NORWAY — Western Maine Health pediatrician Kate Herlihy has looked after SAD 17 students for close to 20 years, first as a volunteer, then as a healthcare provider to SAD 17’s uninsured students, and finally as the district’s medical director, where she oversees the health center at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School and attends monthly […]
2020
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East gate repairs to Thompson Lake dam almost complete
The dam’s hand-cut granite walls are also being sealed with thick concrete to stop rushing water from undermining the dam’s open joint system.
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Walmart offers free Thanksgiving dinner
NATION — Through an exclusive promotion with Walmart, leading mobile rewards platform Ibotta, Campbell’s, Butterball and Coca-Cola have teamed up to launch the Free Thanksgiving Dinner program in an effort to feed millions of American families this Thanksgiving. The Walmart-exclusive items included in the Free Thanksgiving Dinner program are: • Campbell’s condensed cream of mushroom soup (10.5-ounce can) • […]
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Remembering Frank Vogt
To the Editor: The recent passing of Frank Vogt brings to mind many vivid memories of drama with all kinds of plays and other theatrical escapades during my years at Gould Academy. I also enjoyed the year I that was I was in his English class. The other three years were memorable with all kinds […]
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Backyard Reflections: The oyster in my woods
This year I have spent a lot of time in the woods to escape the parched earth and the relentless heat during the hottest summer I ever remember. In the woods it was still cool and moist, and although mushrooming was poor overall, I still found some of these fungal fruiting bodies growing in […]
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Mahoosuc Bird Notes: Winter finch forecast
When late migrants are leaving for warmer climates, my focus starts to shift to a group of birds sometimes referred to as “winter finches”. Winter finches are a loose group that live year-round in the boreal forests of the north. They do not migrate north and south. Instead, they roam like nomads through the boreal […]
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Bethel Library holds quilt raffle
BETHEL — The Bethel Library is holding its annual quilt raffle this fall. The quilt is an oversized lap quilt designed and quilted by local artist Donna Gillis. The quilt can be viewed in the library’s reading room. Tickets are $2.00 each or 3 for $5.00 and are available at the Bethel Library located at […]
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Monitoring temperature in local lakes
REGION — In the last two weeks, the weather has been spectacularly warm and that has made my job of removing heavy and slimy buoys with attached temperature sensors from lakes in this area much easier. Last November, when our team was doing this same job, there was ice on the shoreline, winter hats were a […]
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Fundraiser will benefit Special Olympics
RUMFORD — The Hope Association is holding a Wreath of Hope fundraiser from now until December 31 to benefit Special Olympics Team Leaping Lizards. Each light costs $5 and you can recognize the ones you love while supporting your local Special Olympics team. Blue Light: In Memory of a person or pet. Yellow Light: Is for Friendship […]