Honey Bee Club to meet PARIS — The Oxford Hills Honey Bee Club will have its monthly meeting at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at the Oxford County Cooperative Extension Office, 9 Olson Road in South Paris. There will be a presentation, “Preparing Beeswax for Candles and Other Crafts,” given by Master Beekeeper Carol Cottrill. […]
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Briefly: Pets
Rabies, microchipping clinic NORWAY — Responsible Pet Care is sponsoring a rabies vaccination and microchipping clinic from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, at the Norway Fire Station. Attending veterinarian will be Dr. Suzanne Best, DVM. Cost for vaccinations is $10, microchipping is $25. For more information, call 207-743-8679.
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Auburn-based Boy Scouts offer Christmas tree disposal
DEAR SUN SPOTS: It’s not too late to arrange to have your Christmas tree picked up. For the seventh straight year, the Auburn-based Boy Scout Troop 121 will pick up Christmas trees Lewiston and Auburn. While both cities provide several locations to bring trees for disposal, they no longer collect them at curbside. For a […]
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Understanding the terms used when interpreting study results
DEAR DR. ROACH: In a recent column discussing the use of aspirin, you made reference to the results of a study that were neither “statistically significant” nor “clinically meaningful.” While I am quite familiar with the concept of statistical significance and believe it is very helpful in interpreting the results of a study, I am […]
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Bowl Roundup: LSU ends UCF's win streak at 25
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Joe Burrow watched the ball land in an opposing player’s hands and immediately gave chase. Locked in on preventing a pick six, LSU’s quarterback didn’t see Joey Connors, Central Florida’s 313-pound defensive lineman, bearing down on him. With a thunderous, blindside collision , Burrow found himself flat on his back, woozy […]
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Hiram crash injures four
HIRAM — At least one person was seriously injured in a head-on collision Tuesday evening on Route 113, Oxford County Sheriff’s Deputy Zane Loper said. The identities of the four people involved — two from Yarmouth and two from Hiram — were not being released until their families were notified, Loper said. The investigator said […]
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Looking Back on Jan. 2
100 years ago: 1919 The annual New Year’s Eve banquet of the permanent firemen of the Lewiston Fire Department was served at the Central Fire Station Tuesday evening. Mayor Charles P. Lemaire of Lewiston was a guest of honor, also Chief C.H. Blethen of the Auburn department. Other guests were ex-fire commissioner George E. McCarthy, […]
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Girls’ hockey: Blue Devils deal rival Red Hornets their first loss
LEWISTON — The last two undefeated girls’ hockey teams in the state faced off to kick off the New Year on Tuesday. The prohibitive team-to-beat took the first shot from a surprising fellow unbeaten, then out-lasted its rival. With a 3-0 win at Androscoggin Bank Colisee, Lewiston moved to 10-0, while Edward Little/Leavitt/Poland dropped to […]
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Boys’ hockey: Seniors lead Lewiston past Edward Little
LEWISTON — Edward Little was looking to turn the page from facing one rival by writing a new chapter in another storied rivalry. It was a welcome start for the Red Eddies, but still a not-so-happy ending for a team that started the season 3-0. A third straight loss came at the hands of Lewiston, […]
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State police identify two bodies found in Paris
PARIS — State police are investigating the deaths of a man and a woman found in an apartment in Market Square on Tuesday night, according to Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. The bodies were discovered in a first-floor apartment next door to Market Square Restaurant at about 8:30 p.m., he […]