POLAND — Three people were injured, one critically, after a head-on accident on Route 121 at about 2 p.m. Thursday. Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department responded to the scene, then called in Maine State Police for help with accident reconstruction. A white SUV collided with a silver sedan on clear roads. The driver and passenger from […]
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Mechanic Falls volunteer charged with sex crimes
AUBURN — A 54-year-old Mechanic Falls man who has spent at least a dozen years working with kids on the town’s Recreation Committee now resides in Androscoggin County Jail, charged with a list of sex crimes going back to 2006. Mechanic Falls police Chief Jeffrey Goss arrested John “Jack” Callahan, of 64 Libby Road, on […]
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People You Know: Jen and Tom Casey, one fiery couple
MECHANIC FALLS — She’s the rescue chief; he’s a lieutenant in the fire department. They live, handily enough, just a few doors down from the fire station. “It’s a great department to work for, a bunch of great people,” said Tom Casey, relaxed behind a table in the station quarters. “Be careful what you say,” teased […]
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Teens will walk ‘out of the darkness’
MECHANIC FALLS — Hillary Groves and Kelley Handy will bring the “Out of the Darkness” community walk to Mechanic Falls at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, at Elm Street Elementary School, in hopes to educate the community and help prevent suicide. The two teens have been victims of suicide and depression and are taking negative […]
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A responsibility to maintain professionalism
“It’s people like her who bash the cemetery that put a bad taste in my mouth.” On Monday, Maple Grove Cemetery caretaker David Ferland said that about Brenda Manchester, whose husband, Walter Manchester, is six years buried in the Mechanic Falls cemetery. If anyone should have a bad taste in their mouth, it’s Brenda Manchester. […]
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Cemetery row gets ‘personal’ with note
MECHANIC FALLS — Tall grass and a handwritten note greeted Brenda Manchester on Sunday as she visited her husband’s grave. The unkempt grass grew in a perfect rectangle above the plot where Walter Manchester was buried six years ago. In the middle of grave site, the note sat, scrawled along the side of a broken […]
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Seeking peace instead of controversy at Mechanic Falls cemetery
MECHANIC FALLS — For the first 12 years after Lloyd Boyd Sr. died, his widow, Helen, visited his grave every day. In good weather, she’d stroll up Maple Grove Cemetery’s boulevard entrance to his grave site. On winter’s dark days, when the cemetery roads were not plowed, she’d snowshoe in. “She wore out three or […]
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Adult ed lists fall programs
MECHANIC FALLS — The Mechanic Falls-Minot-Poland Adult and Community Education fall program will begin Sept. 1. The Learning Center is accepting new day and evening students (at least 17 years old) for skill upgrading, high school diplomas and GED testing. Call the Adult Education office at 345-3217, e-mail [email protected] or visit mechanicfalls.maineadulted.org for more information. […]
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Parish to hold annual celebration
MECHANIC FALLS — The Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish will hold its annual parish celebration on Sunday, Aug. 15, at Our Lady of Ransom Church Hall. The event will begin with the 10:30 a.m. Catholic mass at Our Lady of Ransom Church. A “burger and dog” barbecue with all the fixings will follow. There will […]
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Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish holds annual celebration in Mechanic Falls
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish Holds Annual Celebration In Mechanic Falls Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish will hold its annual Parish celebration on Sunday, August 15 at Our Lady of Ransom Church Hall in Mechanic Falls. The event will begin with the 10:30 a.m. Catholic mass at Our Lady of Ransom Church. A “Burger & […]