JAY — Emily Keene scattered just two hits and Spruce Mountain played solid defense as the Pheonix defeated Lisbon 7-3 in MVC softball action Friday afternoon. Hayley Doyen led off the bottom of the third for the Pheonix (3-1) with a single. Following a walk and an infield hit, Kailee Newcomb knocked in a pair […]
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Oxford adds $1,000 to reward for information about hit-and-run that killed Turner teen
OXFORD — A Portland-based engineering company has donated $1,000 to the cash reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible the March hit-and-run in Paris that killed a Turner teen. Xavier Fuentes, 16, was found by a passing motorist on an unlit stretch of Route 117 sometime before 8:30 p.m. March 15. […]
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Military notes
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The following local residents recently graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Dustin R. Beard is the son of Kera Gauthier of Sabattus. He is a 2013 graduate of Oak Hill High School in Wales. Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class Patrick […]
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Eight more dollar stores on the way to Lewiston-Auburn area
LEWISTON — More dollar stores are coming. Eight new stores — four Family Dollars and four Dollar Generals — are being planned for locations in Lewiston, Auburn, Turner, Sabattus and Greene. “There is a market for these types of stores in Maine,” said David Hediger, deputy director of Lewiston’s Planning and Code Enforcement Department. “And […]
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Fish Street repair gets Turner officials’ attention
TURNER — Selectmen this week considered options, including rerouting, for repairing Fish Street with federal grant money. The street is in jeopardy of washing into the Androscoggin River and is barely passable. A total of $115,000, much of it from a federal grant, has been approved for the project, but officials expressed concern that more […]
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Military notes
GREAT LAKES, Ill. — Navy Seaman Apprentice Scott C. Pierce, son of Sheldon D. Stanley of Auburn and Vanessa J. Pierce of Turner, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command. During the eight-week program, Pierce completed a variety of training which included classroom study and practical instruction on naval customs, first aid, […]
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Donations for the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society
LEWISTON — Local groups and youngsters made the following donations in November and December to the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society to help with the care of the thousands of unwanted animals the Humane Society helps each year. GAHS provides a safe haven for more than 4,200 sick, homeless and abused animals in the greater Androscoggin […]
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Leavitt Area High School honor roll
TURNER — Leavitt Area High School has announced the third-quarter honor roll. High honors Grade 12: Griffin Bourassa, Casey Brochu, Brandilynn Bubar, Annie Castonguay, Lucia Chiodino, Brianna Degone, Bailey Dow, Kendra Gilbert, Zachary Goulette, Rylee Knox, Jessica Koscinski, Giovanna Lisboa Peixoto Dias, Eliza Mae Miele, Dana Monbleau, Levi Morin, Taylor Ouellette, Matthew Powell, Ashley Richardson, […]
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Annual Gardening Seminar is April 26 in Turner
TURNER — The Turner Public Library is holding its third annual Gardening Seminar on from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 26, in the Community Room. Presenters are Bonnie Brown of Shaker Barn Farms in Livermore, who will discuss cultivating cut flower gardens, and architect John Zocchi of North Turner, who will present growing […]