Sabattus News

Firefighters from three towns quickly doused a Crowley Road fire in Sabattus on Wednesday evening.

Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Cub Scouts from Pack 109 in Lisbon donate one dollar each to the "Food for Scouting Families" program during a rally to save Camp Gustin in Sabattus on Sunday.

Hundreds of Maine Boy Scouts are trying to keep Camp Gustin in Sabattus from being sold.

SABATTUS a ' Less than halfway into the fiscal year, the town of Sabattus has spent $77 more than it budgeted for legal expenses, according to a town official.

It's been a tough few years for Maine Scouts. At last week's public meeting, Pine Tree Council Boy Scouts officials said the council had a $180,000 operating loss in 2008.

Scoutmaster Allen Ward looks over the grounds of Camp Gustin in Sabattus from behind the totem pole.

Daryn Slover/Sun Journal George Gustin of Wales holds a picture of his father Charles Gustin, who bought and gave the land on Loon Pond to the Boy Scouts of America.A A SABATTUS a ' In the 1930s, Charles Gustin sent his two sons to a Boy Scout camp in Raymond in hopes that they would learn about the land and have fun doing it.

People should take a ride on Route 9 between downtown Lisbon Falls and the Sabattus interchange so they can see for themselves the federal stimulus money at work.

MINOT a ' Besides the hunters who bagged deer on opening day of the firearms season for Maine residents Saturday, District Game Warden Rick Stone also had a successful day.

There's a solution to the growing phenomenon of "serialized meetings" among elected officials: Make every e-mail they send or receive, that pertains to public business, part of the official record for public meetings.

Biddeford Pool, ME. The Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse have announced that the first major phase of restoration at Wood Island Lighthouse has begun.

SABATTUS a ' Residents will decide two contested races in Tuesday's election. Two seats with three-year terms are open on the Board of Selectmen.

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This is in response to the letters from Sen. John Nutting and Rep. Stacy Dostie .

SABATTUS a ' The Sabattus Lake Dam Commission opened the Sabattus dam Sunday. According to Commission Chairman Walter White, the annual drawdown will lower the water level about 4 feet within the next three weeks.

Cheers and jeers from around the news: a Cheers to the employees in the Sabattus town office.

A group of educators and legislators who favor the same-sex marriage law said Tuesday, Sept.

A truck hauling Massachusetts garbage into Maine caught fire and dumped its burning contents alongside the Maine Turnpike in Lewiston on Saturday.

I recently read a letter to the editor from Amedeo Lauria. In his letter, , he stated that, as a state senator for Sabattus, I'm not supposed to attend community meetings there to answer questions as to whether or not a state law has been violated.

I believe that Jim Bennett is Lewiston's loss and Sabattus' gain. I work in downtown Lewiston and I've seen the area change for the better under Bennett's watch.