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Turner selectmen vote to stop supplying sand
TURNER — Selectmen on Tuesday night decided to end the practice of making free sand available to residents. The decision came after hearing from three Transfer Station workers who said they have been verbally abused and threatened when trying to limit the amount of sand residents take. Selectmen were also told people were selling the […]
Mechanics Savings Bank offers $17,000 in scholarships
AUBURN — Mechanics Savings Bank is continuing its long-standing tradition of offering Banking on the Future scholarships. This year, $17,000 will be awarded to local high school graduates pursuing their higher education goals. Participating high schools include: Edward Little, Lewiston, Gray/New Gloucester, Poland Regional, Brunswick, Mt. Ararat, Saint Dominic Academy, Leavitt, Lisbon, Oak Hill and […]
Oxford Hills seniors Mikayla Morin, Davis Turner sign with University of Maine
PARIS — NCAA Division I athletes aren’t plentiful in Maine, and they are especially rare in the rural, less affluent regions of the state. Such signings certainly aren’t an annual event at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, so the odds of having two recruits within the same senior class are remote, indeed. You might say that […]
In all weather, Lewiston bike rider makes 30-mile commute
LEWISTON — If you think your morning commute has been tricky the past few days, put yourself in Rich Clark’s boots. Or on his pedals. Clark, of Lewiston, climbs on his motorized bike each workday, in all weather, and rides it some 30 miles round trip to work at Hannaford supermarket in Turner. He even […]
Maine Adult Education Association receives training grant
LEWISTON — Shirley Wright, executive director of the Maine Adult Education Association, has announced the association has received a $10,000 grant from the Commission on Adult Basic Education. The grant was written to support training needs of adult educators across the New England region. That training will be held on June 16, 17 and 18, […]
SAD 52 Adult Ed announces upcoming lineup
TURNER — SAD 52 Adult and Community Education’s Winter/Spring 2015 schedule of classes gets underway the week of Feb. 8. The lineup of classes beginning that week include: Introduction to Bookbinding: Learn how to make your own books. A variety of introductory bookbinding techniques will be covered. They are all fun, creative and useful. Students […]
Turner selectmen foreclose on eight properties, set town meeting date
TURNER — Selectmen set annual town meeting date along with a host of other decisions earlier this week. The meeting was scheduled for Saturday, April 11, at the Boofy Quimby Memorial Center on Route 219. Elections will be held Friday, April 10, at the Town Office. Terms are expiring for selectmen Richard Keene and Kurt […]
Military notes
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The following area residents graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class Ryan M. Blouin is the husband of Lynn Blouin. He is also the son of Annette Stralow of Pella, Iowa, and Paul Lauze Lauze of Auburn, Maine, stepson of Tara Lauze […]
Turner teen hurt in crash with two rigs
TURNER — Police said a local teen was injured Tuesday morning when his car struck the tires of a tractor-trailer, went airborne and bounced off the hood of another rig on Route 219. Lt. Glenn Holt of the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release that Derek Plourde, 18, was traveling west in […]