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Paul Levesque drives his tractor Wednesday at Levesque’s Organic Farm in Leeds as his sons, Josh, left, and Pete make sure the roll of black plastic mulch goes down on the vegetable rows smoothly.
LEEDS Paul Levesque drove past the for sale sign on Route 219, drove up the driveway and fell in love.
Sue Levesque jokes that it was pregnancy hormones that made her say yes to the then-dilapidated, two-room farmhouse with 75 acres.
“The person who sold it to us at the closing said, ‘You know, I was actually going to burn the house down, ” Sue said. “It had a big ell at the end of it with an outhouse and I said, ‘That’s the first thing to go right there. ”
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Local schools are seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases, primarily among students. Lewiston has been the hardest-hit, with nine new positives over the past two days.
Six schools and one program are affected, some because of previous exposures, Lewiston Superintendent Jake Langlais said Monday.
He said Lewiston High School was declared an outbreak site a week ago and is still under observation. Two additional cases were reported there Monday.
Other buildings with positive cases are Connors, Montello, Geiger and Farwell elementary schools and the Lewiston Regional Technical Center. The Adult Education program reported one new case.
“The numbers are going up,” Langlais said. “We are seeing a trend of increased positives.”
Maher said he understood the charges and sentences.
Because he hasn’t been indicted by a grand jury on the charges, he wasn’t asked to enter a plea Wednesday.
Assistant Attorney General Megan Elam appears at a Zoom videoconference Wednesday in 8th District Court in Lewiston for the case of Patrick J. Maher of Turner. Maher is charged with murder in the deaths of a Turner couple last week.
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Mayer was taken into custody Friday in the killings of Troy Varney, 52, and Dulsie Varney, 48, at their home on Knight Farm Road.
Authorities were responded to the Varney home about 1:30 a.m. Friday.
Donations pouring in to help Varney siblings after their parents were killed
A home security system is top on the list to help the daughters of the slain parents, for whom a gofundme page was set up.
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Troy and Dulsie Varney stand with their daughters Audrey and Shelby at Shermirley Farm in Turner in this undated photo. Troy and Dulsie Varney were killed in their home Friday, Feb. 12.
Family photo posted on gofundme.org
TURNER When Audrey and Shelby Varney return to Shermirley Farm, they will walk back into a home with a full security system.
Their parents, Troy and Dulsie Varney, were killed in the home on Knight Farm Road last Friday.
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