Steve Sherlock

Auburn, Maine

Writer and Web Content Editor at Sun Journal (Lewiston, ME)

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Articles

Paris board agrees to examine less expensive police options

1 week ago | sunjournal.com | Steve Sherlock

PARIS — The Select Board on Monday authorized Town Manager Natalie Andrews to explore options for alternative and less expensive methods of providing law enforcement. A restructuring of the Police Department, which will include three management positions at the top, has outraged some residents, who are balking at the 25% budget increase for policing.
Lifelong resident leaves property for Buckfield … or the Hells Angels

1 week ago | sunjournal.com | Steve Sherlock

BUCKFIELD — The dilemma for voters at June’s town meeting: Accept a real estate gift or give it to an infamous motorcycle club. Six articles on the warrant ballot for June 10 ask voters to accept the property at 150 Depot St. and funds for scholarships from the estate of James Jordan. If residents vote to not accept the gifts, the land will be given to the nearest chapter of the Hells Angels.
Fate of Old Church on the Hill in Buckfield voters’ hands

1 week ago | sunjournal.com | Steve Sherlock

BUCKFIELD — Voters will be asked to approve the potential sale or lease of the Old Church on the Hill when they go to the polls June 10 for the annual town meeting.
Neighbors clash over Airbnb on Crooked River in Norway

2 weeks ago | pressherald.com | Steve Sherlock

NORWAY — A property along the Crooked River that can be rented through Airbnb may violate several town ordinances, a neighbor and his attorney told the Select Board last week. “The things he has done to that property is shameful. I can’t believe anyone would let him do that,” said John Morrison, a neighbor to the rental property at 33 Old Pulp Mill Lane.
Buckfield voters to weigh cost-recovery ordinance for fire department

3 weeks ago | sunjournal.com | Steve Sherlock

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Lisbon resident wants voters, not council, to approve town budget

3 weeks ago | sunjournal.com | Steve Sherlock

LISBON — A petition drive has been started to change the town charter to allow residents the ability to vote on whether to pass or defeat the municipal budget. Resident Charlie Turgeon is leading a committee of four in seeking enough signatures to place the question on the November ballot. Currently, residents in Lisbon can only vote on the school budget. Final authority for the municipal budget is the Lisbon Council.
Androscoggin jail provides prayer mats, special food for Muslim holy days, sheriff says

3 weeks ago | sunjournal.com | Steve Sherlock

AUBURN — Androscoggin County Sheriff Eric Samson said Friday that reports of Muslim inmates not being provided with prayer mats or food to celebrate their holidays are not true. The controversy erupted this week when someone contacted the district attorney’s office to complain about changes to visitation and meals at the jail. According to Samson, the same individual then contacted Lewiston city officials to complain, this time about the food and the lack of prayer mats.
Paris residents hear pros, cons of restructured police force

4 weeks ago | sunjournal.com | Steve Sherlock

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Looming deficit divides Androscoggin County commissioners on vehicle purchases

1 month ago | sunjournal.com | Steve Sherlock

AUBURN — Two weeks after rejecting a bid from the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department to purchase five vehicles, a sharply-divided commission denied a proposal to add funds to the vehicle repair account that would have allowed the fleet to run for another year without new cruisers.
Norway to ask voters to tweak several ordinances at June town meeting

1 month ago | sunjournal.com | Steve Sherlock

NORWAY — The Select Board reviewed several proposed changes to town ordinances Thursday that will go before voters at the annual town meeting in June. Code Enforcement Officer Chris Bilodeau explained the reasons for the changes, including replacing the sign ordinance. The board accepted the adjustments and forwarded them to an attorney for Maine Municipal Association for final review.