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Ticket auction aids auxiliary BUCKFIELD — A ticket auction will be held at 11 a.m. with drawings at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at Buckfield High School, 160 Morrill St. There will be gift certificates and hundreds of items. Proceeds will benefit the Sumn...

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Overset Pond, Mountain hike GREENWOOD — The Mahoosuc Land Trust fall hike around Overset Pond and over Overset Mountain is on Saturday, Oct. 20, at 9:30 a.m. The hike is a two-mile hiking loop, after a one mile-walk on a logging road. Transportation to the hik...

Waterford pipeline walk to point out potential environmental danger

WATERFORD – The Western Foothills Land Trust will walk a portion of the Portland Pipeline along the Crooked River on Sunday to call attention to the potential environmental danger of transporting tar sands from Montreal to Portland through the pipeline. The pipeline transports conven...

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Christian Women United Luncheon PARIS — The Christian Women United Luncheon will be held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, at the South Paris Congregational Church. Sammie Angel from Dixfield will be the singer. Men are also welcome. Call Janice at 743-5770 for ...

Wateford fundraiser to benefit Heifer International

WATERFORD — The Waterford Congregational Church will sponsor its annual Harvest Potluck Supper and Decorated Pumpkin Contest at the Wilkins House on Friday, Oct. 26, at 6 p.m. Following the supper, the children will be invited to parade around and show off their Halloween costumes. A...

New books at Waterford Library

WATERFORD — The following books have been added to the Waterford Library. Fiction: The Age of Miracles, by Karen Thompson Walker; Bad Little Falls, by Paul Doiron; The Bartenders’s Tale, by Ivan Doig; Beautiful Ruins, by Jess Walter; City of Women, by Amy Einhorn; The Columbus ...

E. Morse: Will promises be kept?

I have a rare, debilitating disease, the treatments for which are so costly I could never afford them on my own. Luckily, we as a people, decided more than 40 years ago to institute the Medicare insurance program. We pay into it when we’re healthy and working, and benefit from it when we ar...

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Garden bulb event canceled PARIS — The McLaughlin Garden bulb event scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 13, has been canceled. Due to a family emergency, presenters were not available for the talks and activities. First U. Church service PARIS...

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Spook Walk planning meeting OXFORD — A planning meeting for the Halloween Spook Walk will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, at the Oxford Community Center. The community's help is being sought to take a small area to decorate and man on Halloween. For mo...

Margaret 'MEG' Trinward

PORTLAND — Margaret “MEG” Greenleaf Trinward, 87, of Waterford, died Friday, Oct. 5, at Maine Medical Center, due to pulmonary complications. Margaret was born April 6, 1925, in Waterford, to Edith (Millett) and George L. Greenleaf four years after the birth of her one si...