LIVERMORE FALLS — “Team Fuller” is auctioning off four Green Monster tickets to the Red Sox vs. the New York Yankees game on Sept. 26 at Fenway Park in Boston to help raise money for the Dempsey Challenge to benefit the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing. Since Team Fuller was created to […]
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Selectmen discuss status of Worthley Spring, dog complaints
PERU — Selectmen discussed the latest test of Worthley Spring’s water at their regular Monday night meeting. The July sample tested positive for coliform bacteria. Selectmen’s Secretary Angela Barkhouse posted a boil-water notice at the spring, where many people regularly get their drinking water. It must have three good tests before the boil-water order can […]
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Dogs kill, injure animals in Peru
PERU — Two German shepherds were quarantined Thursday after they killed a guineafowl, injured two other birds and attacked two goats, Animal Control Officer Sue Milligan said. According to investigators, neighbor John Gallant’s dogs went onto the property of Steve Fuller and Nathalie Anctil on Stage Coach Road, where the attacks took place Thursday morning. […]
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Dog owner claims his dogs bark, not bite; neighbors disagree
PERU — Dog owner Steve Fuller said that his dogs are not vicious, and they haven’t attacked anyone. “It is not a vicious dog attack if no one is bitten,” he said. Fuller admitted that the dogs do bark at strangers and are protective of their property and the stock on his farm, but they […]
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Lewiston school board passes first vote on new sports eligibility
LEWISTON — The Lewiston School Committee passed a first reading of a new athletic eligibility policy that would allow freshmen the ability to recover after “bombing” their first year of high school and eventually play sports. Committee members voted 5-1 Monday night, with Matthew Roy voting against, to approve the request made from Lewiston High […]
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Peru selectmen discuss dog attacks
PERU — Selectmen discussed vicious dogs at their regular Monday night meeting. Residents Jim Gallagher and David Briggs reported to town officials that they had been attacked by one of two belligerent dogs belonging to Steve Fuller on Stage Coach Road. Selectman Jim Pulsifer said that Maine law requires that dogs be under their owner’s […]
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RSU 10 passes 2014-15 budget; now it’s on to referendum
DIXFIELD — The $36.2 million budget proposed for RSU for 2014-15 was approved by 100 or so residents at a districtwide meeting Tuesday night at Dirigo High School. Residents of the 12 member towns had a chance to ask questions about each component of the budget. Rumford resident Candace Casey motioned to cut the $13.1 […]
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Pay-to-play at Lewiston High rejected
LEWISTON — Lewiston High School athletes will not pay to play sports next year after the Lewiston School Committee Monday night rejected the proposal as a way to raise more money for sports. Several School Committee members said sports is an important part of learning, and charging athletes sends a bad message. The intention is […]
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Voters approve water-quality ordinance
CHESTERVILLE — Residents voted 147-94 on Tuesday to adopt an ordinance to protect water quality in the town. The town’s Water Resources Protection Committee developed the ordinance. It sets guidelines on commercial water extraction and mineral extraction but does not prohibit them. The ordinance follows state law but is more stringent in a couple of […]