Joe Michaud, Steve Caron , Jim Rancourt and Dave Devoe march in the Sabattus Memorial Day parade on Monday, followed by Bill Derrick. Connie Begin, in red, sits with her grandsons, Reid and JP Kelly, and her daughter Heidi Kelly, standing, to watch the Memorial Day parade in Sabattus. Peyton Bramlett and Cayenne Rand place […]
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You can build what, where? Sabattus weighs zoning
SABATTUS — Right now in town when it comes to development, almost anything goes. Officials are going to spend the next year giving that more thought. Town Manager Tony Ward said selectmen and the Planning Board/Ordinance Review Committee will meet June 6 to outline what zoning options they’d like to research and consider with the […]
Cutting and clearing
Ryan Page, a licensed arborist from Bowdoin, removes a red maple tree for a customer on Lisbon Road in Sabattus on Wednesday morning. The tree was taken down to make room for a flower garden, Page said.
Staff raises? Demolition? Paving? Sabattus residents get to decide
SABATTUS — Residents will head to town meeting next week to weigh in on employee raises, whether to pave the transfer station and how much, if any, to set aside for a new fire truck. There’s a $68,000 difference between what selectmen and the Budget Committee recommend for the town. The good news might be […]
Marion W. Pinard
LEWISTON — Marion W. Pinard, 67, of 16 Bowdoinham Road, Sabattus, died Friday, May 5, at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston. Born in Lewiston on Oct. 5, 1949, she was the daughter of Irving and June Wagg Wheeler. Educated in Lisbon schools, she was a graduate of Lisbon High School, Class of ’67. […]
Sabattus reaches tentative deal for antenna space
SABATTUS — It’s not $1 a year, but it’s better than $21,600. Town Manager Tony Ward told selectmen Tuesday night that he has tentatively reached a new deal with American Tower Corp. for the right to use its tower for the town’s police and fire antennas. American Tower approached the town this winter to say […]
Voters support new Oak Hill school roof
WALES — Oak Hill High School will be getting a new roof. Residents in Litchfield, Sabattus and Wales voted 219-40 Tuesday to spend up to $1 million to replace the high school’s aging roof. About two-thirds of that amount will be paid for by the state. If the project costs the full $1 million, Regional School […]
Sabattus preps for road repair
SABATTUS — The town is gearing up for roadwork. Selectmen this week approved putting requests for proposals out to fix 3,170 feet of Jordan Bridge Road, 350 feet of King Road and 7,300 feet of Lisbon Road. Town Manager Tony Ward said the town has set aside $231,000 for work this year and will wait […]
New $1M roof? RSU 4 towns get to decide
WALES — Regional School Unit 4 residents will hear details next week of a proposed $1 million roof project at Oak High High School before voting later this month on whether to accept state funds for it. Superintendent Jim Hodgkin said in a news release that the Department of Education has selected the project for […]
People You Know: Matt Conde, filling up 'the good deed bank'
Firefighter Matt Conde is the Sabattus Volunteer Fire Department Fire Fighter of the Year and EMS Responder of the Year. SABATTUS — Matt Conde is a busy father of four who regularly rolls out of bed in the middle of the night to run toward a fire or a person having a heart attack. He’s […]