AUGUSTA — Provost Joseph Szakas has announced the University of Maine at Augusta’s 2014 fall semester dean’s list. Dean’s list students must earn a 3.25 grade point average and must be enrolled full-time. Androscoggin Brian Boggs, Auburn; Angelica Bulgin, Lisbon; Paul Cote, Auburn; Devin Deschenes, Lewiston; Michael Freeman, Lisbon; Nichole Gardner, Livermore Falls; Subhecchya Ghimire, […]
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Correction: Maine Maple Sunday details updated
WILTON — A roundup of Wilton-area sugarhouses participating in Maine Maple Sunday which ran on Page A9 in Wednesday’s Region edition should have stated Sunrise Maple Farm will offer an indoor pancake breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. and a lunch of beans, hot dogs and more will be served from 11 a.m. to 3 […]
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Joseph Cadrin is new Wilton police officer
WILTON — Selectmen this week approved hiring Joseph Cadrin as a patrol officer. “He has more than 20 years experience, brings tons of training and is good with kids,” police Chief Heidi Wilcox told the board. Cadrin will replace Andrew Hardy, who left the department in December and joined the Maine State Police. Cadrin relocated […]
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Eugene E. Toothaker
1935 – 2015 ELLSWORTH — Dr. Eugene “Gene” E. Toothaker, 79, died peacefully in his sleep Tuesday, March 10, after a short illness. Gene was born June 26, 1935, in Strong, the son of Abner A. and Geneva R. Toothaker. He grew up on a farm in the town of Jay. Gene graduated from Wilton […]
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Wilton selectmen OK grant application
WILTON — Selectmen voted Tuesday evening to submit an application for a $400,000 Community Development Block Grant to clean up downtown street crossings, fix sidewalks, replace lights and improve gateway areas. One quarter of the money would be for demolishing Forster Mill on Depot Street. If approved, the grant will be used for construction this […]
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Well done – Students honored at colleges
ORONO — Kelsey Renee Wilson of Peru has accepted membership in The National Society of Collegiate Scholars. NSCS is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is the nation’s only interdisciplinary honors organization for first-year and second-year college students. Kelsey is the daughter of Bryan and Tracy Wilson of Peru. Wilson attends […]
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Wilton Group to host events for Maine Maple Sunday
WILTON — As part of its Think Local First Campaign, the Wilton Group will support the five sugar houses in Wilton that are participating in Maine Maple Sunday on Sunday, March 22. The sugar houses will be open, regardless of the weather, for tours and will have delicious treats for visitors to sample and purchase. […]
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Event at Tumbledown Brewing to benefit Wilton’s Play Museum
FARMINGTON — Tumbledown Brewing will hold a “Farewell to Winter” celebration and a Western Maine Play Museum fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 28. Fifteen percent of all growler fills will be donated to the museum. There will also be a raffle that day for a Growler Club membership good through July […]
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Contractor owes $271K for safety violations at Wilton demolition
PORTLAND — Federal workplace safety officials have sued Scarborough-based Downeast Construction Corp., seeking to collect fines for a series of safety violations during a demolition and asbestos removal operation at the embattled Forster Mill complex in Wilton. U.S. Attorney Thomas Delahanty on Sunday filed into the court’s electronic record system the lawsuit, seeking to enforce […]
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Western Maine Play Museum grateful for uptick in donations
WILTON — The Western Maine Play Museum recently received several large gifts, including a matching donation from the Berry family’s Sandy River Charitable Foundation for $150,000 and another $25,000 from the Bass Family for naming rights for the museum kitchen. In the last three weeks, the museum also has received more than $11,000, mostly in […]