Andover News

PARIS a ' The Bethel-area school system is suing Woodstock Oil Co., claiming the business failed to deliver a full supply of oil during the 2005-2006 school year.

In the spring of 1638, John Stevens left Caversham, England with his wife, Elizabeth, and his younger brother, and Elizabeth's brother and mother.

The New England Seismic Network says a small earthquake shook parts of western Maine early Thursday morning.

Betty Ann Moore, 83, of the East Andover Road, East Andover, Maine died Saturday, November 7, 2009, at her residence with her loving family by her side.

BETHEL a ' Residents will have a chance on Monday to learn more about a proposed $5 million construction project to provide a new gymnasium and theater at the Telstar middle and high schools complex.

RUMFORD a ' An Andover man remained behind bars early Thursday evening in Paris and a Jay man was free on bail after police accused both of participating in a home invasion in Rumford that sent one tenant to the hospital.

Why did you choose Applejack as your trail moniker? Apples are brain food. They're part of my daily routine .

In an effort to gain local voting rights while making a last-ditch attempt to prevent a wind power developer from installing 22 turbines on town hills, Robert Montgomery launched a secessionist movement on Wednesday.

Here in our vacation spot of Andover, Maine , hard times hit in earnest last month when Andover's largest employer and taxpayer, Ethan Allen, announced that it would be closing its chair-seat mill after experiencing a 41% drop in retail sales.

Here in our vacation spot of Andover, Maine , hard times hit in earnest last month when Andover's largest employer and taxpayer, Ethan Allen, announced that it would be closing its chair-seat mill after experiencing a 41% drop in retail sales.

ON JULY 10, 1962, IN WASHINGTON, D.C., VICE President Lyndon B. Johnson picked up the telephone to chat with Frederick Kappel, the chairman of American Telephone and Telegraph .

Terry Karkos/Sun Journal A LifeFlight helicopter headed for a Lewiston hospital lifts off from a field in Newry early Friday evening, carrying a man who fell 30 feet into the lower gorge pool at Screw Auger Falls in Grafton Notch State Park on Route 26.

On July 10, 1962 NASA launched AT&T's Telstar 1 satellite. The satellite was designed to relay television and telephone signals between the United States and Europe.

The tough times aren't over yet. The latest job losses: Perham's gem store in West Paris announced it would close and the Ethan Allen sawmill in Andover is laying off 60 workers.