SALEM TOWNSHIP — The SAD 58 board approved a $9.5 million budget Thursday night and nixed a proposal to contract adult education with Regional School Unit 9 in Farmington. The board also eliminated the equivalent of one cook’s position. Board member Mary Jane Thorndike of the Finance Committee said using $700,000 from surplus toward the […]
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SAD 58 board faces tough questions on budget
SALEM TOWNSHIP — Voters of SAD 58 asked school directors Tuesday to consider lowering next year’s budget by using surplus money, contracting adult education with RSU 9 and abandoning the late bus run. Superintendent Brenda Stevens said the $9.5 million spending plan is $300,000 less than this year. However, the local share towns pay is […]
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Opposition attacks new Air Force flights over Maine
STRONG — When he was 10 years old, Tom Mauzaka loved jet noise. That’s what prompted his 30-year, 4,000-flight-hour career as a C-130 cargo jet navigator with the U.S. Air Force. However, now that the colonel is retired and living in Strong, he is opposed to the Air Force’s proposals to lower the flight ceiling […]
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June E. Durrel
STRONG — June Esma Haggan Durrell, 95, passed away of natural causes on April 22, at home in Strong. She was born in Phillips, June 2, 1916, the daughter of Carlton B. And Manette L. Haggan. June was educated in the Phillips schools and graduated from high school in 1934. She spent four happy summers […]
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Franklin County arrest log
* Joshua Brann, 25, Phillips, probation revocation, April 16, no bail listed, Franklin County Sheriff’s Department. * William R. Guenther, 51, Farmington, two counts — failure to pay fines/fees, April 16, no bail listed, Farmington Police Department. * Matthew R. Kerr, 21, New Sharon, probation revocation and failure to pay fines/fees, April 16, no bail […]
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Fire destroys Strong camper, quarter-acre of grass
STRONG — A 14-foot camper, which burned Friday along with a quarter-acre of lawn at a Farmington Road lot, was owned by Rodney Rodriguez, Maine Forest Service Ranger Mark Rousseau said Saturday. Maine Forest Service rangers joined the Strong Fire Department in extinguishing the blaze at 530 Farmington Road and prevented the fire from spreading into […]
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Strong camper burns leaving man, dogs homeless
STRONG — A small, older camper located off Route 4 near Devil’s Elbow burned late Friday afternoon leaving a man and two large dogs homeless. The cause of the fire is uncertain, Strong Fire Deputy Chief Ian Shamp said at the scene. Forest Ranger Mark Rousseau and Shamp were investigating and believed the fire started […]
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County treasurer says Strong was paid for fire protection
FARMINGTON — Franklin County Treasurer Mary Frank told county commissioners on Tuesday that there is documentation that shows the town of Strong was paid by the county for fire protection service in 2004-05 and 2005-06 for the Unorganized Territory. Strong Selectman Rupert Pratt appeared at the April 3 Franklin County commissioners’ meeting to discuss some […]
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GLBT group forming AUGUSTA — Integrity, a national organization of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) Episcopalians, is forming a new chapter in the Central Maine area. A meeting will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 15, at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 9 Summer St. GLBT people of different faith traditions are also invited […]
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Strong students learn geography with giant map
STRONG — Sixth-graders at the elementary school learned about South America on Thursday by walking on one of the world’s largest maps of the continent. Sue Lahti, an instructor for the Maine Geographic Alliance, brought the map to the school through National Geographic’s Giant Traveling Maps program. The students in each grade took their shoes […]