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Turner board to interview rescue chief candidates

TURNER — Selectmen will interview candidates for rescue chief during an executive session at 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 11. The board is expected to meet in open session at about 6:30 p.m. for further action on the matter, Town Manager Kurt Schaub said. After a lengthy executive session this past Monday, the board unanimously agreed […]

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H.S. Baseball: Gagne’s gem, nearly perfect, keeps Monmouth unbeaten

MONMOUTH — Monmouth Academy’s pitching strategy so far this unblemished baseball season has been three innings and a cloud of dust. So every time Nate Gagne made the short walk from the Chick Field mound to the home dugout Wednesday afternoon, coach Eric Palleschi would inquire, “One more? You got one more?” By the end […]

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Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce awards local businesses

LEWISTON — Several hundred business and civic leaders filled the Ramada Lewiston Hotel and Conference Center on Thursday night to cheer on winners of the Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce’s annual awards. It was the 126th annual meeting of the local chamber. Special recognition in a surprise award presentation went to Michael Malloy, chairman of the chamber’s […]

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Plan for Black Mountain expected in two weeks

RUMFORD — Andy Shepard told a crowd of nearly 100 children, community leaders, and others Thursday morning that he hopes to a have a plan in place to sustain Black Mountain of Maine within two weeks. Shepard, president of Maine Winter Sports Center, which has owned the mountain since 2003, said he looked at the […]