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 […]
September 2024
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Project 25 and the Environment
I am writing as a Concerned Mainer to elaborate on Project 2025, or simply the transition plan should the Republican presidential candidate win this election. My concern is for the environment we live in as an integrated family on what has become an overused and poisoned planet. In June of 2023, a bridge in Andover, […]
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NML’s new nonfiction
NORWAY — The following titles have been added to Norway Memorial Library’s collection of Nonfiction as of August 2024. Biography: Bergstein, Rachelle – The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us Figgener, Christine – My Life with Sea Turtles: A Marine Biologist’s Quest to Protect One of the Most Ancient […]
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Maine Mineral & Gem Museum will provide critical research
BETHEL — On September 17 at 4 p.m., a fleet of new, highly sophisticated instrumentation, used for the study of pegmatite samples for Lithium, Boron, and other critical minerals, will be brought online at the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum (MMGM). “I am delighted to introduce our new state-of-the-art analytical facility,” said Dr. William “Skip” […]
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Bridgton Hospital names VP of nursing, patient care
LEWISTON — Kari Nadeau, RN, has been named vice president of nursing and patient care at Bridgton Hospital. Kari has been a nurse and nurse leader for Central Maine Healthcare for more than 18 years. At Central Maine Medical Center (CMMC), she was the director of acute care services with responsibility for seven care units, […]
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What I’ve learned
You never know what you will see at the water hole in Gondwana Namib Park in the middle of the Namib Desert in Namibia. At this moment (it’s nine in the morning in Maine and three in the afternoon there), three ostriches have shown up to drink. They have large fluffy bodies, ridiculously long legs, […]
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Oxford Hills Bridge results
OXFORD — On Friday, September 6, the Oxford Hills Bridge Club met and announced the following winners: 1st place: BJ and Steve Cavicchi of Bridgton; 2nd place: Teresa O’CLair of Lewiston and Bob Blanchette of Casco; 3rd place: Misha Tomic of Waterford and Mike Quinn of Otisfield; The club meets regularly on Friday mornings at […]
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UMF offers new degree program in Public Policy
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington is pleased to announce a new online Interdisciplinary Bachelor’s Degree Program in Public Policy. The program will launch in Winter Term, December 2024, in a flexible, asynchronous online format that accommodates each individual’s schedule. It will also be available to on-campus students through a combination of online […]
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Giroux, the candidate for Oxford County’s families
To the Editor: I am super excited about this candidate for State Representative! Eric is a guy who believes that as he takes care of his young family, he can also help the families of Western Maine. He is a man who believes in service; just look at what he does for work: Firefighter, EMT, […]