Maine’s leaf-peeping season kicked off this week with the first foliage report of the fall from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.
September 2024
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Kids’ Book Review: ‘The Hundred Dresses’
The Hundred Dresses By Eleanor Estes Illustrated by Louis Slobodkin, Caldecott Medalist The Hundred Dresses is a Junior Fiction, short, 78-page read with black and white illustrations. Some editions have color tinted illustrations. Although it was published in 1944, it is a new, worthy read for those who have not read it. In 1945 […]
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Portland considers changes to needle exchange program after growing complaints
Mayor Mark Dion wants to limit the number of needles the city gives out. But the public health department is exploring less drastic measures, like a potential syringe buy-back program.
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Death Notice: Constance B. Smith
Smith, Constance B. 87, Sept. 12, 2024, in Lewiston. Private services, Albert & Burpee Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Lewiston. …
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Death Notice: Matthew St. Pierre
St. Pierre, Matthew 28, of Brunswick, Sept. 6, 2024. Life celebration, 2 p.m., Sept. 21, Daigle Funeral Home, Bath. …
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Obituary: David J. Lebel
LEWISTON – David J. Lebel, 57, of Lewiston, unexpectedly passed away on Aug. 20, 2024.
David was born on Oct. 23, 1966, …
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Obituary: Vance Child
DIXFIELD – Vance Child, 84, died unexpectedly in Manchester, on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. He was a resident of Dixfield.
Vance was …
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Death Notice: David J. Lebel
Lebel, David J. 57, of Lewiston, Aug. 20, 2024. Visit, East Auburn Baptist Church, Auburn, Sept. 14, 11 a.m.-1 …
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Death Notice: Vance Child
Child, Vance 84, of Dixfield, Sept. 8, 2024. Life celebration, Nov. 10, 1-4 p.m., Falls Taxidermy. Arrangements, Meader & …
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Looking Back on Sept. 13
100 Years Ago: 1924 Brunswick was first in having an airplane landing field. She also was the first town to receive a postal delivery by airplane. And last week. unexpected, unheralded, the waters of Mere Point, Brunswick’s summer resort, held the magnetic needle and drew the American Army Airmen who have encircled the world to […]