JAY — A local man is accused of having 67 pounds of marijuana, eight marijuana plants and concentrated doses of THC at his North Jay residence, Detective Michael Mejia said Monday. He arrested John Sullivan, 34, Friday on a warrant issued by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency charging felony aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs and […]
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Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn
Jeep hits parked truck in Jay hit-and-run
JAY — Police are looking for anyone with information about a hit-and-run crash in which a Jeep Wrangler hit a truck parked in a driveway and destroyed it on Main Street near the road construction on Route 4 early Thursday morning. Most of the black hard top of the Jeep broke off and was left […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston’s St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store reopens Oct. 5
LEWISTON — Bed bugs. Flooding. Fire. You can’t keep the St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store volunteers down — or their store closed — for long. After turning another adversity into another triumph, the thrift shop is reopening Monday, Oct. 5, in a new location, 276 Main St., two doors away from Sam’s Italian Foods. […]
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser
Livermore Falls police seek person who destroyed tree
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are trying to find out who snapped off a tree planted in the sidewalk on Main Street on Thursday night or early Friday morning. It was snapped off about a foot from the ground and found lying on the sidewalk in front of the Androscoggin Valley Medical Arts Center, officer Devon […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News
Presentation tackles Norway’s historic buildings
NORWAY — The preservation of Norway’s downtown historic buildings continues to be at the forefront of efforts to foster economic growth. State and local preservationists and officials will present “Norway’s Historic Buildings: Moving Forward,” on Monday, Aug. 10, at the Norway Universalist Church sanctuary at 479 Main St., beginning at 7 p.m. The meeting is being […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
’70s band reunites to raise money for Norway Opera House
NORWAY — There will be dancing in the street when the band Creation Completed re-creates itself in August. More than 45 years after six students from Oxford Hills High School created the rock band in the late 1960s, Alan Bean, Bill Holden, Rob Baker, Dave Ryerson, Karan Shaw and Annie Somers have reformed to raise […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Norway board to eliminate six parking spaces
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen on Thursday unanimously approved an amendment to the traffic /parking ordinance that will reduce the number of parking spaces on Main Street by about six. The board agreed to institute no parking from the corner of Pikes Hill Road and Main Street north 200 feet on the Advertiser-Democrat side […]
Posted inFranklin
Milford man injured in Strong crash
STRONG — A Milford man was injured Tuesday when the delivery van he was driving failed to yield the right of way and collided with a tractor-trailer truck at Route 4 and Main Street, police said. The unloaded tractor-trailer truck, driven by Edwin White, 61, of Phillips, was traveling north on Route 4 when a […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Norway presenting downtown parking changes
NORWAY — In July, there may be six fewer parking spaces on Main Street as town officials try to improve visibility for traffic entering Main Street from Pikes Hill. The plan, which is being proposed to accommodate the traffic from the new $8.2 million Western Maine Medical office building, includes making a right-turn-only lane from Pikes […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Roxbury board selling two tax-acquired camp lots
ROXBURY — Selectmen set minimum bids Tuesday night for two of three tax-acquired properties that are less than an acre each. Board of Selectmen Chairman John Sutton said the two camp lots are on Main Street just beyond the boat launch for Roxbury Pond. One is 0.14 of an acre; the other is 0.23 of […]