Mechanic Falls News

Lewis Millett is one of the most remarkable men I have ever met, a man crazy for a fight and maybe just a little straight-ahead, damn-the-torpedoes, perfect-soldier crazy.

POLAND a ' The Regional School Unit 16 employees' union voted this week to authorize the union board to open the contract and negotiate with the school board and superintendent for up to four furlough days.

A late morning fire engulfed a couple's mobile home on Tuesday. Firefighters were called to 158 Mechanic Falls Road at about 11:15 a.m. Captain Shawn Cordwell of the Oxford Fire Department said the rear of the building was burning with heavy smoke when responders arrived.

A Mechanic Falls native who won the Medal of Honor for leading a bayonet charge against an enemy position during the Korean War has died.

Christine Peterson, left, of Mechanic Falls, and Linda Williams, of Poland, walk every day to keep the pounds off.

MECHANIC FALLS a ' Voters Tuesday elected six representatives to a new town charter commission.

Mary's Regional Medical Center Emergency Room, 45 Golder St. a Daniel Joseph Lavoie, 52, of 107 Pierce St., domestic violence assault, 1:45 a.m. Sunday at that address.

Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Armande Case, fourth from right, of Lewiston and her extended family attend Homecoming Mass at St.

I do not know why voters of the state of Maine would ever vote "yes" on the excise tax repeal, Question 2. In Mechanic Falls, repeal of the excise tax would cost local taxpayers $149,360 in tax revenues.

"Do you want to repeal the 2007 law on school district consolidation and restore the laws previously in effect?" Since its passage in 2007, Maine's school consolidation law has been the subject of much debate, from parents at school board meetings to lawmakers in Augusta.

Northeast Bank will be revising its branch strategy over the coming months to gain efficiencies.

Willie Richards, a staff naturalist at Ferry Beach Ecology School, makes a point during an ecology lesson on Ferry Beach in Saco.

PORTLAND a ' Police have identified a Lewiston woman as the victim of Monday's fatal traffic accident on I-95. Safia Ahmed, 23, was driving on a learner's permit when her vehicle swerved into the northbound lane, crossed the median and flipped, according to a release issued Tuesday morning by Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland.

Armande Case of Lewiston walks with two of her six children during the American Heart Association Start! Heart Walk in Lewiston on Sunday morning.

I recently received an e-mail from Jerry Beckett, commander of American Legion Post 330.

Poland and Saco - On Wednesday, September 30, sixth grade students from Poland, Minot, and Mechanic Falls will leave their classrooms behind to converge on Ferry Beach Ecology School in Saco for a three-day science education adventure.

A Mechanic Falls man was free on bail Friday, four days after he was arrested on charges of sexually molesting a young girl on more than 500 occasions in Oxford County.

When the economy suddenly found us working Saturdays, Saturday night out became all the more important.

Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Mack Perfetta of Mechanic Falls ventures out into knee-deep mud during the Oxford Mud Run on Sunday afternoon.

An apartment fire in Norway on Sunday displaced three families but was quickly brought under control.