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The new budget represents a 0.3673 percent reduction from the previous budget, which was defeated in a referendum on May 8. Superintendent Henry Alberti and the board encourage all residents to attend the district budget meeting vote at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 5, in the auditorium of Leavitt Area High School.

But then the fuse reaches the coil. In less than 60 seconds nearly 16,000 explode in a controlled mayhem of sound, smoke and light.

A 750,000-pound electricity autotransformer that made its way to Leeds Junction from Portland via rail earlier this week, was again on the road early Saturday morning.

LEWISTON, Maine - A giant transformer that's part of Central Maine Power's infrastructure upgrade is being moved along a busy highway between Greene and Lewiston.

Lisbon police officer Jason St. Pierre said Ashton Cuffee, 21, of Lisbon was charged with operating without a license and Robert Hamilton, 34, of Lewiston was charged with being a habitual offender for driving after his license had been suspended.

Trevor Maxwell, former longtime Portland Press Herald staffer and current media consultant, certainly hasn't lost his ability to write.

Turner had 93 yes votes and 33 no votes, favoring the proposed budget by a margin of nearly 3 to 1. Leeds had 40 yes votes and 68 no votes, defeating the measure by about 13 percent.

Jocelyn Christner, center, a 4-year-old from Auburn, and Lilly Minnich, 3, of Lewiston play guitars during "Let's Pretend!" at the Auburn Public Library on Friday.