English: portraitFrench: portraitSpanish: retratoGerman: PorträtItalian: ritrattoArabic: lawha لَوحَةChinese: Xiàoxiàng 肖像
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.
Word of the Week
portrait (POOR-trit)A photograph or drawing or painting of a person.Jill drew a portrait of her grandmother.
Current Events/Morse Code
Samuel F.B. Morse patented an electric telegraph machine on June 20th 1840. In 1844, he gave a public demonstration of the telegraph by sending four words (“What hath God wrought?”) from the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. to a railroad station in Baltimore, Maryland, a distance of 38 miles. Today, 38 miles is no […]
UMaine supports teachers with Educators Institute
ORONO — Schools across the state held their last classes of the 2021–22 school year this week, marking the official start of summer for Maine students, parents and teachers. However, about 125 educators won’t be leaving the classroom just yet, as they take part in the first annual University of Maine Educators Institute being held […]
First Baptist Church
LIVERMORE FALLS — Sunday morning was wet, drizzly and cold as we arrived at the church parking area. Once inside, it was warm and noisy with cheery chatter and welcoming hugs and smiles. Maggie Houlihan played sweet and comforting hymns on the pipe organs as people took their seats. At 10:30 a.m., Kay King-Watson gave […]
Thank you to all
To the Editor: I want to thank everyone who came out Memorial Day in Bethel to join in the joint service we had for our Veterans and also to attend the dedication of the Veterans Honor Roll. It was a great event, and it was nice to see so many people in attendance. I would […]
Play auditions/sign-ups set for kids
NORWAY — Sign-ups/auditions are scheduled Monday, June 20 and Wednesday, June 22 at 6 p.m. in the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School cafeteria for the play Under a Yellow Star – Diaries of Children of the Holocaust. There are approximately 30 roles for young people ages 8 through high school and a couple of adults. […]
In the blink of an eye…
BETHEL — Before the Pomp and Circumstance, before the graduates processed into the gymnasium in their royal blue regalia through an arch of blue and white balloons, Principal Mark Kenney asked parents to stand so that their graduates could present them with carnations. Seniors scouted the rows of chairs and bleachers, finding their families and […]