DURHAM — Voters on Tuesday rejected a six-month moratorium on retail recreational marijuana establishments and social clubs by a tally of 516-579. The moratorium ordinance included stores, cultivation facilities, product manufacturing facilities, testing facilities and any development associated with marijuana. The ordinance would not have affected the rights afforded by the Maine Medical Use of […]
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Durham voting on marijuana moratorium
DURHAM — Voters will decide Tuesday on a six-month moratorium on retail recreational marijuana establishments and social clubs. The ordinance would include stores, cultivation facilities, product manufacturing facilities, testing facilities or any development associated with marijuana. The ordinance will not limit the privileges or rights afforded by the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act to […]
Durham Get and Go helps cashless customers with IOU board
Durham Get and Go employee Shannon Emerson works on the IOU board the store instituted when power outages made credit and debit card purchases impossible. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) DURHAM — In a town where most CMP customers are without power, a convenience store running on generator power has instituted a policy of covering cashless customers’ […]
Turner woman killed, husband injured in Durham crash
DURHAM — Authorities said a Turner woman killed Monday in a head-on crash on Route 136 was accompanied by her husband, who remains in critical condition. Destiny Dallavilla, 25, was driving a 2009 Nissan Altima sedan northbound on Route 136 (Royalsborough Road) when her car crossed into the southbound lane and collided with a 2017 […]
Driver killed in Durham crash; two others injured
Rescue personnel investigate a fatal head-on collision that closed Royalsborough Road/Route 136 in Durham on Monday. A woman driving a 2009 Nissan was killed and her male passenger seriously injured, Lt. Glenn Holt of the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department said. The driver of the pickup truck involved was identified as 70-year-old Henry Hudson Jr. of […]
Brunswick's lax landfill oversight irks Durham neighbors
BRUNSWICK — Durham residents who live near the Graham Road Landfill say they are concerned and, in some cases, sickened by an accumulation of trash and waste outside the dump’s fenced-in border. Many said they want more diligent cleanup protocols from Brunswick, which lacks a routine program to monitor litter. “It’s just disgusting — it’s […]
Brunswick's lax landfill oversight irks Durham neighbors
The view of the Graham Hill Landfill in Brunswick from a nearby home in Durham. The wind is depositing large quantities of trash along the facility’s perimeter, frustrating neighbors.Windblown litter carpets Durham resident Megan Nalbandian’s wooded property, which abuts Brunswick’s Graham Road Landfill.Windblown trash from Brunswick’s Graham Road Landfill has accumulated around the outer perimeter, […]
Durham weighs marjiuana business moratorium
DURHAM — Like most of its neighbors, the town is considering a moratorium on retail sales of marijuana. Kevin Nadeau, chairman of the Board of Selectmen, said the need to discuss and act on a moratorium came about after several inquiries from individuals considering establishing marijuana growth operations. “It was a little bit of a […]
Mark P. Brannon
BRUNSWICK — Mark P. Brannon, 64, of Durham, passed away unexpectedly in Brunswick on Monday, Sept. 4, with his wife by his side. He was born in Paris, France, on Nov. 12, 1952, the son of the late Sgt. Maj. Samuel and Bessie (Koujales) Brannon. Following graduation from high school in 1970, he proudly enlisted in […]
Delanie Norah Doran
WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. — After blessing the lives of her family and so many others, Delanie Norah Doran, 7, of Durham, passed away in the company of her family in Wisconsin Dells, Wis. on Friday, Aug. 25. A miraculous fighter from a very early age, “Lanie” overcame enormous odds in her short time here, leaving a […]