Thousands of Mainers were without power Tuesday night as ice-laden limbs and lines snapped in a storm that also flooded roads and slicked highways. The storm dropped up to 3 inches of snow in the mountains, and turned to freezing rain and rain in some areas. “It was mostly ice,” a meteorologist with the National […]
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Car takes out fence, Halloween decorations in Temple
Jody Morris, 41, of Wilton lost control of a car he was driving on Temple Road in Temple on Monday. The car crashed through a fence, drove over Halloween decorations and over a rock wall before coming to rest in some trees, Franklin County Deputy Keith Madore said. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal) TEMPLE — Police […]
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Strong barn ignited by faulty wiring; chickens perish
A fire early Wednesday destroyed a barn and damaged a house owned by siblings Frank and Gayle Donahue on North Main Street in Strong. Fire Chief Duayne Boyd said the fire was determined to have been caused by faulty wiring connected to a chicken pen in the barn. Fifteen to 20 chickens perished in the […]
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American Legion baseball: Augusta survives Franklin County after 11 innings
Franklin County second baseman Tom Wing, far left, and pitcher Ryan Pratt (1) watch as first baseman Corey Rogers puts the tag on Augusta’s Taylor Heath (2) after a rundown in an American Legion Zone II baseball playoff at Morton Field in Augusta on Tuesday night. AUGUSTA — After spending 11 long innings behind the […]
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Work on Livermore Falls fire station to start this summer
Architect George Parker, left, discusses Fire Station repairs as Livermore Falls Selectmen Ron Chadwick, Jeff Bryant and Tom Barker listen during Tuesday’s selectmen meeting. LIVERMORE FALLS — Architect George Parker talked to selectmen Tuesday about renovations to the fire station this summer. New metal decking in the high bay and a new roof and heating […]
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American Legion baseball: Zone 2 a challenge this season
The high school baseball season is over, but many players are entering the 2016 American Legion baseball campaign in mid-season form. Maine’s Legion baseball landscape is split into four zones. Due to lower player turnout this season, among other factors, the zones were again adjusted prior to the 2016 season. Some teams were consolidated, others […]
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Tonight’s agenda
Franklin New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Smith Hall Oxford Hills Hartford: Food bank, 4 p.m., Town Hall Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall Newry: Fire Department, 7 p.m., Sunday River Station River Valley Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office
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Tonight’s agenda
Franklin New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Smith Hall Oxford Hills Casco: Open Space Committee, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Newry: Road Committee, 5 p.m., Town Office Newry: Fire Department, 7 p.m., Bear River Station Paris: Paris Utility District Board of Trustees, 6:30 p.m., 7 C N Brown Way River Valley Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town […]
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Birth announcements
St. Mary’s Lindsay Mae Morissette, a girl to Joshua and Nicole Morissette of Leeds, July 3. Grandparents, Roger and Lisa Morissette, Greene, Scott and Cecilia Cates, Windsor; great-grandparents, Germaine Morissette, Greene, Rose Libby, Auburn, Joan and Paul Harrington, Windsor, Terry and Nancy Young. Ryley James Leighton, a boy to Anthony S. Leighton and Angela S. Madore of Auburn, July 6. Grandparents, Patricia and Donald Madore, Biddeford, Lisa Coffin, Auburn, Chris Wilmot, Auburn, […]
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Tonight’s agenda
Franklin New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Smith Hall Oxford Hills Hartford: Food Bank, 4 p.m., Town Hall Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall Newry: Fire Department, 3 p.m., Sunday River Station Newry: Cemetery Committee, 5 p.m., Town Office River Valley Peru: Planning Board, 4 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: […]