MINOT — Town Administrator Arlan Saunders presented selectmen Monday with a proposed 2017 municipal budget of $1.78 million, which is about $75,000 more than this year. The proposal includes buying two new vehicles and building a salt shed. The Highway Department’s 2007 GMC 1-ton truck is scheduled for replacement, which would cost about $36,000. The […]
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Truck slams into crowd in France, kills more than 80 people, including Americans
NICE, France (AP) — A Frenchman of Tunisian descent drove a truck through crowds celebrating Bastille Day along Nice’s beachfront, killing at least 84 people, many of them children. The slaughter ended only after police killed the armed attacker in a hail of bullets. French leaders on Friday extended the country’s 9-month-old state of emergency […]
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New Gloucester warrant seeks money for library, truck
NEW GLOUCESTER — Voters at the annual town meeting Monday, May 2, will be asked to approve spending $18,000 on improvements to the library and $50,000 for a pickup truck, among other requests. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at Memorial School on Route 231. Voter registration begins at 6:30 p.m. The proposed budget for […]
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Jay police looking for hit-and-run driver
JAY — Police are looking for the driver of a white flatbed truck they say collided with a car Tuesday afternoon at Macomber Hill and Lomie Rivers roads and fled the scene. The accident sent a mother and young daughter to a hospital. The utility truck, which will have front right quarter damage, was last […]
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Lewiston man charged in Jay hit-and-run
JAY — Police say a Lewiston man turned himself in Saturday in connection with a hit-and-run early Thursday on Main Street. Aaron Olsen, 23, told police the crash was related to distraction by cellphone use, detective Michael Mejia said. Olsen received minor injuries to his head during the incident, he said. Police had been looking […]
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Lewiston firefighters douse burning truck downtown
Video by Jeffrey L. David Lewiston Fire Department Lt. William Wallace said firefighters are unsure what caused the fire, but that the truck’s driver acted quickly and pulled the vehicle into the back lot at Melanson’s Garage at 210 Bartlett St. “He pulled it way out back, out away from everything, and called us and […]
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Jay accepts bid from Fairfield contractor to clean up junk
JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to accept a bid of $12,000 from Central Maine Disposal of Fairfield to clean up two residences on Route 17 in North Jay that violate the state’s junkyard law. There were four bids ranging from $5,000 to $48,000 to clean up the property. The town has been working since 1999 […]
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Jay board approves purchase of two new trucks
JAY — Selectpersons agreed Monday to spend up to $214,000 from the Public Works Department’s capital reserve account to replace two trucks that continue to break down and cost the town money to repair. It was approved 3-2, with Board of Selectpersons Chairman Steve McCourt and Board of Selectpersons Vice Chairman Justin Merrill opposed. Selectpersons […]