NORWAY — A decision by selectmen is expected Thursday on whether to remove the two-hour parking ban on Main Street from the parking ordinance. The board will hold a public hearing during the selectmen’s meeting Jan. 15 beginning at 7 p.m. in the Town Office on Danforth Street. The hearing follows another one in December, […]
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More money sought for winter roads in Strong
STRONG — Selectmen have scheduled a special town meeting this month to ask for $25,000 more for winter road maintenance. At its Tuesday night meeting, the board voted to have a 6 p.m. meeting Monday, Dec. 29, to approve funds to pay for unexpected costs related to bad weather, including overtime for employees. The early […]
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Fate of historic L.F. Pike & Son building still undetermined
NORWAY — The owner of the L.F. Pike & Son store on Main Street has decided not to accept the town’s offer to immediately tear down the historic building because of safety concerns. “We’ve decided to say ‘no thank you’ to the town,” owner Lesley Gouin Dean said in an email to the Sun Journal on […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Jay to have Route 133 property assessed
JAY — Selectpersons are having assessing agent Paul Binette assess the town’s property at the corner of Route 133 and Hyde Road to come up with a value. The intent is to sell about 2.05 acres and a large barn. The town bought a house, a barn and about 2.5 acres in April 2013 at […]
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Robbed Maine man gets back wallet, life savings
AUGUSTA — A Waterville man who was robbed while his wallet contained his life savings in February has recovered his money. Edward Cook told police he had been robbed in his North Street home and hit on the head by someone who took his wallet, which contained $3,050. Police found the wallet and the money […]
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Rumford-area woman accused of lying to police goes to trial
PARIS — The trial of a Rumford-area woman accused of making a false statement to police when she filed a formal complaint against a Dixfield police officer is expected to get underway on Tuesday morning. Nikki Libby, 35, faces one count of unsworn falsification, a Class D offense, in connection with the case. If found […]
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Lewiston students take first round of robotics competition
BRUNSWICK — Robots descended upon Southern Maine Community College’s Brunswick campus on Tuesday morning, sending young people there into a near-frenzy. But it was a learning experience, not an invasion. About 50 teens from Portland, Lewiston and Kennebunk high schools gathered at the campus on the former Navy base to pit their robots against each […]
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Board approves modified sewer bill
JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to approve a modified sewer bill for the owner of a 13-unit apartment building, as allowed under the town’s sewer ordinance. If the board had not agreed to follow a provision under the ordinance, the bill would have been $11,118 for the year, instead of the modified amount of $6,503. […]
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If you can’t take the heat, imagine what it’s like in the kitchen
SOUTH PORTLAND — They call it the Bermuda Triangle of heat. In the corner of Scratch Baking Co. stands a 550-degree oven, a stove with pots of boiling water and a warm pastry oven. On a hot summer day this air conditioned-free-space can get up to 120 degrees. It’s not a place you would choose […]