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Counties spend millions on others' jails

On any given day, officers from the Waldo County Sheriff’s Department are on the road, transporting prisoners to York County Jail because there’s no room back home. That’s a six-hour round trip that often is repeated more than once for a single prisoner, who gets taken to York for a bed, but has to be […]

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Counties spend millions on others' jails

On any given day, officers from the Waldo County Sheriff’s Department are on the road, transporting prisoners to York County Jail because there’s no room back home. That’s a six-hour round trip that often is repeated more than once for a single prisoner, who gets taken to York for a bed, but has to be […]

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Two years later, two more offers Wherever Ken Lefebvre was when he heard or read about the new development proposal for Saccarappa Park, we’re willing to bet he was smiling. The former Westbrook mayor walked away two years ago from a deal to develop the park smarting from the sting of public accusations of back […]

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American Journal editorial 0803

Two years later, two more offers Wherever Ken Lefebvre was when he heard or read about the new development proposal for Saccarappa Park, we’re willing to bet he was smiling. The former Westbrook mayor walked away two years ago from a deal to develop the park smarting from the sting of public accusations of back […]

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Church community fair Saturday Buxton United Methodist Church, 276 Chicopee Road, presents its second annual Community Fair on Saturday, Aug. 6. The events kick off with a pancake breakfast from 7 to 9 a.m. An auction, which goes until everything is gone, gets underway at 9 a.m. Other events include snack bar and free moon […]

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Church community fair Saturday Buxton United Methodist Church, 276 Chicopee Road, presents its second annual Community Fair on Saturday, Aug. 6. The events kick off with a pancake breakfast from 7 to 9 a.m. An auction, which goes until everything is gone, gets underway at 9 a.m. Other events include snack bar and free moon […]

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Church community fair Saturday Buxton United Methodist Church, 276 Chicopee Road, presents its second annual Community Fair on Saturday, Aug. 6. The events kick off with a pancake breakfast from 7 to 9 a.m. An auction, which goes until everything is gone, gets underway at 9 a.m. Other events include snack bar and free moon […]

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Church community fair Saturday Buxton United Methodist Church, 276 Chicopee Road, presents its second annual Community Fair on Saturday, Aug. 6. The events kick off with a pancake breakfast from 7 to 9 a.m. An auction, which goes until everything is gone, gets underway at 9 a.m. Other events include snack bar and free moon […]

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August 1980 Donald S. White, 52, president of White Construction Co., died and his wife was hurt seriously in Lebanon when an out-of-state car skidded into their car on Route 202 while passing at a wet place. Mayor William B. O’Gara is calling for naming Bicentennial Park “the Donald S. White Bicentennial Park” to remember […]

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August 1980 Donald S. White, 52, president of White Construction Co., died and his wife was hurt seriously in Lebanon when an out-of-state car skidded into their car on Route 202 while passing at a wet place. Mayor William B. O’Gara is calling for naming Bicentennial Park “the Donald S. White Bicentennial Park” to remember […]