TURNER — Representatives from two towns presented proposals to the Board of Selectmen Monday night. Buckfield Rescue Chief Lisa Bennett presented a proposal for paramedic and EMT-Intermediate coverage seven days a week from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. There would be an EMT-Intermediate or a paramedic on-call between the hours of 10 p.m. to 6 […]
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UMF campus rocks in Happy video
FARMINGTON — A video featuring students, faculty and staff at the University of Maine at Farmington and set to the popular song “Happy” is getting lots of views online. It’s mostly about fun, creator Abraham Turcotte, a UMF senior from Portland, said. They dance. They clap. They sing. And the world is watching. The video […]
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Mexico man given 30 days for selling oxycodone
PARIS — A Mexico man pleaded guilty Thursday to selling prescription painkillers to an undercover officer last year. Charles S. Cogley, 33, was sentenced in Oxford County Superior Court to two years in prison with all but 30 days suspended and two years of probation to trafficking in oxycodone. Cogley was arrested in June on a […]
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Selectmen to accept applications for board opening
PERU — Longtime Selectman Laurieann Milligan has resigned, according to a letter read by Chairman Jim Pulsifer at Monday night’s board meeting. Her term expires in 2015 and an election to replace her will be held in February. Milligan was the only member of the board to survive a recall election in 2012. The recall […]
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Health coalition tours Med-Care building, learns of new programs
MEXICO — Members of the River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition toured the new Med-Care Ambulance building Wednesday before their meeting in the conference room. “We want to be a part of the community before the emergency,” said Laurieann Milligan, community outreach director of Med-Care. With the completion of the facility, Milligan said sufficient space is […]
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Board denies citizen closed session
PERU — Selectmen on Monday refused a request by former selectman and board secretary Kathy Hussey for an executive session to discuss an undisclosed issue. Chairman Jim Pulsifer said the board can only go into executive session for legal issues or complaints against town officials. Hussey gave no details regarding her request. Selectman Laurieann Milligan […]