SABATTUS — The 21st Oak Hill CCLC After-School Program will host a Sweetheart Dance (formerly known as the Father/Daughter Dance) on Saturday, Feb. 18, as a fundraiser. The dance is open to all students, grade eight and under, and a special “sweetheart” in their life, be it a father, stepfather, grandfather, uncle or other. The […]
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Government at a glance: Sabattus
Board: Sabattus selectmen Met: Tuesday night Fish, park with care Issue: It’s derby time. Fish for a Cure needed a mass gathering permit for its planned Jan. 28 pike derby on Sabattus Lake. The third annual event raises money to fight breast cancer. The scoop: Selectmen held a short public hearing on the application and […]
Oxford casino manager named, more hires coming
OXFORD — The local casino announced Thursday the hiring of its vice president and general manager, Jack Sours. Sours, 45, has been working in casinos since 1999, when he was hired as a financial analyst for Isle of Capri Casino in Colorado, according to his online profile. By the end of 2005, he’d move up […]
Police log
Charges Lewiston * Luis Angel Ramirez, 30, of 244 park St., warrant, 6:51 p.m. Monday on Oxford Street. * Maria A. Bryce, 25, of 2 Fisher St., Portland, operating after license suspension, violating condition of release, and two counts of unlawful possession of scheduled drug, 4:40 p.m. Sunday on Randall Street. * Joab Michael Turgeon, […]
Local Legion to host mid-winter conference
AUBURN — The American Legion’s third district, covering Androscoggin County, will host this year’s Dept. of Maine’s Mid-Winter Conference on Jan 20, 21 and 22. The event will be held at the Fireside Inn and Suites, at exit 75 of the turnpike. On Friday, Jan. 20, Legion members from across Maine will begin to gather […]
Police log
Charges Lewiston * Doug Frederick Bixby, 20, listed as transient, violating bail conditions, 11:05 a.m. Thursday on Park Street. * Justin O’Neil Plourde, 20, of 107 Wood St., criminal threatening and violating bail, 9:56 p.m. Thursday on Lisbon Street. * Kyle Leon Levesque, 26, of 6 Shirley Ave., warrant charging failure to pay a fine […]
Firefighters adding EMT duty in Sabattus
SABATTUS — The man was in his 70s and had decided, for reasons unknown, to pull his truck from his garage with a rope. The maneuver went awry. He fell in his driveway. Fire Chief Don Therrien heard the call for United Ambulance from his radio at the fire station. He heard United report it […]
M.S. Gloria Fortin
AUBURN — M.S. Gloria Fortin (AKA Gloria S. Fortin) formerly of Katherine Street, Brunswick, and recently a resident of Sabattus, passed away on Jan. 7, at Hospice House. She was born in Brunswick, April 18, 1924, the daughter of Ludger and Laura Bard Fortin. She attended St. John’s School and Brunswick High School, graduating in […]
Sheila Trepanier White
POWAY, Calif. — Sheila Trepanier White, 68, formerly of Auburn, a graduate of Edward Little High School and resident of California for many years, passed away Dec. 31, at Villa Monte Vista Hospice. She was the daughter of the late Claude and Doris Trepanier. She is survived by her daughter, Dawn and granddaughter, Courtney Benedict; […]