GREENE — The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office on Friday was searching for the driver of an SUV that slammed into a utility pole, bringing it down on Sawyer Road late Thursday night. Deputies say a silver vehicle hit the utility pole and snapped it at about 10:10 p.m. Thursday. Police said the driver fled the […]
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Greene third-grader inspires buddy bench to memorialize his friend
Eight-year-old Greene student Traeh Cloutier suggested in April that Greene Central School install a “Buddy Bench,” which would give students a place to socialize and make friends. Six months later, the bench was installed in playground.
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Amy Calder: There are a lot of odd, quirky, peculiar road names
Central Maine is home to lots of unusual street and road names, but the town of Skowhegan takes the cake for the most whimsical, columnist Amy Calder writes.
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Becker College announces spring dean’s list
Recognized were Waterville’s Beringer, Vassalboro’s Coulombe, Readfield’s Jernigan, Greene’s Labrie.
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University of New Hampshire lists 2019 May graduates
DURHAM, N.H. — The following local students graduated in May from the University of New Hampshire. Montana Drinkwater, of Greene, graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration: accounting. Sherman Spears, of Monmouth, graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. Bayleigh Logan, of Windsor, graduated […]
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Thomas J. McMahon Scholarship recipients announced
Scholarship funds for six local students provided by classmates of Vietnam veteran.
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Greene man shoots himself in head during arrest
Joshua Hussey, who was wanted by police for domestic violence terrorizing and violating probation, shot himself while police tried to arrest him at Hussey’s mother’s Dixfield home.
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Bates College students study aboard in fall 2018
LEWISTON — Sixty percent of Bates College students elect to study abroad through the college’s Center for Global Education. Ashley Pratt, of Greene, participated in the fall 2018 Bates College Junior Semester Abroad program. Pratt, who is majoring in neuroscience and minoring in chemistry at Bates, studied in Ireland through University College Dublin. She is […]
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Greene voters reject marijuana storefronts
Town meeting voters had concerns about enforcing retail marijuana regulations.
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Victim of bogus Craigslist ad returns home to ‘devastation’ of his possessions
The ad said everything on George Stanley’s merchandise-laden property was free for the taking, leading to a frenzy of looting over the past two weeks while he was in Florida.