John Lavertu, a custodian at Guy E. Rowe School in Norway, stands with his umbrella and stop sign Thursday afternoon at the crosswalk in front of the school on Main Street. (Matthew Daigle/Sun Journal)
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Pickup hits woman as she crosses the street in Farmington
FARMINGTON — A local woman was injured when she was struck by a pickup truck Thursday morning while walking in a crosswalk on Oakes Street, police said. Deedra Doiron, 31, of West Farmington was crossing from Bridge Street to Temple Road by way of the Oakes Street crosswalk at about 9:29 a.m., Farmington police officer Darin […]
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Norway school crosswalk dedicated to beloved crossing guard
NORWAY — More than 400 students at Guy E. Rowe School joined family, friends and acquaintances of the late Terry Cram to dedicate the Main street crosswalk to their “beloved” crossing guard and longtime custodian. Before unveiling the granite plaque dedicated to Cram, who died Dec. 18 at the age of 63, many students and […]
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White hot dogs bound for downtown crosswalk
LEWISTON — A downtown intersection will see its simple white crosswalk lines replaced with lines shaped like hot dogs as part of a pilot program to test more whimsical pedestrian crossings. Councilors on Tuesday said they were fine with a plan to paint a row of white hot dogs on the intersection of Park and […]
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Bill seeks to improve safety for pedestrians, bicyclists by toughening Maine’s crosswalk, roadway law
BREWER — A well-known Brewer barber who was struck and killed by a car in December while walking in a crosswalk in front of his business is the last recorded pedestrian death in Maine for 2014. Because one of every four people hit by cars every year in Maine is hit in a crosswalk, Sen. […]
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Norway gets new solar-powered pedestrian signals
NORWAY — The downtown area will soon have solar-powered pedestrian crosswalk lights in two areas. Town Manager David Holt said the units are being installed at the intersection of Cottage and Main streets and Paris and Main streets by the Rowe Elementary School. The Department of Transportation provided Norway with the solar-powered pedestrian crossing safety […]
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Farmington police hold crosswalk educational patrols
FARMINGTON — The Farmington Police Department held two special patrols on crosswalk safety in the downtown area last week, Chief Jack Peck said. During the two-hour patrols, police asked pedestrians to use the marked crosswalks, to use pedestrian crossing lights where available, to stop and look both ways before entering traffic and to not walk […]