MEXICO — The end of summer brings an end to Mexico Free Public Library’s summer reading program, but that doesn’t mean the fun will stop — Director Heather Rogers already has a new event in place. Those who participated in the summer reading program were invited to a celebration on Saturday, which doubled as the […]
August 2017
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Maine prepares for Monday's solar eclipse
AUBURN — Dozens of children and several adults attended a special program Friday at the Auburn Public Library to hear retired science teacher Jon Wallace discuss Monday’s solar eclipse and explain how to safely observe it, as well as help the youths build pinhole projectors. The library has also handed out nearly 1,000 special eclipse […]
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AJGA golf tournament heads to Sugarloaf; Lewiston's Rodrigue one of six Mainers competing
Could a future PGA Championship champion be making his way through Maine this week? Time will tell, but what’s for sure is that some of the top junior golfers in the North America will be making their way up to Carrabassett Valley for the sixth annual American Junior Golf Association’s Coca-Cola Championship at Sugarloaf, which […]
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Par for the Course: Fairlawn celebrates late member Pattie Griggs
There are lots of reasons that golfers at the Fairlawn Golf & Country Club enjoyed playing with the late Patton S. Griggs. Having won the woman’s club championship 13 times (2002, 2004 and 2006-2016), her game was up to the level of all players, male and female. In addition, when Griggs was on the course, […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Even hunters find joy in birdwatching
For some reason, there is a popular misconception that anyone who hunts — say a grouse hunter who kills and eats a game bird — would not also be a bird watcher. Not necessarily so. Hunting and bird watching are not mutually exclusive. Take me, for example. Like most dedicated hunters, I hunt partly because I am […]
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New music venue planned for Main Street in Old Town
The Old Town City Council last week agreed to sell a commercial property that was seized for back taxes in April to music promoter Alex Gray, who intends to use it as a venue for live music. The Old Town City Council voted in April to take the property at 283 Main Street after its […]
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New RSU 26 superintendent settling into job
ORONO – When Meredith Higgins was hired this spring as the new superintendent of schools for RSU 26, it truly was a return to familiar ground – right down to her having the same office she did when she worked in Orono nearly a decade ago. She’s glad to be back, she said this w…ORONO […]
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Boston, cradle of liberty, braces for spirited protests
BOSTON (AP) — Conservative activists and leftist counterprotesters prepared for a confrontation on Boston Common that could draw thousands a week after a demonstration in Virginia turned deadly. Police Commissioner William Evans said Friday that 500 officers — some in uniform, others undercover — would be deployed to keep the two groups apart on Saturday. […]