Newry News

Midwest Price Co. chip truck driver Jamie Murphy, center, of Canton, talks with an unidentified man after the tractor-trailer Murphy was driving slammed into the Michael J. Mills Landscaping trailer at right at about 3:45 p.m. Thursday on Route 2 in Bethel.

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.

The North American National Wife Carrying Championship was held recently in Newry, Maine.

Sunday River, The Phoenix House and Well, and Shipyard Brewing Company have partnered together to sponsor Hike the River.

HIGHLAND PLANTATION a ' A $250 million project to erect 48 wind turbines on four peaks in Somerset County was outlined at a meeting of about 30 people Thursday night.

NEWRY, Maine -- A Maine couple has taken the crown in the North American Wife Carrying Championship over an obstacle course that featured a muddy water hole and two log obstacles.

More than 30 competitors have signed up to take part in the 10th annual North American Wife Carrying Championship in western Maine.

NEWRY : The Rev. Carlos Ortega spoke to the United Church of Christ Maine Conference, held Sept.

NEWRY : The United Church of Christ Maine Conference held its annual meeting at Sunday River in Newry from Sept.

MARK Hale's family were not surprised when they found out how he died. The 42-year-old from Bournemouth was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan while helping an injured comrade to safety on August 13.

Firefighters battle a fire at the home of former Greenwood Selectman Marie Bartlett on Tuesday afternoon.

PARIS a ' The attorneys for a group seeking to convert a Newry bed and breakfast into condominiums have reaffirmed an appeal of the town's change-of-use denial, saying a trio of murders at the site in 2006 makes it impractical for use as an inn or rental property.

The state of Maine is extremely lucky to have some of the most responsive, capable and compassionate teams of rescue professionals and volunteers any community could want.

Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Chris Duplessis of Mason Township and his co-driver Catherine Woods of Quebec charge up a "shake down" course in Newry on Thursday evening.

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.

Rescue crews worked well into Monday night to transport an injured hiker off Notch Trail in western Oxford County after her emergency beacon alerted game wardens she needed help.

Thousands of bicyclists arrived in Belfast Sunday to complete the Trek Across Maine.

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.

Mass-goers at the Domincan Chapel in Newry were told on Sunday morning that the Sign of Peace ritual - where parishioners shake each other's hands - was being suspended due to current health fears.

"Beautiful, wild state with plenty of cultural charm seeks well-heeled travelers from across the sea.