Andover News

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.

Residents of SAD 44 will have a chance Wednesday to act on a proposed 2009-10 operating budget that's about $300,000 less than this year's. The proposed figure is $9.96 million for the education of just under 1,000 students from the district's five member towns and several unaffiliated towns and plantations.

No shaking hands during graduation. No sharing consecrated wine during Catholic services and, Maine's bishop urges, no receiving Holy Communion on the tongue.

Explosions heard on Wednesday morning by residents from Peru to Andover were sonic booms from Navy fighter jets and not an earthquake, according to Jim Miclon at Oxford Regional Communications Center in Paris.

Retrieving the carcass of a dead Hereford bull washed ashore three weeks ago along the Androscoggin River wasn't as insurmountable as police initially believed.

MDI : The Acadia Disposal District this week heard a presentation from Ecomaine, the state's only single-sort recycler.

An estimated 140 children ages 6 and under endured chilly weather on Saturday to participate in the annual Easter Egg Hunt.

They say time flies when you're having fun. I say time flies. It has flown so past this past year that next Saturday, April 11 is our annual Maine Appalachian Trail Club annual meeting -- already! This can't be right.

Heavy Rain And Snowmelt May Result In Flooding Friday Afternoon Into Saturday Evening, .Low Pressure Developing Over The Lower Mississippi Valley Late This Afternoon Will Track Northeast, Reaching Northern New England Saturday.

On This Track, The Storm Will Produce Heavy Snow Over The Region Today Into The Evening Hours.

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Oxford County Republicans met at the Norway Masonic Hall on Jan. 13, opening with a social hour followed by the pot roast dinner prepared and served by the Eastern Star.

The Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office in Andover, together with Bernie & Phyl's Furniture, is collecting toys as part of the annual holiday campaign to assist The Home for Little Wanderers during the ...

A Rumford man was flown to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston after being struck by a sport-utility vehicle while walking across Route 2 atop Falls Hill at dusk.