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Junkyard may break DEP rules
May 05, 2011 12:00 amWEST PARIS — Waste from a West Paris junkyard is finding its way into places it does not belong.
A local resident could be running afoul of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), said West Paris selectmen at a recent meeting.
Cars from a junkyard on Briggs Street, just off of Main Street, are sitting on lots that have not been permitted by the state as junkyards.
Remembering on the sesquicentennial of the Civil War
May 05, 2011 12:00 amSoldiers in the trenches before battle, Petersburg, Va., 1865. (The Petersburg identification appearing in the official caption for this photograph received by NARA from the Army Signal Corps has been disputed. Civil War historians and photo-historians have uncovered documentary evidence suggesting that this image of Union forces was taken by Andrew J. Russell just before the Second Battle of Fredericksburg in the spring of 1863)
Planners consider new building at town 'Gateway'
May 05, 2011 12:00 amNORWAY — A proposal from a local developer could bring slight changes to the face of Norway.
Ken Poland, president of the Poland Corporation in West Paris, plans to tear down an abandoned house on 34 Fair Street, directly across from Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, and replace it with a 28' by 52' office and retail building.
Poland says that he plans to begin work on the new structure this summer, and intends to rent half of the space out to a beautician. The rest would be rented out as office space.
Do you think that the economy is getting better?
May 05, 2011 12:00 amYes, people are becoming more optimistic every day. The company I work for has been showing gradual growth which says to me that people are spending more.
Glen Thibault
Lewiston
Towns cool on privatizing waste services
May 05, 2011 12:00 amAREA — The privatization of the transfer station that serves Greenwood and Woodstock is on hold, after leaders from the two towns decided to gather more information before moving ahead.
Changes to hours, recycling methods, and local control are on the table.
In a meeting on April 26, the Greenwood and Woodstock board, consisting of selectmen and town managers from the two towns, discussed changing a proposal from Pine Tree Waste to manage the Route 26 facility.
Volunteers moving forward against area homelessness
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May 05, 2011 12:00 amMINOT — RSU 16 administrators are asking residents of Mechanic Falls, Minot, and Poland to expand the School Unit's Pre-K program, a change which is part of a state-wide move toward increased early education.
According to the Maine Department of Education, 178 out of 556 elementary schools in the state had programs for four-year-olds in 2010-11. That number has increased steadily from 84 in 2004 and 109 in 2007.
The Next Ringling Brothers?
May 05, 2011 12:00 amCIRCUS TRAINING — Shane Miclon, 19 (top), helps his brother Collin Miclon, 17, train for the Circus Smirkus in Vermont. Both boys have attended the summer camp in the past, and Collin will return this summer, where he will continue to learn juggling, acrobatics, trapeze, chinese poles, and clowning skills. After three weeks of training, the Circus Smirkus will perform at 72 shows during a seven-week New England tour. Graduates from Circus Smirkus have gone on to professional circus careers.
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