Town clerk, tax collector, town treasurer, fire chief and highway crew are all on tap for pay raises.
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Fairfield woman escapes injury when vehicle rolls into snowbank in Athens
Tonja Dodge, 35, lost control of her car after swerving to avoid a deer on Route 150, heavily damaging her car, the sheriff said.
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Athens Corner Store sold to New York group
The Jewell family sells the store after more than 20 years on the Athens downtown corner
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Rochester Institute of Technology fall semester dean’s list
Rochester Institute of Technology has announced the following area students were named to its 2018 fall semester dean’s list. Ada Phillips, of Oakland, is in the software engineering program. Kieran McCarthy-O’Flaherty, of Oakland, is in the computer engineering program. Ryan Roy, of Wilton, is in the ASL-English interpretation program. Devon Poisson, of Monmouth, is in […]
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Charter school preserving the past in downtown Skowhegan building
Cornville Regional Charter School is restoring the building that once housed Skowhegan District Court and Variety Drug Store, planting middle and high school classes in the midst of history.
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Two World War II veterans among those honored in Athens
The town appropriated money at Town Meeting for a plaque honoring vets to be mounted on a stone near a new flagpole at Athens Fairground.
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Woman, dog escaped West Athens fire that started around wood stove
Firefighters flattened the house to make sure blaze was 100 percent out, while the American Red Cross is helping the resident to get back on her feet.
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Tractor-trailer crash knocks out power in downtown Athens
The trailer’s tires caught the soft shoulder on Route 150, and the truck rolled over onto its side, damaging CMP utility poles.
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Athens family marks end of a generation with death of Freda Rowell
Earland and Freda Rowell ran Rowell’s General Store with the good of the community they served from the 1950s in mind.
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Athens voters approve food-sovereignty rules at town meeting
The town also approved a proposal to make the road commissioner’s job an appointive position rather than an elective one, as it has been.