NEW SWEDEN, Maine – New Sweden residents voted in favor of budgets for both town and school operations Thursday. Twelve registered voters gathered at the town office, with John Hedman elected as moderator. Most school budget articles passed without discussion. New Sweden is part of School Union 122, which also includes Woodland and Westmanland. The […]
AWS collects recyclables such as bottles, magazines, catalogs, newspapers and tin cans from 99 igloos at 17 locations in Presque Isle, Caribou, Fort Fairfield, Easton, Limestone, Caswell, Cyr Plantation, Hamlin, Woodland, Stockholm, New Sweden, Sinclair, Portage, Mapleton and Washburn.
If all goes well, downtown Presque Isle could have a new dog park and children’s playground at Peace Park within the next year.
Select Board Chairperson Matt Cole adjourned the meeting due to an error on the printed copies of the budget warrant that resident Rosemary Monahan alerted the board to on Tuesday.
Local voters approved a $23.44 million budget for Regional School Unit 39 (Caribou and Stockholm) Tuesday.
Despite the weather, most events went on as planned, including the Maine truck and tractor pulls.
Officers arrested Dufour and his passenger, Macenzie Charette, 31, of Fort Fairfield, and seized 13.61 grams of fentanyl and 2.8 grams of methamphetamine and an undisclosed amount of cash, said Police Chief Matthew Cummings.
Graduates, school staff and family members packed into the gymnasium, cheering for the classmates as they walked across the stage and posed for photos.
People caught up with friends and neighbors while enjoying hotdogs, pizza, ice cream and other treats and checking out 45 craft and community vendors.
Robert Chambers, 63, was driving a 2021 Can-Am UTV south on Presque Isle Street when he turned abruptly into the roadway from the shoulder and was struck by the tractor trailer.
