LEWISTON — The city staff is bracing for a tough audit in April that will judge how well they’ve done keeping storm runoff and city sewer overflows out of the city’s streams and the Androscoggin River. Public Works Director David Jones warned councilors Tuesday that the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the Federal Environmental […]
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‘Snowhere’ to put it all: It’s affecting all of us
LEWISTON — Public works directors in the Twin Cities said Monday that crews plowing their third major stormstorm in a week will begin snow removal operations Tuesday, a move one business owner said can’t come soon enough. Director of Lewiston Public Works David Jones said his crews are doing their best, but three major storms […]
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Drivers face criminal speed charges in Farmington
FARMINGTON — Two drivers face charges after police clocked them driving faster than 60 mph in a 30 mph zone in separate incidents on Lucy Knowles Road. Todd D. Jones, 39, of Skowhegan was arrested Friday on charges of criminal speed, 30-plus mph over the speed limit, and endangering the welfare of a child after […]
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Great Falls Balloon Festival grounded Friday night, but there’s plenty to eat
“It’s the lime rickeys,” said Dan St. Pierre, commander of the William Rogers Post for American Legion Post 153 — which, coincidentally, is the only group selling lime rickeys at the festival. “We get people that come up here from Portland, not to see the balloons,” he said. “They come up, buy two at a […]
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Golf: Jones cruises to match play title
SOUTH PORTLAND — Ricky Jones bagged his partridge in a pear tree Thursday morning. The 42-year-old from Thomaston won his first Maine State Golf Association match play championship to go with six Mid-Amateurs, five Paul Bunyan Amateurs, three Maine Amateurs, two Tri-State team titles and a Maine Open. Jones sank four birdies, including all three […]
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Golf: Jones, Cole advance to match play final
Jones’ vastly different experiences in Wednesday’s quarterfinal and semifinal wins to correct that surprising omission from his resume underscored the point, too. In his morning match at Sable Oaks Golf Club against Brian Angis, Jones — three-time winner of the Maine Amateur and a Maine Open champion — shot 10-over par through 17 holes. Fortunately […]
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The Greenwood Dining Room to open soon in Farmington
FARMINGTON — A historic Front Street building, once the site of the Chester Greenwood earmuff factory, is undergoing alterations for the opening of The Greenwood Dining Room. Farmington’s newest restaurant will open in August, owners John Moore and Jennifer Bjorn said. From factory to dry cleaner to bike and stove shop, the newly renovated space […]
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Farmington Summer Fest set for Saturday
FARMINGTON — Organizers say Farmington Summer Fest will offer a variety of new activities, including many family-oriented activities and events, from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday in downtown Farmington. Starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 26, Broadway becomes an outdoor market, and at noon, Meetinghouse Park becomes a castle for a Renaissance Fair, said […]
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Jury acquits Cushing lobsterman of gun threat against two men
ROCKLAND — A Knox County jury deliberated for 20 minutes Wednesday morning before finding a Cushing lobsterman not guilty of criminally threatening two men in another boat. Outside the courtroom after the verdict, Gary Jones, 52, who faced up to five years in prison on the felony charge, called the Department of Marine Resources corrupt […]