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Fielding error costly as Curve beat Sea Dogs, 6-5
A fielding error by reliever Alex Hoppe led to an unearned run in the sixth inning that helped the Altoona Curve beat the Portland Sea Dogs 6-5 Thursday night in an Eastern League game at Altoona, Pennsylvania. With two outs, Kervin Pichardo walked and Seth Beer reached on an error...
Lewiston council approves lower school budget to go to voters
LEWISTON — The City Council approved an amended school budget Thursday that reduces the city’s projected tax increase by 49 cents, clearing the way for a second referendum June 11. The vote was 5-2. After considerable debate Wednesday, school officials ultimately supported reducing the proposed budget by $1.12 million in response to concerns from the City Council over the $111.47 million spending plan that was rejected by voters earlier this month.
Career fair for students with disabilities, special learning plans draws scores to Auburn college
AUBURN — The first career fair specifically for students with disabilities and individualized education plans drew more than 150 students from over 20 schools to Central Maine Community College on Thursday. I Belong was the theme of the 2024 Maine Department of Education Youth Summit. A steering committee of...
Balloon festivals often face rising costs and shrinking volunteer bases
It’s not unusual for long-running balloon festivals to crash, deflated by shortages of volunteers and cash. The Dansville Festival of Balloons in Livingston County, New York, for instance, grounded its 41-year-old event in 2023 because of a “continued decline of volunteer staffing” and a difficult financial situation.
Post-conviction review of James Sweeney’s murder conviction concludes at Farmington court
FARMINGTON — Justice William Stokes will decide whether a former Jay man serving 38 years for bludgeoning his former girlfriend do death with a bat in 2017 will have his conviction thrown out because he didn’t understand the trial process because he is deaf. A two-day post-conviction review...
Mixed reaction on Trump hush-money verdict from congressional candidates
In Maine’s hotly contest 2nd District congressional race, reaction to the guilty verdict on 34 separate felony counts in Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s New York trial split on partisan lines. While the two Republican contenders for the U.S. House seat slammed the court case, three-term U.S. Rep....
Great Falls Pride Week gets underway Saturday in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Organizers of the annual Great Falls Pride Week are looking to bring some joy to the Lewiston-Auburn community when the festivities kick off Saturday. “We’re expecting to have a wonderful celebratory event,” spokesperson Cara Courchesne said. She added that she expects it will be the biggest pride week ever. It recognizes and celebrates members of the LGBTQ+ community and the response from the community has been positive.
Great grad: Biology at Bates is what’s next for Mt. Abram graduate Samuel Cockerham
STRONG — Mt. Abram Regional High School senior Samuel Cockerham, 18, has an infectious energy and ambition, always contributing positively to class, Principal Tim Richards said. Those skills, along with his good attitude and hardworking nature, have helped propel him to become a leader in his class and with...
Warden Service K-9 team finds 2 missing children in woods near their Phillips home Wednesday night
PHILLIPS — A Maine Warden Service K-9 team located two missing children, ages 2 and 3, Wednesday night in a heavily-wooded area off Number 6 Road, about a half-mile from their home, Emily MacCabe, director of information and education for the Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, said. About 3:45...
Lewiston, Auburn say balloon festival will ‘take off’ with municipal leadership
LEWISTON — City officials said Thursday that they plan to hold a three-day “L/A Balloon Festival” in mid-August that will include hot air balloons, food and other vendors, and some “new elements to make it enticing.”. “It’s taking off,” Angelynne Amores, Lewiston’s director of marketing and...
Bowen drives in three as Curve top Sea Dogs 6-4 in opener of six-game EL series
Jase Bowen was 2 for 4, scored twice and drove in three runs as the Altoona Curve opened a six-game series by beating the Portland Sea Dogs 6-4 Tuesday night in an Eastern League game at Altoona, Pennsylvania. Bowen had a two-run homer in the fourth inning for the Curve,...
Lewiston council suggests more fund balance money to offset more than $111 million school budget
LEWISTON — City councilors discussed at their 1 1/2-hour workshop Tuesday night their ideas about how to change the school budget so that it will pass on its second vote June 11. The proposed $111.47 million proposed school budget failed in the first vote earlier this month by a...
Great Falls Balloon Festival directors reject Lewiston proposal to save event
LEWISTON — The city of Lewiston received a rejection letter Monday from the Great Falls Balloon Festival board of directors for a proposal to help revive the festival. Deb Leonard, the board of directors interim president, said the board held an emergency meeting Thursday to discuss the city’s proposal.
Dixfield man admits to civil violation in Canton fatal crash
PARIS — A Dixfield man admitted Tuesday to a traffic violation that resulted in the death of a North Carolina woman last year. A South Paris District Court judge imposed a $1,500 fine on Sebastiano Policastro, 19, and suspended his license for three years for the civil violation. Assistant...
Police arrest suspect in Peru car crash and gunfire incident
PERU — Police have made an arrest related to a car crash and report of gunfire earlier in the evening Tuesday. Around 7:10 p.m. police arrived to the area of 106 Auburn Road, also called Route 108, in the vicinity of Dirigo Elementary School. Oxford County dispatch said late...
Lewiston council and former city administrator sign separation agreement
LEWISTON — The city and former Administrator Heather Hunter signed a separation agreement this month that will pay Hunter six months severance pay for a total of $76,771. The City Council voted unanimously to approve the agreement last week, roughly a month after Hunter’s resignation became effective April 29.
Angus King impressed by Wales farm operated by Somali farmers
WALES — As the first seedlings began to spread their roots at the Somali Bantu Community Association’s Liberation Farms on Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Angus King stopped by to see how things were going. The two-term Maine independent came away impressed. “I like this on every level — the...
Animal control officer reports ‘a lot of goats’ in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — The Select Board has tasked the Planning Board with possibly developing an ordinance governing livestock in the village area. Animal Control Officer Kenneth Pelletier told selectmen at their May 21 meeting that in the past 90 days he received 45 to 55 complaints, six of them about goats.
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