JAY — Veterans will lay one wreath in each of the towns of Fayette, Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls to remember and honor all veterans on Veterans Day. In addition, a wreath will be dropped from the Memorial Bridge between Livermore and Livermore Falls into the Androscoggin River in honor and memory of those who […]
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Heating assistance committee to bake pies for donations for fuel
JAY — Members of a local heating assistance committee will bake and sell pies during the holidays to raise money for residents of three towns to heat their homes this year. Apple, pumpkin and blueberry pies will be sold for $12 each. With the high cost of heating oil, and federal and state low-income heating […]
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Livermore ATV trails close for season
LIVERMORE — Rene Grondin, president of the Brettuns Wheelers ATV Club, announced Tuesday that local ATV trails are closed to through traffic due to continued high-water levels on several portions of the trails. The trail from Crash Road to Meadowview in Canton is being inundated by beaver dams. The trail from the Crash Road back […]
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Former POW from Jay held in the Vietnam jungle gives rare interview
LIVERMORE — “They stripped me of everything I had.” So began Charlie Crafts’ 26-month odyssey as a prisoner of war in the jungles of Vietnam. Crafts, who now lives in Livermore, consented to a rare interview on his experience as Maine’s first Vietnam POW, and the only one to be imprisoned in the jungle. […]
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RSU 73 faces ‘tough decisions’
LIVERMORE FALLS — There are “tough decisions ahead,” RSU 73 Superintendent Bob Wall told members of the school board’s facilities committee Wednesday. The committee is exploring options for high school students and buildings. One of those options is keeping both campuses of Spruce Mountain High School in Jay and Livermore Falls open for another school […]
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Livermore woman hired for county position
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Wednesday to hire a Livermore woman as the new deputy clerk/deputy treasurer. Michelle Berry will start Monday, Nov. 14, at a wage of $14.60 an hour. A county committee interviewed six of the 28 applicants, county Clerk Julie Magoon said. The panel recommended Berry, she said. Berry has experience […]
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Facilities committee to get review of high school study
LIVERMORE FALLS – RSU 73’s facilities committee will meet Wednesday to discuss Bunker & Savage Architects analysis and feasibility study on Jay and Livermore Falls high schools. The meeting will be held at 5:15 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Cedar Street Board Room in Livermore Falls. The Augusta firm’s study is expected to include building […]
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Downed power line causes outage, grass fire
LIVERMORE FALLS – Electrical service was restored at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to customers in Jay, Livermore, Livermore Falls, Leeds and Wayne after a power line came down on Depot Street in Livermore Falls, a CMP spokesperson said. Livermore Falls firefighters responded to a report of a downed power line that started a small grass […]
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Millie A. Hamblin
LEWISTON — Millie A. Hamblin, 93, former resident of Livermore and the Chapman House located in Auburn, passed away at CMMC in Lewiston, Oct. 30, following a short illness. She was born July 25, 1918, in South Livermore, the daughter of Asa C. and Lottie (Ranger) Hiscock. She attended school in South Livermore and graduated […]
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Concept approval granted for student trips to New York, Europe
LIVERMORE FALLS — RSU 73 directors voted 10-1 Thursday to give concept approval for Livermore Falls high school juniors and seniors to attend “The Lion King” in New York City next spring. They also gave unanimous concept approval for a trip to Europe in April 2013 for all juniors and seniors in the district. The […]