SABATTUS — The rabbit ears had to go. In place of the ears and an old clunky TV, there’s a 46-inch flat screen, high-definition cable, a front row seat on game day and, two words: Free buffet. It’s a new lure that leaders of American Legion Post 135 hope will draw in local veterans, then […]
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Sabattus fire leaves family homeless
SABATTUS — Communities on both sides of the Sabattus-Lewiston town line are pulling together to help a local family who lost everything but the clothes on their backs after fire ripped through their Sabattus mobile home on Saturday. Sabattus fire Chief Don Therrien said the blaze broke out at a mobile home on 32 Pleasant […]
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Football fans gather for family-friendly party at American Legion in Sabattus
SABATTUS — A couple dozen football-frenzied fans gathered for the first Super Bowl party held at American Legion Post 135 in Sabattus in more than five years. Of course, the free buffet spread underneath the new 42-inch flat-screen, high-definition television might have had something to do with the crowd. And then came Judy Cyr playfully […]
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J. Baril: Property tax won’t sustain cities
During the past few years, communities across Maine have been struggling to find money to fund their everyday operations. Cites and towns have been cutting and striving to keep the “broken tax” down. The “broken tax” — what I call the property tax — can no longer sustain the communities that charge it. Officials in […]
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Travers — Fournier
Kyle Fournier and Tanya Travers SABATTUS — Flint and Geraldine Travers of Litchfield are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Tanya Travers of Sabattus, to Kyle Fournier of Sabattus, son of Diane Fournier of Lewiston and the late Raymond Fournier. Miss Travers is a 2004 graduate of Oak Hill High School and a […]
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Leeds man charged with OUI after crash in Lisbon
LISBON – A 20-year-old Leeds man, Nicholas J. Parent, was listed in stable condition Friday after emergency surgery for injuries suffered in a head-on crash on Route 9 on Thursday afternoon. The driver of the second vehicle, Tracy A. Ames, 44, of Sabattus was transported to St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston by Durham […]
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R. Lacombe: Pro sports all about greed
The millions of dollars that professional athletes get paid makes me nauseous. The same goes for the team owners, raking in ticket sales, concessions and souvenirs. And let us not forget how well the agents representing the athletes get paid. All of them are addicted to greed. I wonder about the tax revenue from those […]
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Lance B. Dexler
LEWISTON — Lance B. Dexler, 67, of Sabattus, died Jan. 20, at Central Maine Medical Center. He was born in Hartford, Conn., Aug. 17, 1944, son of Abraham and Evelyn Dexler. He enjoyed watching New York Yankees baseball and was a retired self-employed salesman. Survivors are two brothers, Steven Dexler and wife, Hope, of South […]
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Got talent? LEWISTON — A brand new event sure to dazzle Maine while featuring some of the best talent the state has to offer is actively seeking performers now. The first annual “Maine’s Got Talent!,” an exciting new talent competition and fundraiser for Sandcastle Clinical & Educational Services in Lewiston, is accepting submissions from performance […]