Strong News

Clinton P. Charles, 90, of 28 Longwood Drive, Kennebunk, died Sunday, June 28, 2009, at his home.

STRONG a ' A celebration of Strong's heritage and its American Indian settlers takes place Friday with a parade, barbecue and music as the town hosts its annual Pierpole Days Festival.

SAD 58 will receive $760,000 to buy wood pellet furnaces for Strong and Kingfield elementary schools, Superintendent Quenten Clark said Wednesday.

A retired rural mail carrier testified Wednesday about her close encounter with a driver prosecutors believe was fleeing a murder scene more than 26 years ago.

FARMINGTON Potential jurors were asked about their news sources Monday as attorneys winnowed a pool of 101 people to a try to reach a jury of 12 plus alternates in the murder trial of Thomas H. Mitchell Jr.

A concerned parent addressed the SAD 58 Board of Directors and Superintendent Quenten Clark at Thursday's budget meeting about the amount proposed for teachers' pay.

Cornelius Linnehan of Lewiston was struck by the Bath car near Chestnut Street crossing Saturday evening at about 6 o'clock and knocked down.

MEETING THE FANS Comic-book stars, from left, Chris Giarrusso, Kean Soo, and Becky Cloonan set up at the Maine Comics Arts Festival.

SPRUCE HEAD : The group Living Him will sing Friday, May 8 at 7 p.m. at the Spruce Head Community Church.

As a kid in Sanford, I spent a lot of time in the woods exploring streams and trying to catch fish in local ponds.

Buy Photo HERMON, Maine - By his own account, Hallowell's Johnny Clark had never won a race at Hermon's Speedway 95 even though he was awarded a win when Farmington's Cassius Clark was disqualified after crossing the finish line ahead of his friend and namesake.

OWLS HEAD : A Massachusetts woman who died last year when the airplane she was piloting crashed just offshore in Owls Head likely had become disoriented in the fog, according to a report from the National Transportation Safety Board.

On April 8, Lake Warden Ken Bailey called ice out on Chickawaukie at 6 p.m., with the last bit of corner ice to break up at 7:30 p.m. On April 13, Bailey called ice out on Megunticook at 2:40 p.m., as white caps under a stiff west wind filled the lake.

There will be a new yet familiar face at Mt. Abram High School next year. At their April 3 meeting, SAD 58 directors selected Brenda Stevens to fill the principal's position.

A Freeman Township man was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison for burglarizing three homes of people he knew in Strong.

A man charged in the death of his girlfriend's 17-month-old son in November in Wilton was among 49 people indicted Wednesday by a Franklin County grand jury.

A fire that destroyed an older-style mobile home Thursday on Route 27 is believed to have started around the clothes dryer area, Fire Chief Doug Churchill said Friday.

A federal judge didn't buy a Maine man's contention that he downloaded child pornography so he could understand why his siblings were molested.

ROCKLAND : The Calvary Tabernacle United Pentecostal Church in Rockland has a new pastor who would like to see his congregation grow.

A father and son from Strong facing drug charges in separate incidents had more drug charges lodged against them after the son was involved in a crash and police searched his vehicle.