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Falcon, Cougar girls play prelims to get into tourney
Feb 17, 2012 12:00 amMOUNTAIN VALLEY GIRLS' VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM -- From left in the front row are Brooke Dolloff, Kaitlin Armstrong, Makayla White, Chrissy Briggs, Makenzie Gallant and Darbi Brown. In the back are Tom Danylik (coach), Tammy Gallant (coach), Kristen Brown, Katie Puiia, Jena Plourde, Addy Gorham, Brena Brown, Abby Day, Delaney Paterson (mgr.), Ken Baker (coach) and Mike Perry (coach). (Times photo by Bruce Farrin)
Pantry to close during relocation
Feb 17, 2012 12:00 amPERU- The Servants Heart Food Pantry will close on February 20 and reopen on March 3, when they celebrate an open house at their new location inside the former Peru Elementary School. On February 18, prior to closing for relocation, there will be a large food distribution to help ease the burden of moving.
“This is such a great thing for the pantry and all our users,” noted Brenda Swan, volunteer at the pantry.Winter sports tab
Feb 17, 2012 12:00 amDIRIGO GIRLS' VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM -- From left in the front row are Ambyr Wilson, Angela Ronan, Alyssa Wade, Miranda Shurtleff, Paige Murphy and Kayla Gaudin. In the back row are Reggie Weston (coach), Debbie Keene (coach), Jessica Conant, Lindsy Crutchfield, Natasha Deroche, Lexi Noyes, Kelsey Hutchins, Rachel Knight, Megan Bradbury, Joe Pelotte and Kurt Rowley (coach). (Times photo by Bruce Farrin)
Irving receives $471K grant for energy efficiency project
Feb 17, 2012 12:00 amREGION -- Efficiency Maine has awarded Irving Forest Products a $471,000 incentive to install a kiln moisture control system that will save the company nearly 15 percent of their annual energy expense - 3.2 million kilowatt hours a year -- or enough energy to power 530 homes a year.
Black Mountain granted $40K support
Feb 17, 2012 12:00 amRUMFORD- Black Mountain of Maine was recently awarded a $40K grant from Bangor Savings Bank, of which, the first $10,000 was awarded for 2012 and they will receive $10,000 annually over each of the next three years.
“This was an unbelievable gift,” noted Jim Carter, general manager of Black Mountain of Maine. “It's an overwhelming time for us with just getting finished with the nationals. We haven't had time to let it sink in yet.”
Land favorable for mountain biking
Feb 17, 2012 12:00 amRUMFORD -- This community could realize the economic potential from the sport of mountain biking.
Last week, Brian Alexander of the New England Mountain Bike Association (NEMBA) in Augusta looked at the 83-acre town-owned parcel behind the River Valley Crossing Plaza on Rt. 2. Jim Rinaldo, economic developer for Rumford, said he hiked with Alexander up the Rumford Polar Bear snowmobile trail by the plaza to look at the land.
Volunteer advocate training offered
Feb 17, 2012 12:00 amREGION -- Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Services is looking for volunteer advocates to respond to their 24-hour crisis and support line and make a difference in the lives of people affected by sexual assault, childhood sexual abuse, stalking or sexual harassment.
Body of missing Dixfield snowmobiler recovered
Feb 17, 2012 12:00 amTURNER -- After a search that was started Saturday morning, the Maine Warden Service said they located a missing snowmobiler from Dixfield on Sunday, who left his residence to go snowmobiling on Friday.
The Maine Warden Service says the body of Joey Mann, 46 of the Mease Road was located by a volunteer searcher who
spotted what appeared to be a helmet in the Androscoggin River in Turner just below the Center Bridge Road Bridge.
Landowner settles forest practices violations
Feb 17, 2012 12:00 amREGION -- The Maine Forest Service (MFS), under the Maine Department of Conservation, has entered into an agreement with T.R. Dillon Logging Inc. which resolves violations of the state’s forest practices law on land in the towns of Industry and Peru.
T.R. Dillon Logging Inc. of Madison has agreed to pay a $35,000 civil penalty for the violation.
Man dies in desperate attempt to save dogs
Feb 17, 2012 12:00 amCANTON - Sherwood Campbell, 64, lost his life on Feb. 7 while trying to save his dogs from his burning home in Canton.
Firefighters found Campbell's body Wednesday morning at the entrance to his second-floor bedroom.
Campbell's parents, who are in their 80s, were not at home at the time because his father, Sheldon, was in Maine Medical Center's intensive care unit in Portland for a heart condition and his mother, Norma, was there with him.
