I don’t drink real tea, I drink herbal. Real tea comes from the tea bush. That is, from Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to East Asia There are six main categories of real tea: green, yellow, white, oolong, black, and puer. They don’t come from different plants, but rather all come from the tea […]
A.M. Sheehan
Staff Writer
A.M. Sheehan has been in the news business for 40 years, including time as an editor at the Chatham Courier in N.Y., Kitchenware News, Beachcomber and Dover Community News in N.H., and the Summerville Journal Scene, Georgetown Times, Waccamaw Times and Inlet Outlet in S.C. In Maine she has been an editor for the
Advertiser Democrat, Bethel Citizen, Franklin Journal and Livermore Falls Advertiser, and is currently managing editor for the Sun Journal's group of western Maine weeklies. She is a former journalist of the year in Maine, a Pulitzer finalist and winner of the Michael Kelley Award, the Polk Award and the Casey Medal Award. A.M. enjoys reading, theater, cooking and gardening.
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President’s List
Plymouth State PLYMOUTH, NH — There have been 812 students named to the Plymouth State University President’s List for the Spring 2024 semester. To be named to the President’s List, a student must achieve a grade point average of 3.70 or better for the Spring 2024 semester and must have completed at least 12 credit […]
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Church donates to SMH food pantry
NORWAY — First Congregational Church in South Paris donated more than $1,000 worth of diapers, baby formula, and food (along with a $500 check for whatever is needed) to the Stephens Hospital Food Pantry. This continues First Congo’s commitment to the Oxford Hills communities having given earlier this year just over $1,000 to the Pink […]
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Oxford Hills Duplicate Bridge Club
OXFORD HILLS — On June 14th, the Oxford Hills Duplicate Bridge Club winners were announced: 1st place: Paul Kahl of Westbrook and Misha Tomic of Waterford; 2nd place: Kathy Jillson and Pat Quinn both of Otisfield; 3rd place: Luke Merry and Nancy Newsom of Norway; 4th place: Hazel Glazier of Norway and Marta Clements of […]
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Movie Review: The Bikeriders
Watching “The Bikeriders,” the word “inauthentic” kept driving through my mind. For example, I wasn’t buying pretty-boy Austin Butler as a tough biker. There is a planet where Butler can come off as intimidating and that planet is called Arrakis. Here on Earth, he looks like a clean-cut actor making a calculated decision to take […]
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Read Renew Retreat Olympics
NORWAY — The 2024 theme for the children’s Summer Reading Program at the Norway Memorial Library is “Read Renew Repeat” with a focus on conservation and protecting the environment. This is also the year for the Summer Olympics in Paris, France. So, in the spirit of these two events, Norway Memorial Library invites adults to […]
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Norway Center Church begins services
NORWAY — The Norway Center Church begins its summer services on July 7. This summer marks the 220th year in the life of this congregation. The sanctuary was built in 1840, but the congregation had been worshipping together for 36 years prior to this building. The Congregational Society in Norway was organized on October 6, […]
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Guest Column: Higher electricity bills coming, what you can do
Electric bills will be increasing again on July 1. Just when ratepayers thought they could breathe a sigh of relief based on last winter’s decrease in the Standard Offer (SO) price, here we go again with more increases. For a typical CMP residential customer (using 550 kWh per month), the monthly bill is expected to […]
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Guest Column: Higher electricity bills coming, what you can do
Electric bills will be increasing again on July 1. Just when ratepayers thought they could breathe a sigh of relief based on last winter’s decrease in the Standard Offer (SO) price, here we go again with more increases. For a typical CMP residential customer (using 550 kWh per month), the monthly bill is expected to […]