If you like dinosaurs, you probably will like turtles, too. While most dino fossils are from animals that died out millions of years ago, fossils of turtles look, in many ways, like turtles today. Except some were larger. And some had teeth, which modern turtles do not.Turtles are the oldest of all surviving reptiles, older […]
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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Locke’s Mills
The Bethel Library will honor Michelle Conroy for her 27 years as library director with an open house at the library on Saturday, May 14, from 10 to 11 a.m. Please stop by to enjoy some refreshments and wish Michelle well on her retirement! Make sure that you have Greenwood’s annual Town Meeting marked on […]
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Rotary meets at Grace Note Inn
For the past few weeks, the Rotary Club of Bethel has been meeting at the new Grace Note Inn. Owner and Rotarian Brenda Blond has graciously invited the club to use her beautiful business as “home base.” At the last meeting, Rotarians enjoyed an update from Abby Borron, the communications manager for Sunday River Resort, […]
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Education: Reading tools
The codex — multiple sheets of paper or parchment sewn together — the book as we know it, has been around for 2,000 years. It made reading easier; you needn’t use both hands to unroll and roll a scroll. You could go quickly to any page; numbering made that even easier. Over the years, all […]
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Lorrain to seek re-election
NORWAY — Ryan Lorrain has announced that he will be seeking re-election to the Norway Board of Selectmen. Lorrain, a fourth generation resident of Norway, works for the Maine Legislature where he serves as a senior aide for the House of Representatives. In addition, he is the owner of a local small business, Norway Candle […]
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Bethel
Upcoming events will all take place at our local churches. On Saturday May 14 from 9 a.m. to noon will be the Smile Fund Yard Sale at the West Parish Congregational Church on Church Street and is open to everyone. Proceeds from this event benefit the Adult Denture Program. Adults who are looking for assistance […]
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East Bethel
The outing last Saturday was lots of fun. Debbie and Owen Brown and I went to Longfellow’s Greenhouses, Gingerbread Farm and Hummingbird Farm. It was all well worth the ride. I just love the adventures with those two and am grateful. Have you ever wondered who came up with the idea of particle board? It […]
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Woodstock
The First Universalist Church of West Paris is having a major fundraiser to raise $50,000 to restore some of the beautiful stained glass windows which were installed when the church was built in 1906. The Board of Management is excited to announce that Judith Clements Packer is generously offering up to $8,000 to match any […]
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What I’ve learned
In 1815, William Shore, age 20, inherited an estate from his maternal great uncle, Peter Nightingale. With the estate, he took upon himself the Nightingale name and coat of arms. He was quite a wealthy young man. Three years later, in 1818, William married Frances Smith, and the couple went on a three-year tour of […]