LIVERMORE — Administrative Assistant Amy Byron reminded selectpersons Tuesday night that applications for the Pollard Scholarship are available during business hours at the Town Office. Completed applications are due back by 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 8. A committee will review the applications, Byron said. The Pollard Scholarship was started in 1980 after it was learned […]
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Livermore nurse sends medical supplies, clothes to helps Ukraine soldiers
Cook, 60, a Ukrainian American, has family and friends in the country. Her parents came from Ukraine to Canada, then to the United States, where her father enlisted in the U.S. Army in World War II and saw combat in Germany. She is a first-generation Ukrainian American, born in California. She wears a paracord bracelet […]
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Livermore chooses paper over email
LIVERMORE — Town officials voted Tuesday night to continue using paper copies instead of setting up separate email accounts for each selectperson at the Town Office. Administrative Assistant Amy Byron said it had been suggested the town set up a free email account for each selectperson. Selectpersons expressed concerns about using personal cellphones or computers […]
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Difference of opinion
According to Kristal Flagg, town manager of Livermore Falls (Sun Journal, June 16), voters rejected certain warrant articles because they believed in “fictitious figures based on rumors, not facts.” I, for one, think it is rather distasteful that Flagg finds those who voted the articles down to be know-nothings, and it is a bit imperious […]
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Livermore dirt biker thrown through car window
JAY — A Livermore teenager was thrown through the rear window of a car legally parked beside East Dixfield Road on Monday when his off-road dirt bike struck it, police Sgt. Russell Adams said. Garrett Benedix, 16, received a broken arm and facial injuries and was transported by NorthStar EMS ambulance to Central Maine Medical […]
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Livermore Town Office closing early June 30
LIVERMORE — Selectpersons on Monday night approved closing the Town Office at noon Thursday, June 30, so staff can close books for this fiscal year. The request was made by Town Clerk Renda Guild. Treasurer and Administrative Assistant Amy Byron reported in May that over $50,500 was collected in excise taxes. So far in June, […]
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Jay-Livermore-Livermore Falls July 4th committee disbands, cancels parade
LIVERMORE FALLS — There will be no Fourth of July parade this year unless volunteers step forward to organize it. The Tri-Town July 4th Parade Committee, which holds the parade on July 3, voted Thursday night to disband, member Barbara Cook of Jay said Friday. Committee members Cook, Pat Knowlton of Livermore Falls and Lynn Dunton […]
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Livermore house fire of unknown origin, official says
LIVERMORE — The cause of a fire that destroyed a large, two-story home on South Road on Friday is undetermined, Fire Chief Donald Castonguay said Tuesday. The ruling was made by the Office of the State Fire Marshal, he said. “It was too far gone,” he said of the home owned by Dale Boothby, who lived […]
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Livermore home leveled by fire
LIVERMORE — A fast-moving fire Friday afternoon destroyed a large two-story home on South Road. Livermore Fire Chief Donald Castonguay said homeowner Dale Boothby and co-occupant Donnie Foster left the home to plant potatoes and looked up five to 10 minutes later, saw smoke and went running back. “By the time we got back, the […]
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Livermore road foreman pleads not guilty to drunken-driving
FARMINGTON — The Livermore road foreman pleaded not guilty to a drunken-driving charge via a letter from his attorney, Margot Joly, dated April 25. Gerald Whitney, 60, of Wilton was scheduled to be arraigned on the misdemeanor charge of operating under the influence on Tuesday at the Farmington District Court. His next court appearance is tentatively […]