Robert Jordan and Debrah Perron GREENE — Robert and Rolande Perron of Greene are announcing the engagement of their daughter, Debrah Eva Perron of Decatur, Ga., to Robert Owen Jordan of Gainesville, Ga., son of the late C.M. and Ann Jordan of Vidalia, Ga. Miss Perron is a 1979 graduate of Lewiston High School and […]
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C. Gianopoulos: Behavior is a distraction
Gov. Paul LePage’s ill-considered comment about middle managers in state government is another example of how he is tarnishing the image of his office and of the state. He seems to forget that he is no longer a private citizen; that when he speaks, he is representing the people of Maine. Even more disappointing is […]
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D. Gendron: Budget validation referendum
Hopelessness and helplessness — somewhere in between those two feelings was what I sensed at the SAD 52 district budget vote May 1. There are more than 4,000 residents in Greene, more than 2,000 in Leeds and more than 5,500 in Turner, yet there were only approximately 60 people in attendance to vote on the […]
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JMG students to receive awards LEWISTON — Jobs for Maine’s Graduates Students will award $3,200 in grants to local nonprofits at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 4, at the Lewiston Regional Technical Center, 156 East Ave. The awards will go to 130 LRTC high school students who are members of three Jobs for Maine’s Graduates […]
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Franklin County arrest log
* Shannon L. Dupree, 34, Wilton, warrant unpaid fines/fees, April 25, given time to pay fines, Wilton Police Department. * Jeston C. Davis, 20, North Jay, burglary, theft, April 25, no bail listed as of April 27, Jay Police Department. * Joshua W. Peaslee, 25, Jay, burglary, violation condition of release, April 26, no bail […]
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RCAM to offer gardening services
LEEDS — Having a tough time putting good food on the table? Become a member of the Rural Community Action Ministry’s Gardening Services. Create your own garden, grow fresh vegetables, eat healthy. The program is open to any who are income eligible or elderly or disabled, a beginner or experienced gardener and who live in […]
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B. Theriault: Get involved in the decisions
The SAD 52 board of directors had approved a proposed budget that would be $23.2 million, compared to last year’s budget of $22.9 million, an increase of 1.3 percent. In the proposed budget, 14 positions will be cut, but no programs are to be eliminated. On May 1, at 6 p.m., at Leavitt Area High […]
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Filmmaker will share lifetime of travel
GREENE — On Friday, April 27, the Sawyer Memorial will show the film “Around the World: One Man’s Journey,” a retrospective of a lifetime of travel by veteran travelogue producer Doug Jones. The film — drawn from more than 500,000 feet of motion-picture film and shot in 60 countries on six continents — follows a circuitous […]
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Taylor — Valentine
Lindsay and Michael Valentine LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The wedding of Lindsay Taylor and Michael Richard Valentine was held at 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 24 at Shades of Green at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Kevin Knox, notary public, officiated at the ceremony. Mrs. Valentine is the daughter of Scott […]
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Board joins Greene to support Lisbon to provide dispatching services
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen voted unanimously Monday to support Lisbon’s proposal to provide dispatch services to the towns Androscoggin County dispatch currently services. Livermore Falls Town Manager Kristal Flagg presented selectmen with a copy of a letter that Greene Town Manager Charles Noonan wrote in support of the Lisbon option. The initiative is try to […]