Local historian Douglas Hodgkin has written another biography — this time about a member of his own family. His great-grandfather, a farmer, local civic leader and Androscoggin County politician, is the subject of “Elwin E. Additon: Progressive Farmer and Politician.” Additon (1864-1942) owned a farm in Leeds and held many offices in town government, including […]
2018
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University of Southern Maine announces dean's list
PORTLAND — The University of Southern Maine has announced the dean’s list for the 2018 spring semester. Local students named to the list include: Androscoggin County Auburn: Katelyn Parsons, Reilly Johnson, Ellen Penley-Theis, Joshua Harris, Nikkita Drake, Hannah Footer, Sara Fitzgerald, Michelle Breton, Nicholas Esty, Brandon Pelletier, Danielle Gagne, Kailee Brown, Cathleen Bender, Elizabeth Pepin, Akosua Kavi and Steven Farrington. […]
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Uptown Cruisahs to hold 10th annual car show
OXFORD — The Uptown Cruizahs invites the public to join them Sunday, Aug. 5 for their 10th Annual Car Show at the New Balance Factory Store on Route 26. It will be held rain or shine. There will be 23 classes from antique autos and street rods, to trucks, present day vehicles, alternative fuel vehicles […]
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Judge will toe the party line
Rep. Richard Pickett recently wrote (guest column, July 15) to encourage the public to give Judge Brett Kavanaugh a fair hearing, regardless of people’s political persuasion, since he has demonstrated that he is “open-minded.” However, in this day and age, open-mindedness is irrelevant, since every Republican judicial appointee since the Reagan years has been reviewed, […]
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August services listed at Minot Center Historical Church
MINOT — The Minot Center Historical Church on Center Minot Hill Road will hold services at 9 a.m. every Sunday in August. Daniel Burgess of West Minot will serve as organist and pianist for three Sundays. Christie DesRochers Paul will be the soloist on Aug. 5. Florence Annear, the soloist on Aug. 12, will be […]
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Community meals
CASCO — Casco Village Church United Church of Christ will serve its annual Casco Days Supper with baked beans and homemade pie from 5 to 6 p.m. Saturday, July 28, at 941 Meadow Road, Route 121. Cost is $8 for adults, $5 for children 8 and younger, and $21 maximum for families with young children. — FARMINGTON — Henderson […]
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Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival continues with chamber music
HARRISON — The third concert of the Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival’s 46th season continues at the Deertrees Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 31. The festival presents a chamber music repertoire performed by internationally acclaimed artists for three more Tuesday evenings through Aug. 14. Composers sometimes like to surprise listeners with unexpected combinations of instruments. […]
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Vera Trafton is SugarWood's featured artist for August
FARMINGTON — Vera Hagemann Trafton will be the featured artist during August at SugarWood Gallery, 248 Broadway. Vera lives in Exeter, New Hampshire, but spends much of the summer in the home she designed for herself and her husband in Phillips. An open house reception will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. […]
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Parents make daughter cry
DEAR ABBY: My parents live a simple life, enjoying their days as retirees. They invite me to join them for special occasions at their house (my childhood home) and although the house is organized and tidy, I become ill when I spend more than a few hours under their roof. Their cleaning practices are questionable. […]
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Democrats ignore truth to grab some votes
San Francisco is permitting “undocumented immigrants,” as political correctness demands we label them, to register to vote this November in local school board elections. Who doubts this is the first step by the left and Democrats toward full voting rights in state and eventually in federal elections? The claim by lawyers will be that it […]