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PublishedDecember 5, 2018
SAD 17 to implement new success program
The goal is to have at least 90 percent of freshmen students passing six or more of their classes.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2018
Christmas and kindness go hand in hand for Piper
HARRISON – Christmas Angels come in all forms in Harrison and this year residents, young and old, gathered at the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony on November 28 to watch as Santa sprinkled seven-year-old Piper Cleveland with his magic dust as she touched the tree to light it. The Harrison Elementary School first-grade student, was […]
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PublishedDecember 5, 2018
80 years ago: The woman who built the Norway library
NORWAY — Sarah Maude Thompson Kaemmerling wanted to become a professional musician. Instead she built a library. The daughter of a local dentist who left Norway for Pennsylvania in the late 1800s to become engaged in a lucrative logging business with his brothers, Kaemmerling’s life was to be shaped by her father’s decision and the […]
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PublishedDecember 4, 2018
Free Christmas Day dinner
LIVERMORE FALLS — Food donations and volunteers are being sought for the annual Free Christmas Day Dinner to be held at the American Legion Hall, 17 Reynolds Ave., from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on December 25. Organizers Renda Guild, Debbie Breton and Rose Darling met Dec. 2 to start planning this year’s dinner. The […]
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PublishedDecember 4, 2018
Franklin Savings awards $150K to nonprofits
FARMINGTON — Franklin Savings Bank announced the nonprofit winners of the its “Community 150” initiative, awarding a total of $150,000 from the bank’s Community Development Foundation to 60 groups. The top three organizations from each county were recognized during a Nov. 28 reception in Farmington. Franklin Savings Bank is celebrating its 150th anniversary by giving […]
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PublishedDecember 4, 2018
Cookie-Palooza to benefit homeless shelter
FARMINGTON — Western Maine Homeless Outreach will host an open house and Cookie-Palooza from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16. “We really want people to see the shelter and get involved,” Mary Beane said. “We hope to raise awareness of our need for volunteers and board members.” Beane became involved with the shelter nearly […]
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PublishedDecember 4, 2018
Serving rural needs for 50 years
SALEM — The United Methodist Economic Ministry has served rural families in need since 1969. Whether providing food assistance, emergency heating fuel, school supplies or home repairs, UMEM supports a growing and varied population of underserved individuals. Operations Assistant Yvonne Woodcock has worked at UMEM for 13 years. The main focus of her duties is overseeing […]
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PublishedDecember 4, 2018
Meeting new Governor is big deal
Editor’s Note: Dhoha Bediwi is a foreign exchange student from Saudi Arabia. While attending Mt. Blue High School, she is staying with James and Amanda Beane of Farmington. The following is her first column outlining some of her experiences while in Maine. FARMINGTON — I’m inspired to write this, I really am. I’m writing because I […]
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PublishedDecember 4, 2018
A Good Old Fashioned Big Family Christmas
RUMFORD — While no family is perfect, “A Good Old-Fashioned Big Family Christmas,” by Pat Cook, affirms that the family that thinks of each other first, will survive the stresses of the season. This unique Christmas comedy of how the holidays can bring out the best and the worst in all of us takes place […]
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PublishedDecember 4, 2018
Oxford County Extension Association annual meeting
SOUTH PARIS — The Oxford County Extension Association will hold its annual meeting Dec. 12, 10 a.m.–1 p.m., at University of Maine Cooperative Extension Office, 9 Olson Road, South Paris. The meeting is free and open to the public. In addition to the business meeting and election of officers, the meeting will include recognition of […]
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