Dean Smith, the coaching innovator who won two national championships at North Carolina, an Olympic gold medal in 1976 and induction into basketball’s Hall of Fame more than a decade before he left the bench, has died. He was 83. The retired coach died “peacefully” at his North Carolina home Saturday night, the school said […]
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Big school gets yes vote from Lewiston School Committee
LEWISTON — The Lewiston School Committee voted Tuesday to build big: a 950-student elementary school for pupils now attending Martel and Longley. The committee agreed with a Redistricting Committee recommendation to build a new school and to take students from other overcrowded elementary schools in the city. If the new school is approved by Lewiston […]
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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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More weatherization, lower oil prices means Mainers saving
Average home heating oil prices December, 2013 — $3.72 March, 2014 — $3.75 June, 2014 — $3.51 September, 2014 — $3.32 December, 2014 — $2.75 Source: Governor’s Energy Office For more information, go to www.maine.gov. JAY — Like a lot of Mainers, last year’s high fuel costs and cold winter motivated homeowner Dan Ryder to […]
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Chamber creates 145 holiday baskets for Franklin County families
FARMINGTON — The Gerry Wiles Holiday Food Basket Drive is providing 145 holiday baskets to families throughout Franklin County. Sponsored by the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce, members gathered Friday to start distributing boxes filled with items for a holiday meal. The boxes include a turkey and all the fixings with enough for a large […]
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New Jersey man indicted on manslaughter charges in fatal Bethel accident
PARIS — A grand jury has indicted a New Jersey man on manslaughter charges for his involvement in a crash in Bethel last summer that left a New Hampshire man dead. An Oxford County grand jury indicted 53-year-old Steven Thomas of Ravin Road in Califon, N.J., on charges of manslaughter, aggravated assault and two counts of […]
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H.S. Wrestling: Dirigo young, but with same ol’ goals
DIXFIELD — Dirigo is a defending state wrestling champion. It doesn’t have time for photo opportunities after a preseason match. This was a big deal, too, as preseason matches go. The Cougars dispatched host Oxford Hills and perennial power Massabesic, both Class A schools, as well as reigning Class B champion Camden Hills and contender […]
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Peru hires auditor to review Recreation Committee books
PERU — At Monday night’s regular selectmen’s meeting, selectmen agreed to hire an auditor, Warren Smith, to review the books of the former Recreation Committee. Members of the Peruvians for Honest Government have been pushing the selectmen to audit the books to determine if there is enough evidence to pursue legal action against former Recreation […]
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Class C West Football Championship: Leavitt locks down Wells, 14-9
TURNER — November in Maine doesn’t favor the kind of football offense that traditionally prevails in video games and summer 7-on-7 drills. When Leavitt backs and receivers saw a cadre of volunteers taking shovels and snow blowers to Libby Field on Friday morning, surely they suspected it would take a titanic defensive effort Saturday afternoon […]
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Report: LePage administration ousts 2 DHHS managers
AUGUSTA — Two directors of key programs in the Maine Department of Health and Human Services were dismissed Wednesday morning, according to an email provided to the Bangor Daily News. In the email, which reportedly was sent to all DHHS staff Wednesday afternoon, Ricker Hamilton, the agency’s deputy commissioner of programs, confirmed the two former […]