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Transfer Station railing to go up

LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen voted unanimously Monday to spend up to $6,000 for safety railings at the Transfer Station. The money was included in the budget last year but the work wasn’t, Town Manager James Chaousis II told the board. The board approved pursuing the railing work at Howie’s Welding and Fabrication in Jay, using […]

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Parade JAY — The Jay-Livermore Falls Independence Day parade will be held on Saturday, July 3. Lineup will start at 3 p.m. at MEMCO on Main Street. The parade will kickoff at 5 p.m. and march from MEMCO to Ware-Butler Inc. in Livermore Falls. Bible shool FARMINGTON — Children are invited to “Hit the Trail” […]

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Committee to study community service requirement

LIVERMORE FALLS — The school board’s Curriculum Committee will explore the pros and cons of adding 60 hours of community service as a high school graduation requirement. On Thursday, directors of the Livermore and Livermore Falls school system approved a policy outlining graduation requirements for students in the traditional program, as well as at-risk students […]

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Maine State Police: Wanted man killed self

CHESTERVILLE — After a tactical team surrounded a home and tried to make contact Friday night, State Police found Elmer A. Norton dead inside, according to spokesman Steve McCausland. Norton, 24, had been wanted for questioning in connection with a Livermore Falls shooting on Thursday. “We went to a house in Chesterville, surrounded it. We […]

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3 indicted in Livermore Falls robbery

AUBURN — An Androscoggin County grand jury has indicted three men in the May 23 robbery of Rite Aid on Main Street in Livermore Falls. Shawn Francis, 49, of Peru, Jeffrey Johnson, 48, of Wilton and Christopher Coulter, 38, of Chesterville were each indicted on charges of Class B robbery and Class C stealing drugs, […]