TORONTO (AP) — Police in Canada’s biggest city are piecing together witness accounts and surveillance video trying to determine why a driver plowed a rented van along a crowded sidewalk, killing 10 people and injuring 15 in what many said seemed a deliberate attack. A 25-year-old suspect was quickly captured in a tense but brief […]
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Snowblower repair in Jay
Jeremy Richards of Jay, a Jay Public Works Department truck driver and laborer, tries to repair the snowblower after it hit heavy snow on a sidewalk and a pin broke Thursday morning on Route 4. He tried to fix it on the spot but decided to move to the Knights of Columbus Hall parking lot […]
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Jay board says no to new sidewalk
JAY — Selectpersons opted Monday not to pursue putting in a new sidewalk at the intersection of Routes 4 and 17 and Old Jay Hill Road that would lead to the Jay-Niles Memorial Library. The overall cost was estimated at $400,000 with the town responsible for $80,000, if town officials received a state grant. The […]
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Rumford selectmen to take up sidewalk project
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen will continue discussion on whether to approve a final sidewalk plan for the downtown at its meeting Thursday, March 19. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Rumford Falls Auditorium. Selectmen will also decide whether to set a date for a special town meeting to approve a bond […]
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Lewiston may spend more to make Lisbon Street, sidewalks better
LEWISTON — Councilors are fine with spending more on this summer’s Lisbon Street renovation project to make the area nicer. “Lisbon Street is really the core of our downtown,” Councilor Kristen Cloutier said. “It’s where our small businesses are, and I think we are probably going to have to spend a little money to make […]
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Rumford Sidewalk Committee reviews plan
RUMFORD — The Sidewalk Committee met with a Livermore Falls firm and its Yarmouth design team Thursday evening at the Rumford Auditorium to discuss a proposal to engineer plans to revitalize the downtown and reconstruct sidewalks. Selectmen voted 3-1 in 2014 to forgo a bid process and hire Main-Land Development Consultants Inc. of Livermore Falls […]
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Engineers to answer questions at Rumford Sidewalk Committee meeting on Jan. 22
RUMFORD — The Rumford Sidewalk Committee will meet from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, at the Rumford Falls Auditorium. The meeting is scheduled to take place an hour before the town’s 6:30 p.m. selectmen’s meeting. Selectmen voted 3-1 in 2014 to forgo a bid process and hire a Livermore Falls firm and its […]
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Solar-powered crossing beacons to be installed in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — Two solar-powered, flashing crossing beacons soon will be erected on Main Street — one near Dunkin’ Donuts and Food City, and the second near the post office and the Treat Memorial Library. Town Manager Kristal Flagg said she only applied for one beacon because that was all that was initially allowed from […]