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 […]
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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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 $8,000 to match any […]
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What I’ve learned
In 1815, William Shore, age 20, inherited an estate from his maternal great uncle, Peter Nightingale. With the estate, he took upon himself the Nightingale name and coat of arms. He was quite a wealthy young man. Three years later, in 1818, William married Frances Smith, and the couple went on a three-year tour of […]
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Andover
Apologies to Leo Camire and his business on the South Arm Road known as South Arm Select, which came out in last weeks paper as South Arm Selectman. However the error which occurred between my submitted column and the published paper was good for quite a few laughs around town and gave Leo a new […]
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CA$H Maine will provide help for residents to receive $850 relief checks
AUGUSTA — Inflation relief checks in the amount of $850 for Maine residents are one result of the Maine State Legislature’s approval of the supplemental budget signed into law by Gov. Mills on April 20. The relief payments are to help with higher-than-usual costs due to inflation. Checks will be mailed through the U.S. Postal […]
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2022 Poppy Girls selected in Locke Mills
LOCKE MILLS — American Legion Auxiliary Jackson Silver Unit 68 is pleased to announce the 2022 Poppy Girls, Lily and Madeline Lewis. Lily is a fourth-grader at Woodstock Elementary School, and Madeline is a second-grader at Crescent Park Elementary School. They are the daughters of John and Tonya Lewis of East Bethel. Lily and Madeline […]
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UMaine Extension 4-H introduces teens to adulting concepts in June
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer a short-term online 4-H club for youth ages 13–18 about basic adult life skills from 4–5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, June 22–July 27. Required registration closes June 6. The “4-H Adulting 101 Series” will introduce basic adult life skills by exploring a different topic each week, […]
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Briefs
Finnish-American WEST PARIS — The monthly meeting of the Finnish-American Heritage Society of Maine will take place at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 15, at the FinnAm Center at 8 Maple St. Following a brief business meeting, there will be a showing of “Fire and Ice,” the 2014 BBC documentary on the Winter War of […]
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Thank you, for a clean Greenwood!
To the Editor: Thanks to everyone who helped clean up the Greenwood roadsides recently. Some picked up trash on the official clean-up day, May 7, and others picked up sections of road beforehand. We are an independent bunch here in Greenwood, but we all take pride in and care about our little town. Thanks to […]
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Telstar Rebels fall to Dirigo
REGION — Telstar Rebels opened up scoring in the first inning, when Wyatt N singled on a 0-2 count, scoring one run. In the bottom of the second inning, Dirigo tied things up at one when an error scored one run for Dirigo. Dirigo pulled away for good with three runs in the third inning. […]