, 2011. She was born Feb. 2, 1942, in Beverly, Mass., the daughter of Ronald and Doris […]

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Proposed RSU 73 budget up, staff cuts on table

LIVERMORE — Regional School Unit 73 directors had their first glimpse of a proposed $18.9 million budget for 2012-13 Tuesday night. The budget would amount to an increase of 2.78 percent, or $512,546.98 over the current $18.4 million budget, Superintendent Robert Wall said. “The purpose of the budget is to provide support for a system […]

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Kathryn Ventrella receives Good Citizen Award

LIVERMORE FALLS —  Kathryn M. Ventrella of Fayette, daughter of Michael and Janet Ventrella, was presented with the DAR Good Citizen Award certificate and pin for Spruce Mountain High School, South Campus at an assembly on March 9 by Deborah J. Judkins of Upton, chairwoman of the Good Citizen Committee of the Colonial Daughters Chapter. […]

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Jay-Livermore Falls Lions plan community fundraising

LIVERMORE FALLS — The Jay-Livermore Falls Lions Club is holding various community fundraising events to benefit the scholarship fund. On Friday, April 13, Lion Dr. Patrick Keiran of Keiran Chiropractic will donate services for the new Lions Club Scholarship Fund. The scholarship will assist a Spruce Mountain High School Student going onto college. Everyone, of […]

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Estate planning and property FARMINGTON — What will happen to your woodland/farmland when you are gone? The Upper Kennebec Valley Chapter of the Small Woodlands Owners Association of Maine and the Maine Forest Service will host a program on estate planning from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, at Farmington Town Office (back door). […]

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Wilton woman injured in Route 4 crash

LIVERMORE — A Wilton woman was injured Monday afternoon after her car went off Route 4, rolled over a couple of times and hit trees and rocks along the way, Maine State Police Trooper Tyler Stevenson said. According to witnesses, it appeared the 2000 Subaru Outback driven by Josline Dubois, 40, was speeding just north […]

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RSU 73 proposed budget to be unveiled

LIVERMORE — Regional School Unit 73 directors will get their first peek at a proposed budget for 2012-13 on Tuesday at the Livermore Elementary School gym on Gibbs Mill Road in Livermore at 6 p.m. on April 10. Superintendent Robert Wall said he will go over the conditions of the budget, the revenue picture and […]