LEWISTON — Androscoggin Home Healthcare & Hospice Volunteer Barbara Gavin of Turner received the Home Care & Hospice Alliance of Maine’s 2023 Volunteer of the Year Award on Nov. 14. This award is presented to two outstanding volunteers (one in the home care setting and the other in the hospice setting) who support activities related […]
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Augusta man gets more than 5 years for fatal 2022 crash in Turner
The judge presiding over the sentencing says the crash, captured on video, looked like an ‘explosion.’
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Turner-based school board debates parental role in student policies
Updates to several policies were considered and approved by MSAD 52 directors
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Maine apple growers hurt by 50% loss, insurance inequities
Immediately after the harvest season finishes, growers begin filing claims and insurance adjusters come visit farms in person to verify the crop losses growers have reported.
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Can you pick out Patrick Dempsey in this 1973 class photo?
Long before he was McDreamy, Patrick Dempsey was a student at Turner Elementary School. His second-grade class photo was unearthed recently when Turner officials opened two time capsules from 1923 and 1973 during their Century Box Jubilee at Leavitt Area High School. Can you find Dempsey in the photo below? Give it a try now!
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Chase starts in Franklin County, ends with spikes in Auburn
Police said when the chase came to an end on Center Street, the suspect, 28-year-old Cesar J. Vergara, intentionally drove his SUV into a utility pole in front of a car dealership.
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Two injured in Friday night crash in Turner
Richard Disanto of Upton, Massachusetts, was northbound Friday night when he collided head-on with a van driven by Tony Snow of Norridgewock.
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LifeFlight called after crash in Turner
Early reports at about 6:30 p.m. were that a van and truck collided, with one woman trapped in the wreckage.
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Maine Community Foundation offers award to teachers
Full-time teachers at Greene, Leeds, Tripp and Turner schools may be eligible for the Patience W. Norman Prize for Teacher Excellence at the Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF). The award recognizes School Administrative District 52 teachers who stimulate intellectual curiosity, raise aspirations and demand critical thinking in their classrooms. Teachers must have a minimum of five […]
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Denny Breau and Friends to wrap up season for Music at Mavis series
“Music for Mavis” Tuesdays at the Gazebo music series presents Denny Breau and a wild host of friends for the season finale of the concert series from 6-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at the gazebo in Turner. Breau started playing guitar when he was 9 years old and was inducted into the Maine Country […]