FREEPORT — The Regional School Unit 5 Board of Directors supports adding $115,000 to the proposed 2012 school budget for professional development and literacy support. In a straw vote taken during a meeting on May 11, six of nine members said they favor adding the money to the budget. Board members Brenda Kielty of Freeport and […]
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Despite snow, local elections in Farmington, Poland, Durham and Turner go on
FARMINGTON — Polls for the town election of two Selectmen seats and two unopposed RSU 9 school board director seats open at 9 a.m. today despite an April fool storm. The polls are open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Community Center on Middle Street. Three candidates, Nancy Porter, Dennis Pike and Jess […]
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Androscoggin County charges
Charges Androscoggin County Kenneth Hoffman, 68, of 9 Hoffman’s Way, Durham, operating under the influence, 6:03 p.m. Friday, Route 9, Durham, arrested by Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department.
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Truck crashes into deer
DURHAM — A Lisbon driver escaped injury when his truck hit a deer Thursday evening. Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Deputy Maurice Drouin said Michael Graf, 55, was driving his pickup in an easterly direction on Davis Road when the deer ran into his path. The animal was still on the pavement when the deputy arrived, but […]
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Route 136 reopens
AUBURN— Crews rolled back the signs blocking Route 136 between Durham and Auburn about 9:30 a.m. Monday, letting the first cars drive on the stretch of road since September. “We didn’t have any balloons or flags or firetrucks,” Ken Silver, resident engineer for the Maine Department of Transportation, said. “We just got it to the […]
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Historic plane still flying
Now the plane, purchased about eight years ago by Dr. Louis Hanson of Durham, is featured in a new documentary about Dario Manfredi and Angelo Raiti, the late pair who created the parachute system. Manfredi’s son, Dario Jr., hopes to use the film to ignite interest in an updated parachute system by his company, Aviation […]
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Durham voting on liquor sales
DURHAM — Residents will be voting on two local liquor questions Tuesday. The first asks voters if they want to authorize the state to issue licenses for the sale of liquor to be consumed on the premises of licensed establishments on days other than Sunday. The second question asks voters if they want to authorize […]
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Organic food company owner faces drug charges in Portland
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The co-owner of an organic snack food company in Maine is facing charges federal charges after drug agents allegedly caught him with two duffel bags filled with 64 pounds of marijuana. Seth Leaf Pruzansky, of Durham, is free on bond following his Sept. 27 arrest in Portland. According to court documents, […]
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State hopes to have Route 136 re-opened by Christmas
DURHAM — Route 136 could reopen between Auburn and Durham by Christmas, state transportation officials told a group of about 60 Thursday night at the Durham Community School. “I can’t guarantee it, but it is what we are working hard toward,” said Joyce Noel Taylor, director of project development for the state Department of Transportation. […]
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Durham town office to close for school ceremony
DURHAM — The town office will be closed Tuesday morning so that staff may attend the formal ribbon cutting and dedication of the new Durham Community School. The town office will be open for business as usual from 1 to 7 p.m.