BUCKFIELD — Little Emilia Saunders of Buckfield followed in her older sisters’ footsteps by being born before her expected due date, but she is a trailblazer as she was born in the back of the Buckfield Rescue Department’s ambulance at the end of her driveway. On Sunday, Sept. 8, a ceremony was held at the […]
2019
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Old Cemeteries was topic
HEBRON — Roland Jordan of the Maine Old Cemeteries Association (MOCA) briefed the Hebron Historical Society on the history of graves and lot markers. Prior to the early 1700s most burials were family plots using field stones or wooden markers. The transition to slate markers in Maine occurred around 1700 with towns beginning to maintain […]
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MaineHealth cancer network gets $5.1M grant
PORTLAND – Cancer patients across Maine and Carroll County, NH will have access to far more advanced clinical trials in their home communities, thanks to a major federal research grant awarded to the MaineHealth Cancer Care Network (MHCCN). The six-year, $5.1 million award from the National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) is the […]
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What I’ve learned/ Eavesdropping gray squirrels
A friend of mine has a tee shirt with a picture of an earnest looking squirrel on it. The caption says, “Excuse me. Your bird feeder is empty.” Not only are squirrels notorious for raiding bird feeders – and outwitting the humans who supply the seed – there is another way the furry tree-dwellers take […]
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Oxford selectmen set tax rate, up only 30 cents
OXFORD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously approved using $400,000 from the undesignated fund account and setting the 2019-20 tax rate at $15 per $1,000 of assessed property value. The rate is 30 cents more than it was last year. Assessor agent Donna Hayes presented several options to the board. “Using the revenues that budgeted […]
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Calling all singers, ringers: Christmastide 2019!
NORWAY — The 2019 Christmastide Community Vocal Choir begins rehearsals on Sunday, September 29, at 3 p.m. at the Second Congregational Church, UCC, 205 Main Street, Norway, Maine. All voices and all ages, from high school and beyond, are encouraged to join the choir. No memorization, no auditions and no church affiliations are required. All […]
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Library joins reciprocal borrowing pilot
NORWAY — Beginning September 16, 2019, Norway Memorial Library (NML) and 66 other Maine libraries begin a one-year pilot project called the Maine Reciprocal Borrowing Program. The project allows cardholders to visit, browse, and borrow items from participating libraries. This is in addition to the current system of requesting items through the library’s online catalog […]
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Innovation, internet access solutions for rural Maine
To the Editor: One of the biggest challenges facing rural Maine is access to the Internet. Instead of putting Broadband on the state credit card with a bond and paying millions of tax dollars in interest payments – the state of Maine should look to private investment. Allowing an open Internet to flourish and the […]
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Jon Mennealy: LHS has some incredible offerings
As part of my recent 45th-year class reunion, members of the class were given two tours of Lewiston High School. Many classmates hadn’t been back in the school since graduation and many hadn’t seen parts of the school even when we were there. There are some incredible offerings at the high school now. Thanks to […]