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Friday Nov 20 | Sun Journal

Sadly this is not uncommon,

Jeffrey Tyler, a volunteer firefighter accused of setting a blaze that destroyed two houses, is led to Oxford County Superior Court on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Oxford County, ME, Greenwood, ME, Fire, Bethel, ME

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Sun Journal

Kidnapping/robbery dual trial gets under way

Donald White, left, and his lawyer, Allan Lobozzo, listen to Assistant District Attorney Deborah Cashman make her opening statements to the jury in Androscoggin County Superior Court on Tuesday morning at the start of White's kidnapping trial.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Lewiston Metro, Auburn, ME

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Bangor Daily News

Deductible Reasoning:

As a health care reform bill inches forward, insurance companies have issued dire warnings about the consequences of the overhaul.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Sun Journal

Livermore Falls, Androscoggin County prepare for dispatch switchover

Livermore Falls Dispatch Supervisor Amanda Leclerc tells a firefighter his call is coming in clear Thursday.

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Related Topix: Livermore Falls, ME, Livermore, ME, Fire, Franklin County, ME, Farmington, ME

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Sun Journal

Rumford man charged in hammer, pepper spray attack, home invasion

LIVERMORE FALLS a ' A Rumford man was arrested early Saturday after he entered a Tucker Road home while occupants were sleeping and sprayed a man with pepper spray and attacked him with a hammer, according to police.

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Related Topix: Livermore Falls, ME, Wayne, ME, Lewiston Metro

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Sun Journal

Long nights, idle hands in jailhouse

If duct-taping and chokeholds are how Androscoggin County Jail guards treat each other, how do they treat the inmates? Probably better.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Sun Journal

Maine prison social worker facing drug charges

A 41-year-old prison social worker is facing charges she tried to smuggle illegal drugs into a prison.

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Related Topix: Searsmont, ME, Lewiston, ME, Lewiston Metro

Thu Nov 05, 2009

CapeCodOnline.com

Maine jail official fired for practical jokes

An Androscoggin County jail supervisor is out of a job after being fired for on the job pranks that included duct-taping a worker to a chair and putting another worker in a choke hold.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Sun Journal

Jail officer fired for pranks

AUBURN a ' An Androscoggin County Jail supervisor was fired Wednesday for his involvement in on-the-job pranks that included duct-taping a worker to a chair and putting another worker in a choke hold.

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Related Topix: Prison, Lewiston Metro, Auburn, ME, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Sun Journal

County commissioners offer $9.9M budget

AUBURN a ' Androscoggin County commissioners have unveiled their $9.9 million proposed spending package for the coming year, including money targeted for a charter effort, a new communications department and analyses of the aging county building.

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Related Topix: Auburn, ME

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Sun Journal

North Turner redemption center robbed Tuesday night

TURNER a ' Authorities continued their search Tuesday night for an armed man who robbed a redemption center in North Turner just minutes before the store was set to close.

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Related Topix: Turner, ME, North-Turner, ME

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Boston.com

Maine woman pleads not guilty to embezzlement

A 29-year-old Oxford woman has pleaded not guilty to charges she embezzled more than $100,000 from the Lewiston law firm where she once worked.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

Sun Journal

Sabattus: Two contested races next week

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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Related Topix: Sabattus, ME

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Bangor Daily News

Maine special education overhaul proposed

Education Commissioner Susan Gendron is proposing an overhaul of the way the state provides special education to students, with an independent report showing those costs increasing at twice the rate of other education spending.

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Related Topix: Franklin County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Orono, ME

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Sun Journal

Next time Mexico should call

MEXICO a ' Two of nine area people arrested in two separate incidents Sunday and Monday in Mexico remained behind bars early Tuesday evening at Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn.

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Related Topix: Mexico, ME, Auburn, ME, Lewiston Metro, Rumford, ME

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Sun Journal

Estate of murdered pregnant woman sues employer

AUBURN a ' The estate of a woman murdered in 2007 by a fellow worker at a Lewiston call center is suing that company, claiming it failed to recognize her assailant's history of violence, especially against women.

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Related Topix: Lewiston Metro, Auburn, ME, Lewiston, ME, Affiliated Computer Services, Computers, IT Services

Sun Journal

Auburn man sues company over firing

AUBURN a ' A local man is suing the company that fired him because he refused to engage in illegal and dangerous acts, he says.

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Related Topix: Auburn, ME, Lewiston Metro, Cape-Porpoise, ME

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Sun Journal

County retirees sue over health benefits

AUBURN a ' More than a dozen retired Androscoggin County workers, including two surviving spouses, are suing the county over health care benefits.

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Related Topix: Auburn, ME, Lewiston, ME

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Sun Journal

Judge orders DNA sample from kidnapping defendant

A Donald White appears in Androscoggin County Superior Court for motions filed in his kidnapping and robbery case.

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Related Topix: Lewiston Metro, Auburn, ME, Leeds, ME, Livermore Falls, ME

Thu Oct 15, 2009

Sun Journal

I totally disagree(I'm sure

AUBURN a ' Auburn police are launching a program to introduce young people to the potential of law enforcement as a career.

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Related Topix: Auburn, ME, Lewiston Metro

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