Waterville Planning Board has approved plans by D.H. Smith & Sons of Marshfield, Massachusetts, to open at 135 Airport Road.
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Posted inCommunity, Livermore Falls Advertiser
LEAP celebrates Direct Support Professionals week
FARMINGTON — The Board of Directors and management team of Life Enrichment Advancing People hosted a celebration Thursday in recognition of National Direct Support Professionals week. LEAP is a local, private nonprofit devoted to supporting people with cognitive and intellectual disabilities in western and central Maine. The organization employs more than 150 DSPs who provide around-the-clock […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Fire prevention along Taylor Pond in Auburn
Hateya Levesque of the Maine Forest Service loads brush into a chipper along Taywood Road in Auburn on Friday. The Maine Forest Service picked up brush at five homes on Taylor Pond to reduce potential fuel for wildfires. Fire prevention specialist Kent Nelson, left, said brush around homes is a serious fire hazard. The service provides […]
Posted inFuneral Notices, sj-web
Funeral notices for Friday, June 22
BERRY — Beverly McIver, 86, of Livermore, passed away Tuesday, June 19, in Auburn. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 23, at North Livermore Baptist Church, 619 Federal Road, Livermore. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Friday, June 22, at Finley Funeral Home, 15 Church St., Livermore Falls. Interment Pleasant View Cemetery, […]
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Funeral notices for Tuesday, Jan. 23
ARSENAULT — Collette Lorraine, 87, formerly of Rumford, passed away Saturday, Jan. 20, in Pittsfield. A time of sharing and remembering will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday Jan. 24, at S.G. Thibault Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday Jan. 25, at Parish of […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Paul LePage says greedy lumber companies driving up prices
Maine Governor Paul LePage talks with reporters at a meeting of New England governors and Eastern Canadian premiers in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island on Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. LePage has proposed sending a letter from premiers and governors in support of exemptions on softwood lumber duties in the ongoing trade battle that impacts the region. […]
Posted inBusiness, sj-web
How fracking is making firewood more expensive
CONCORD, N.H. — Northeasterners who are digging deeper into their pockets to pay for firewood this season can add a new scapegoat to the roster of usual market forces: fracking. Yep, a timber industry representative in New Hampshire said those hydraulic fracturing well sites in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale formation to suck natural gas out of […]
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills
Bethel selectmen seek ‘community’ approach to end road standoff
BETHEL — Bethel selectmen have voted against pursuing court action to determine if the town has the right to use Daisy Bryant Road to access Bingham Forest. Instead, they will follow — for now — Selectman Don Bennett’s suggestion to seek a face-to-face solution with road residents who oppose the plan to use the road […]
Posted inMaine
Not on oil? A quick look at the rest of Maine’s heating marketplace
* Wood Many homeowners who’ve moved off heating oil have turned to burning cordwood and pellets, according to Lisa Smith at the Governor’s Energy Office. Thirteen percent of Maine homes now rely on wood heat, the second-highest rate in the country, as counted by the 2010 U.S. Census. Smith only started tracking wood-pellet prices two […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Police: Cape man’s death in balcony fall appears accidental
CAPE ELIZABETH — Police hope an autopsy will confirm whether a Cape Elizabeth man died as a result of a fall from his second-story porch on July 25, but the report is not expected for several weeks. John Knight, 39, was found dead at his single-family home at 10 Tiger Lily Lane by a relative who […]