LIVERMORE FALLS — Kenneth Healey, superintendent of Regional School Unit 73, has scheduled a workshop with the district’s attorney, board of directors and a subcommittee to discuss options on the local cost-sharing formula. The meeting is at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8, in the conference room at the Central Office, 9 Cedar St. in Livermore […]
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Livermore recycling up; foreclosure notices going out
LIVERMORE — Administrative Assistant Carrie Castonguay lauded Transfer Station employees at Monday night’s meeting of selectpersons. A total of 55.04 tons of waste was recycled in 2014 and 93.03 tons in 2015, she said. Tires, batteries, metal and other materials were not included in those numbers. Livermore changed to no-sort recycling in October 2014. Prior […]
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RSU 73 budget outlook shared with Livermore officials
LIVERMORE FALLS — Regional School Unit 73 Superintendent Kenneth Healey met with Livermore officials Tuesday night to discuss factors that may impact the 2016-17 school budget. Among them are the loss of 300 jobs at Verso Corp.’s Androscoggin Mill in Jay, the district’s sick leave buyback program, possibly reconfiguring the grades at two elementary schools […]
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Verso sells 4 hydropower facilities to N.J. company
JAY — Verso paper company announced Thursday that it has sold one of its subsidiaries, Verso Androscoggin Power, which has four hydroelectric generation facilities associated with its Androscoggin Mill, to a New Jersey company. Eagle Creek Renewable Energy bought the facilities on the Androscoggin River for $62 million, according to Verso’s news release. “The sale […]
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RSU 73 board gets budget overview
JAY — Regional School Unit 73 Superintendent Kenneth Healey said after Thursday night’s school board meeting that he hopes to present a smaller budget than last year. Last year, voters approved an $18.65 million spending plan for fiscal year 2015-16. Five retiring teachers were not replaced, while the number of students has remained about the […]
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Reliving history: Norlands museum’s Christmas celebration
LIVERMORE — Norlands Living History Museum hosted its annual Christmas celebration Saturday in hopes of helping their over 300 visitors experience an 1890 Christmas. Stepping outside on the property, it immediately feels like being transported to an older and simpler time. Even the trees felt Victorian. Norlands is the site of the Washburn Mansion, meeting […]
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Santa’s Workshop set for Saturday
LIVERMORE — Although the Spirit of the Season parade has been canceled, the Spirit of the Season Committee has scheduled Santa’s Workshop from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at Livermore Elementary School. “We decided to cancel the parade because of the lack of participation, the lack of interest and the lack of funding,” […]
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Livermore driver OK after SUV rolls over in Jay
JAY — A Livermore driver lost control of her SUV on a slippery section of Route 133 Monday and it rolled onto its roof, Cpl. Jeffrey Fournier said. Kellie Donahue, 38, was heading north about 6:47 a.m. when the vehicle skidded across the southbound lane, went onto the shoulder and rolled over, he said. Donahue […]
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Road crew appointments approved in Livermore
LIVERMORE — The Board of Selectpersons voted unanimously at its meeting Monday night to approve the hiring of Gerald Whitney of Wilton as road foreman and Benjamin Campbell as a highway worker for the town. The positions became vacant after Roger Ferland and Randy Tirrell resigned to accept positions elsewhere. In the initial search to replace Ferland, […]
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Livermore couple arrested after 3-year-old found alone
LIVERMORE (WGME) — The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department says the parents of a 3-year-old girl were arrested after the child was found wandering alone and unclothed in Livermore on Saturday morning. Deputies say they received several 911 calls around 10:30 a.m. saying a young child was wandering alone on Route 4. Deputies arrested 32-year-old Courtney […]