SCARBOROUGH — A local political action committee that is aiming to unseat three school board members submitted recall petitions Monday at the Town Clerk’s Office. Shortly after noon, the Road to Renewal group turned in nearly 3,300 signatures for each targeted board member, said Paul Johnson, one of the group’s leaders. The petitions seek the […]
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Longley school cleaning continues
Longley Elementary School custodian Joel Brooks cleans the blades of a fan in the cafeteria of the school Wednesday afternoon. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Deep-cleaning in all rooms continued Wednesday at Longley Elementary School after mold was found in the building earlier this month. Mold was found in two administrative offices and two classrooms. […]
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Deadly rally accelerates removal of Confederate statues
In Gainesville, Florida, workers hired by the Daughters of the Confederacy chipped away at a Confederate soldier’s statue, loaded it quietly on a truck and drove away with little fanfare. In Baltimore, Mayor Catherine Pugh said she’s ready to tear down all of her city’s Confederate statues, and the city council voted to have them […]
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Cutting and clearing
Ryan Page, a licensed arborist from Bowdoin, removes a red maple tree for a customer on Lisbon Road in Sabattus on Wednesday morning. The tree was taken down to make room for a flower garden, Page said.
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Shackley Hill Road rock removal requires extra time, effort
LIVERMORE — It took a large excavator, a jackhammer, at least one dump truck and 12½ hours of overtime to dig out, break up and haul off a large rock that’s been an issue on Shackley Hill Road since the early 1970s. Earlier this month, John Castonguay loaned the town road crew his excavator to […]
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Jay to mark street lights slated for removal
JAY — The seven-member Street Light Committee has identified approximately 130 street lights to be removed on or after July 1. When voters approved the $5.5 million budget for 2014-15 on June 10, they agreed to cut about 25 percent of street light funding. The committee will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 26, at […]
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New Sharon bridge demolition work to begin
NEW SHARON — A Freeport company expects to begin removing the 1916 iron bridge over the Sandy River soon, Peter Krakoff, vice president of CPM Constructors, said Monday. The company was the low bidder at $346,764, according to the Maine Department of Transportation website. “We are going to remove the bridge, probably, in 2½ weeks,” […]
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Decision on failing New Sharon bridge expected this week
NEW SHARON — Selectmen will discuss the removal of the historic iron bridge over the Sandy River on Wednesday. The Maine Department of Transportation notified town officials the 1916 bridge is in imminent danger of failing, Board of Selectmen Chairman Maynard Webster said Tuesday. He expects selectmen to make a decision on removal of the […]