FARMINGTON — The Greater Franklin County Youth Wellness Group is a new initiative sponsored by the Healthy Community Coalition. It is open to all youth in grades seven through 12 who live or go to school in Greater Franklin County. The goal of the Greater Franklin County Youth Wellness Group is to help young people […]
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Military note: Air Force airman graduates basic training
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — U.S. Air Force Airman Benjamin P. Forsman graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training […]
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LMS student Honorary Page
Lewiston Middle School student Kelsey Westleigh served as an Honorary Page in the Maine Senate on May 16. Kelsey was the guest of Sen. Nate Libby of Lewiston. Kelsey and Sen. Libby stopped for the photo during a break in the Senate Session.
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Tree of Life Trail at Franklin Memorial Hospital is open to visitors, staff
FARMINGTON — The Tree of Life Trail on the Franklin Memorial Hospital campus is a scenic, peaceful retreat that a group of community and employee volunteers recently cleaned up after a long winter. The approximate one-mile trail was created in 2005 to replace a worn-out and underused Fit Trail that had paths and instructions for […]
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3-year-old goes on ‘evil-villain’ rants. What’s up with that?
Our 3½-year-old is enjoying the boundary phase and being contrary. I don’t think it is anything out of the realm of normal, so I’m trying to not make a big deal of things. But there are times when it seems as if he is looking for a particular response. For instance, when he gets frustrated […]
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Students discover Stones with Stories in Academy Corner Cemetery
WILTON — Fifth-graders from Academy Hill School in Wilton and Cascade Brook School in Farmington cleaned stones in the Academy Corner Cemetery on Wednesday. But, it was more than just a lesson in cleaning. The project, called Stones with Stories, challenged their language arts, math and history skills. Their work will culminate in a map […]
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SMART members headed to China
Spruce Mountain Area Robotics Team 3930 adviser Daniel Lemieux, second from right in back, speaks to team members and others headed to China this month to help rookie teams with their robotics projects. Others are, clockwise from lower left, Team 3930 members Tanna Herlihy, Natalie Luce and Jonathan Brenner, Team 58 mentor Emma Dalton of […]
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Schools show cooperation through humor
Longley Principal Kristie Clark, left, and Martel Principal Steve Whitfield, right. Take-off on ‘American Gothic’ LEWISTON — Last week, Lewiston schools Superintendent Bill Webster tweeted two funny photos paying homage to the famous painting, “American Gothic.” The parody photos are of Longley Elementary School Principal Kristie Clark as the woman, and Martel Elementary School Principal […]
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Tom Reynolds glides into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame
Ski coach Tom Reynolds instructs a group of skiers. When Tom Reynolds is inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame, somebody should also hand him an award for his humility, kindness and devotion to the students and athletes he has taught and coached for several decades. But Reynolds is just fine with being a […]
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Local roundup: Oxford Hills edges Edward Little in baseball
Edward Little’s Austin Brown waits for Oxford Hills’ Hunter Labossiere, who was caught stealing after an unsuccessful hit-and-run attempt by the Vikings. PARIS — Janek Luksza’s RBI single in the bottom of the sixth was the difference in a classic pitcher’s duel between Edward Little’s Damien St. Pierre and Oxford Hills’ Colton Carson. Carson allowed […]