TURNER — Lisa Bennett was congratulated by selectmen Monday night on her appointment as chief of Turner Rescue. She begins her duties April 1. Bennett has been deputy chief for a year and takes over from Toby Martin who resigned this month to take a position with the town of Wiscasset. Bennett has 20 years’ experience […]
Kevin Nichols
Androscoggin County suit settles after thousands spent on legal fees
AUBURN — When a former Androscoggin County worker first went to county administrators to correct errors in his paycheck, he would have owed the county $131.97. Instead, the county ended up paying nearly $50,000, most of it in court costs; little of it in actual wage compensation to Kevin Nichols, according to a union attorney. […]
Federal court rejects motion to dismiss Nichols’ wage claim
LEWISTON — The U.S. District Court of Maine has rejected a motion filed by Androscoggin County to dismiss Detective Kevin Nichols’ claim he was not paid for wages owed him. The court issued its order Monday, and the case will move forward. The case was originally filed in Androscoggin County Superior Court in February 2014, […]
Off-duty deputy pulls man from partially submerged truck in Turner
AUBURN — An off-duty deputy pulled to safety the driver of a pickup truck that was partially submerged in the Androscoggin River on Saturday. Detective Kevin Nichols said he was driving with his family on Saturday shortly before 10:30 p.m. when his wife spotted what looked like tail lights in the river as they were […]