TURNER — The annual Leavitt Area High School Father’s Day 5k will take place on Sunday, June 15, Father’s Day, and it includes a free Kids’ Fun Run at 8:15 a.m. It will start on the fields between the football field and track at Leavitt, 21 Matthews Way. No advance registration is needed for the […]
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Panel discusses new collaboration in cancer research
PORTLAND — The Maine Center for Creativity (MCC) hosted representatives of the recently announced Maine Creative Industries Award recipients Monday to discuss the importance of creativity and its role in Maine’s economy. Edison T. Liu, MD, president and CEO of the Jackson Laboratory, and Wendy Tardif, executive director of the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer […]
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DeCoster to pay $6.8M fine in plea deal for salmonella outbreak
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa company has agreed to pay $6.8 million in fines for selling old eggs with false labels for years as well as the tainted products that caused a nationwide salmonella outbreak in 2010, according to a plea agreement released Monday. Quality Egg LLC, once one of the nation’s largest […]
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Flies, flies and more flies at Turner meeting
TURNER — Residents told selectmen Monday night that flies have taken over their lives. It was the first meeting for newly elected Angelo Terreri. Laura Balhelder, who lives on Betty Road about a half mile from the Moark Egg Farm, said she has lived in Turner for 15 years but now can’t enjoy her home, her […]
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DAR group honors area students
AUBURN — The Mary Dillingham Chapter of the Lewiston/Auburn Daughters of the American Revolution honored outstanding area high school seniors April 9 at the Auburn Methodist Church. The students are winners of the annual DAR Good Citizenship Medal Award. They were chosen by their respective schools for outstanding citizenship, honesty, courage, service, leadership and patriotism. […]
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Shrinking demand for treating farm animals puts pressure on veterinarians
When that didn’t work, she climbed onto the horizontal bars of an attached metal gate and sidled around the side of the cow’s rump. She stood on the wall and leaned against the pregnant animal as she kept her balance. With a gentle but strong push from Flanagan, the cow stepped to the side, giving […]
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Well done – Students honored for achievements
BRUNSWICK — Viola Rothschild, daughter of Norman Harry and Cheng Mei Rothschild and granddaughter of Catharine and Michael Rothschild of Phillips, has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study in China for 2014-15. She also received the Government and Legal Studies Department Prize for Excellence in Comparative Politics at Bowdoin College and attained highest honors […]
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Paris veterans reflect on service, comrades, family
PARIS — It’s impossible to miss Gil Turner’s house. That’s not because of its unusual light-green color or because it has a pool in its fenced-in backyard. Rather, it’s distinguished by a tall pole on which an American flag snaps in the wind. It’s fitting that Turner should have that flag flying high. The Buckfield […]