Four of the seven county commissioners and the county administrator violated state rules Wednesday by not wearing masks during meeting.
Steve Sherlock
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Fairfield man suffers heart attack, dies while driving in Hebron
Daniel Sawtelle, 56, died at the scene on Merrill Hill Road.
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First-year Poland nurse quarantines from family as she cares for COVID-19 patients
Ashley Jardine, a 2020 CMCC graduate, feels overwhelmed by the pandemic and misses her family and friends, but is grateful she is healthy and her father is improving after his three-week fight against the virus last spring.
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Vietnam War memorial proposed for Lewiston’s Veterans Park
Charles Paul, who is leading the fundraising effort, hopes to have the new monument in place by Veterans Day 2021.
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Lewiston’s New Roots farm receives $80,000 in grants
The funds will help the Somali Bantu owners of the cooperative farm purchase the 30 acres of farmland they are currently leasing.
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Maine restaurant co-owner donates kidney to help longtime customer
Due to incompatibility, Amanda Ouellette’s kidney was flown to Colorado for transplant, allowing a kidney from there to be shipped the same day and transplanted into Jane Brown of Otisfield.
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Oxford County uses casino funds to lower tax levy
The amount of money needed to be raised by taxpayers for the county for the 2021 fiscal year will be roughly 1.8% lower than this year.
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Purdue Global University leaving Lewiston, no changes to Augusta campus
The largely online university, formerly Kaplan University, will shutter its Lewiston campus when its lease expires in March 2021.
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Two juvenile males arrested after Paris attack
A video of the attack was posted on Facebook and helped police identify the suspects.
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Butterfly gardens honor Mainers who died of drug overdose
Each of the five gardens in Oxford County contain 380 butterflies, one for each death in Maine in 2019 from drug abuse.