Meanwhile, authorities say they have recovered the body of a fifth person who was missing after the March 26 collapse.
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Posted inFranklin
Jay, Livermore Falls face recycling fees
Jay and Livermore Falls are facing growing problems with the amount of trash that people are mixing with recyclables, resulting in increased costs for the communities. Both communities have contracts for single-sort recyclables with ecomaine, a Portland-based nonprofit that provides waste-management and recycling services to more than 70 Maine communities. Single-sort recycling allows residents and […]
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Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn
RSU 9 increases student, adult meal prices
FARMINGTON — Students in Regional School Unit 9 who pay full price for breakfast and lunches will pay 10 to 25 cents more in 2017-18, depending on the grade level and the meal, the school board decided this week. It is an effort to close the gap on the actual cost of the meals. Directors […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Oxford County continuing jail payments
PARIS — Oxford County has continued payments to fund the state’s jail system, even as questions loom on its long-term durability. County commissioners unanimously agreed to send $93,537 to the Maine Board of Corrections’ investment fund Thursday afternoon. The county paid the same amount earlier this year. “The general feeling is we should play the game … […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Peru, school group hammer out agreement
PERU — Selectmen and Friends of Peru Elementary School representatives Norman DeRoche, Anne Stickney and Nick Waugh met last week to work on a management contract. Last month, residents voted to return control of the building to selectmen, to provide $10,000 for its operation as a community center and to enter into a contract for […]
Posted inOxford Hills, The Franklin Journal
Maine Connections Academy to enroll seven SAD 17 students
PARIS — SAD 17 officials expect to pay between $49,000 and $63,000 or higher for seven students who have chosen to attend the Maine Connections Academy this year. The opening of Maine’s first online charter school in August left school officials across the state in limbo as they awaited to hear how many of their […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston parents worry privatized gymnastics program would be out of reach
LEWISTON — Parents of city gymnasts say they’re worried that efforts to privatize a recreation department program will price their kids out of the sport. “It won’t be accessible any longer, not to your average Lewiston citizen,” said Tory Dresser, mother of 5-year-old Valentine. “I don’t know what the median income is here, but I […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Utilities won’t know price tag of ice damage for several weeks
BANGOR — Officials with Maine’s electric utilities say it likely will be two weeks to a month before they get an accurate estimate of the costs associated with the year-end ice storm. The storm knocked out power to tens of thousands of Mainers, and Emera Maine, formerly Bangor Hydro Electric Co., and Central Maine Power, […]