[UPDATE: Andover man identified as victim in fatal crash] LIVERMORE — One person was killed Friday afternoon when a car and pickup truck collided on Route 4. The identity of the person killed was not immediately available. The vehicles collided shortly before 6 p.m. at Routes 4 and 108, police said. The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department […]
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Richard A. Strout
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — Richard Arthur Strout passed away peacefully Saturday, April 28, after a long battle with heart disease. He was born in Livermore on Jan. 5, 1934, to Basil Strout and Iris Lord Strout. He made his home in New Britain and Bristol, Conn. He worked as a truck driver and mechanic until his […]
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Staff's training saves student at Livermore school
LIVERMORE — There was no time to think Thursday. Quick actions and prior training kicked in when a kindergarten student choked during lunch at Spruce Mountain Primary School. Educational technicians Monique Cunningham and Diana Pomerleau, both of Jay, were on lunch duty. “Everyone had sat down,” Cunningham said. “A little boy came up to us […]
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Livermore board accepts truck bid, considers waste station work
LIVERMORE — Selectpersons on Monday accepted Robert Hastings’ high bid of $10,550.50 for the town truck damaged in a snowstorm March 8. Hastings is from Chesterville. The broken-down plow truck was being towed by Dutch Gap Auto to Murray’s Garage when it slid down a hill on River Road, causing both trucks to jackknife. The plow […]
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Shawn Douglas Castner
LIVERMORE — Shawn Douglas Castner, 49, of Norlands Road, Livermore, died unexpectedly of natural causes at his home, Wednesday morning, April 25. He was born in Lewiston, Aug. 22, 1968, a son of Janet Knowlton, and was a graduate of Leavitt High School. On July 14, 1990, he married Lynne Ouellette at the North Livermore Baptist […]
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Jolene Marie Kennison
LEWISTON — Jolene Marie Kennison, 69, of Livermore, went home to join her Heavenly Father on Friday, April 13, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, with her loving family at her side, following several years of failing health. She was born Aug. 9, 1948, in Jay, the daughter of Joel Bushie Sr. and Dorothy (Birney) […]
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Tina Meserve to leave RSU 16 to be new RSU 9 superintendent
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors voted unanimously Thursday to hire Tina Meserve of Livermore as the district’s new superintendent. She is scheduled to start July 1 at an annual salary of $125,000, plus benefits. Meserve is currently superintendent of RSU 16 in Poland, Mechanic Falls and Minot. She will replace RSU 9’s current […]
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Local GOP primary only legislative race to be impacted by ranked-choice voting
AUGUSTA — If ranked-choice voting is applied to Maine’s June 12 primary election, the system would come into play in only one legislative race – a House District 75 contest that features three Republicans. All three candidates for the seat representing Turner, Leeds and part of Livermore said Tuesday that they oppose ranked-choice voting on […]
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School board seats open in Livermore
LIVERMORE — Two Regional School Unit 73 board of directors positions will be filled during town voting Tuesday, June 12. Town Clerk Renda Guild told selectpersons Monday night that no one has taken papers out for the positions held by Shannon McDaniel and Holly Richards. Neither is seeking re-election to a three-year term. Nomination papers […]
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Spruce Mountain HS receives portable defibrillator
JAY — The Jake Lord Play It Safe Foundation has donated an automated external defibrillator to Spruce Mountain High School. The device will be made available at school athletic events. Automated external defibrillators are portable electronic devices that automatically diagnose life-threatening cardiac conditions and treat them through defibrillation — the application of electricity that stops irregular heart beats and […]