WILTON — The Wilton Fish & Game Association will offer basic handgun training for age 21 and older under the instruction of Sheriff Scott Nichols. Participating students will undergo a four-hour training at the Wilton Fish & Game, Route 2. The class will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24. The […]
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SAD 52 Adult Education to offer CNA course
TURNER — The Maine-approved CNA course, offered three times a year through SAD 52, includes classroom work, skills labs and clinical experience. The course is an 11- week course of 180 hours. CNAs are caregivers who provide patients assistance with activities of daily living and basic needs. They also help patients feel safe and comfortable […]
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AHCH announces volunteer training session in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice has scheduled its next session for those who wish to offer general volunteer support to patients. It will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, at AHCH’s Lewiston Office, 15 Strawberry Road. Volunteers are needed to assist with many tasks, including transporting patients to […]
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Business workshops, training to be offered in Jay
JAY — A business essentials workshop series will be offered at Spruce Mountain High School on the first three Mondays of November. The series is sponsored by the Maine Small Business Development Centers in collaboration with New Ventures Maine, according to a release. The Maine Small Business Development Centers has received funds from the U.S. […]
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Phillips Fire Department trains on new emergency equipment
PHILLIPS — Phillips Fire Department recently purchased a new Hurst hydraulic rescue tool package that includes the Jaws of Life with a spreader, cutter and ram, as well as air-lifting bags and stabilization equipment. These new tools replace the 30-year-old Phoenix tools that had been originally donated to the department as secondhand equipment almost 18 […]
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Oxford Hills tech students get hands-on firefighter training
PARIS — On a sunny day in October, 16-year-old Jasmine Roundeau found herself in full firefighting gear, high up on a ladder, smashing in a window with an ax as she simulated venting air on a building’s second floor during a fire. While there wasn’t any actual smoke or fire, smoke grenades mimicked the smoke […]
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Jay OKs emergency communications repeater
JAY — Selectpersons approved Police Chief Richard Caton IV’s request to use $3,280 from the department’s capital account to purchase a 50-watt repeater. The old one is more than 10 years old and has been out of production for five years. When the repeater went down, Dirigo Wireless was called and was unable to fix […]
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State police, law enforcement dive teams train on Rangeley Lake
RANGELEY — Maine State Police and other law enforcement dive teams will be conducting training exercises on Rangeley Lake for the next two weeks. They were out on the lake Tuesday morning, Police Chief Russell French said. They will be training about 300 feet offshore. Four people died in December 2012 when their snowmobiles went […]