ROME — The Maine Association of Police recently bestowed three honors to U.S. Army Staff Sgt. (Ret.) Travis Mills and his wife, Kelsey Mills. The couple opened the Travis Mills Foundation Veterans Retreat in 2017 after Travis lost portions of all of his limbs in a 2012 IED explosion while serving this country in Afghanistan. […]
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Belgrade Village Dam crumbling and needs $100,000 fix
The residents of towns that are part of an interlocal agreement to maintain and operate the Belgrade Village Dam and two others are being asked at annual town meetings this year to increase their funding by 188% to help fund the repair.
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Central Maine towns consider Delta Ambulance fee that could cost tens of thousands of dollars a year
Freedom has already rejected the fee and switched providers, while Fairfield and Oakland, each of which would pay more than $96,000 a year, have given preliminary approval to the added expense.
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Rome voters approve road construction work for coming year
Residents met Saturday for the annual Town Meeting and, among other actions, appropriated money to reconstruct Ladd Road and fix other roads and bridges.
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Residents in Athens say it’s OK to sell alcohol on Sundays
People in the Somerset County town voted as part of the annual Town Meeting to approve the Sunday sales, and then a day later OK’d an annual municipal budget of about $700,000.
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Mills foundation receives $25K grant
ROME — The Travis Mills Foundation recently received a $25,000 grant from Kohl’s that will go to serving the nation’s heroes. The foundation is a nonprofit organization started by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. (Ret.) Travis Mills, one of only five quadruple amputees from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan to survive his injuries, according to […]
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Somerset County cuts 911 answering service for Kennebec County, citing staffing challenges
Kennebec County officials are now considering what steps they can take to fill the gap in emergency communications after Somerset County commissioners voted to not renew contracts with 16 communities across northern and western Kennebec County.
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Dysart’s holds event for Pine Tree Camp in Hermon
All proceeds raised benefit Rome’s Pine Tree Camp’s Campership Fund.
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Local students make Southern New Hampshire University president’s list
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Southern New Hampshire University has named several local students to the 2022 fall president’s list. They include Adrian Bates of Livermore Falls; Cassi Parker of Wayne; Kate Murphy and Kristina Waterhouse, both of Augusta; Cassaundra Bowie and Ariel Hall, both of Litchfield; Lacey York of China; Josiah Kearns of Winthrop; Lilly Reardon of Benton; and Talon Mosher and Ryan Wahl, both of […]
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Rome camp offers Adventure Day Pass
Day passes can be used four days: Jan. 14, Feb. 18, 20 and March 11.