TURNER — Selectmen on Monday night authorized an election for one selectman to serve until April 2016. This position is to replace Chairman Angelo Terreri, who resigned on March 3. After Terreri resigned, the board appointed Selectman Kurt Youland as chairman, and he conducted business Monday night. Dennis Richardson was appointed vice chairman. Nomination papers […]
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Leavitt Project Grad auction approaching
TURNER — The annual Leavitt Project Grad Auction will be held on Saturday, March 29, in the high school cafeteria. Preview begins at 9 a.m. with the opening call at 10 and the closing sometime around 1 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the Class of 2014 in their post-graduation event which will be held at the […]
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SAD 52 releases adult ed schedule
TURNER — MSAD 52 Adult & Community Education’s winter/spring schedule offers a wide variety of classes. Some of them coming up from March 25 to April 2 include: Telepathy: This is a two-night class on March 25 and 27 that lets participants explore different ways to strengthen telepathic abilities. Solar Energy for the Homeowner: This […]
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Police urge driver in fatal hit-and-run to come forward
UPDATED 9:05 a.m. PARIS — Police on Monday urged the driver of a vehicle that killed 16-year-old Xavier Fuentes on a remote stretch of Route 117 Saturday night to come forward. “We’re just pleading with the individual to come forward,” Paris police Sgt. Jeffery Lange said. “Accidents happen, we just need to find out what […]
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Leavitt student killed in hit and run
PARIS — A Leavitt Area High School student died Saturday night after the vehicle that struck him fled the scene. In a Paris Police Department release posted Sunday by the Bangor Daily News, Xavier Fuentes of Turner was walking on the Buckfield Road in South Paris around 8:30 p.m. when he was struck by a […]
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No health insurance? You have 15 days and counting
LEWISTON — Nearly every day, Cheri-Ann Parris — an enthusiastic 23-year-old Bates College grad with a warm Barbados accent — approaches perfect strangers and talks up the Affordable Care Act. It’s the law. There’s a deadline. And, she likes to add, isn’t health insurance a good thing to have? “‘You need to take care of […]
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Well done – Students honored for achievements
BALTIMORE, Md. — Emily M. Pakulski, formerly of Mechanic Falls, has received her Bachelor of Arts from Goucher College in May of 2013 majoring in communications with a concentration in studio art, with a final GPA of 3.45. Emily is a 2009 graduate of Poland Regional High School, and has recently moved to New York […]
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Turner man will rebuild barn destroyed in fire
TURNER — A fire Monday at Varney’s Labs started somewhere in the back of a garage at about 10 p.m., and Brad Varney’s grandchildren came running across the street. “They came running in, saying, ‘What do we do? What do we do?’ ” Varney said Thursday. “I said, ‘Save the dogs!”” The family has been […]
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Lisbon Historical postpones meeting LISBON FALLS — Because of the weather outlook, the Lisbon Historical Society is postponing their meeting and program scheduled for this week. The March meeting and program will now be held on Wednesday, March 19, beginning at 7 p.m. at the MTM Center. Parking and entrance are at the rear of […]