LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen approved spending $5,000 Tuesday to have two patches put in a sewer main that is in disrepair and starting to collapse on lower Depot Street. The 100-year-old clay pipe connects on each end of a cement pipe that runs under the railroad tracks between manholes at the intersection of Pleasant Street and […]
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Sewer mains being cleaned, residences could be affected
LIVERMORE FALLS — The Sewer Department over the next few weeks is having Ted Berry Co. clean all sewer mains south of the intersection of Main and Church streets. Residents “should expect to get some blow back through their flush if they don’t have a backflow preventer,” according to department Superintendent Greg Given. A toilet […]
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College roundup: Bates men’s lacrosse falls to No. 13 Amherst
Moroney led the Jeffs (1-0, 1-0 NESCAC) with three goals and one assist, while Kane Haffey added two scores. Dylan Park and Mike Litner contributed a goal and an assist apiece. Cody Tranbarger made 15 saves in goal for the Jeffs, who outshot the Bobcats 49-36, including a 30-21 edge in shots on goal. Moroney […]
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Boxing: Carville’s in charge as sweet science returns to Lewiston
Two hundred forty-four dollars. Eighty-five cents. “This is the difference, right here,” Carville, a 30-year-old, former New England Golden Gloves champion from Lisbon, said Saturday night after his professional boxing debut at Androscoggin Bank Colisee before more than 1,000 fans. “It isn’t much, but it’s the contract I signed.” And it’s the life he chose. […]
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Towns to address Main Street stoplight problems
PARIS — The town intends to fix a stoplight at Main and Alpine streets that has been malfunctioning for at least a year. Selectmen on Monday voted to spend $2,800 to install a camera system to signal the light to change during off-peak hours. The light at the Norway-Paris line is co-owned by the towns and […]
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Bridge over Pennesseewassee Stream to arrive on Thursday
NORWAY — A footbridge to span Pennesseewassee Stream from Water Street to Main Street is set to arrive Thursday morning. Town Manager David Holt said the prefabricated bridge is due to arrive between 9 and 10 a.m., Aug. 22. A crane will place the bridge on the foundation of a previous bridge between the Water […]