FARMINGTON — Brock Caton, director of Public Safety/chief of police at the University of Maine at Farmington, is being deployed to Afghanistan next week in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. Livermore Falls Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. has been hired to serve as part-time director during his absence, approximately a year, Caton said in an […]
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Livermore Falls woman accused of hammering car windows
LIVERMORE FALLS — A local woman is accused of breaking windows in an acquaintance’s car Tuesday night, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Wednesday. It was one incident on a busy night for police. Kaitlyn Bouchard, 21, of Livermore Falls was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of criminal mischief and a felony charge of violation […]
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Turner man accused of sexually abusing girl
LIVERMORE FALLS — A Turner man remains jailed on a charge of sexually abusing a child under age 16 last week, police said. Isaac Bryant, 28, was arrested Saturday on a felony charge of unlawful sexual contact and taken to the Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn. Officer Stephen E. Gould investigated a complaint from parents reporting the abuse […]
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Two handguns, cash stolen from Livermore Falls residence
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating the theft of two handguns and cash from a residence on Strickland Loop Road, which is off Route 106, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Thursday. There was no forced entry that the homeowner could see, he said. The burglary was reported at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. Police believe it […]
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Treat Memorial Library budget up slightly
LIVERMORE FALLS — In an era of tight budgets, the Treat Memorial Library is making do as best it can, library trustee Pat Allen said at Tuesday’s selectmen meeting. “We tried to do the best we could with the budget, keeping everything as low as we can,” she said. “The only thing we ask from the […]
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Livermore Falls church broken into; food stolen from tri-town cupboard
LIVERMORE FALLS – Ray Bryant, chairman of the Tri-Town Ministerial Association Food Cupboard, said it’s disappointing that someone broke into the pantry over the weekend to get food. The cupboard is in the basement of Eaton Memorial United Methodist Church. “If anybody is hungry and they can’t make it to get food the days we […]
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Livermore Falls man charged with threatening another with a gun
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police said a local man is accused of threatening to shoot a man with a handgun as he walked away from a residence on Bemis Street on Thursday night. Quinn Corkum, 18, of 33 Bemis St. was arrested Thursday on a felony charge of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, Police Chief […]
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Livermore Falls police seek stolen car
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are looking for a 2005 silver Nissan Maxima that was stolen Wednesday from the Livermore Falls Bakery on Gilbert Street, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said. Keys were left in the vehicle, he said. Owners told police they last saw the vehicle early Tuesday morning and reported the vehicle missing at […]
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Jay teacher shaken up when car, deer collide in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — A teacher was on her way to work at a Jay school Thursday morning when her car struck with a deer south of Chretien & Sons Greenhouses on Route 133 on Hinkley Hill, police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said. A truck driver traveling north had to swerve to avoid hitting two more […]
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Copper thieves strike sixth home in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police on Tuesday received the sixth report of copper being stolen from a house since July 5, police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said. All of the houses were entered by force. This time, it was on Moose Hill Road. It was an unoccupied house that is locally owned, he said. The home […]