ANDOVER — Selectmen voted Tuesday night to dismiss Code Enforcement Officer Michael Moore of Dixfield because they can’t reach him by phone and he hasn’t attended Planning Board meetings, Selectman Jane Rich said Wednesday. Moore was hired in September and his phone has been disconnected, she said. The board will send a letter advising him […]
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Moore takes bronze, on her way to gold
Even though boxer Amelia Moore has been fighting her way to the Olympics for the past 10 months – and came one step closer last week – she believes she’s opened Pandora’s Box. The 25-year-old Norway native took the bronze at last week’s Olympic qualifiers in Baltimore, Md., just down the road from her current home of […]
Selectmen to meet with the Friends of Peru Elementary School on Dec. 8
PERU — At Monday night’s meeting, selectmen announced that they will meet with the Friends of Peru Elementary School on Monday, Dec. 8, at 5 p.m., prior to their regular 6 p.m. selectboard meeting. Residents recently voted to return oversight of the old school to the selectmen, with the Friends of Peru Elementary School providing management […]
1 dies in fire believed to be arson
BIDDEFORD — Investigators say an apartment fire in Biddeford, Maine, is now being investigated as a homicide after one of the fire victims has died. Twenty-three-year-old Michael Moore died Friday afternoon at the hospital. Moore was one of two men pulled unconscious from the building early Thursday. His roommate is in critical condition. They were […]
The Greenwood Dining Room to open soon in Farmington
FARMINGTON — A historic Front Street building, once the site of the Chester Greenwood earmuff factory, is undergoing alterations for the opening of The Greenwood Dining Room. Farmington’s newest restaurant will open in August, owners John Moore and Jennifer Bjorn said. From factory to dry cleaner to bike and stove shop, the newly renovated space […]
Peru selectmen discuss dog attacks
PERU — Selectmen discussed vicious dogs at their regular Monday night meeting. Residents Jim Gallagher and David Briggs reported to town officials that they had been attacked by one of two belligerent dogs belonging to Steve Fuller on Stage Coach Road. Selectman Jim Pulsifer said that Maine law requires that dogs be under their owner’s […]
Former Maine tribal representative among 8 men caught harvesting elvers in New York
PORTLAND (AP) — New York Department of Environmental Conservation officers have arrested a former Passamaquoddy tribal representative to Maine’s Legislature and seven other people on charges of illegally harvesting baby eels from a creek on Long Island’s East End. Frederick J. Moore III, of Perry, and others surrendered April 8. Authorities charged them with lacking […]
Bangor man charged with manslaughter in connection with baby’s death
BANGOR — Bangor police detectives have arrested a 25-year-old local man in connection with the death Wednesday of a 5-month-old child in Bangor. Samuel Moore is charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of Korbyn Antworth, Bangor police Sgt. Cathy Rumsey said Thursday afternoon in a news release. Moore is currently being held at […]