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    June 5, 2019

    Dean’s list

    Bates LEWISTON — Anna Glass, of Wilton, was named to the dean’s list at Bates College for the winter semester ending in April 2019. This is a distinction earned by students whose cumulative GPA is 3.77 or higher. Glass, the daughter of Mr. Marc G. Glass and Ms. Wendy G. Glass of Wilton, is a […]

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    June 5, 2019

    Mystic Valley Grange holds open house

    EAST DIXFIELD — The Mystic Valley Grange #313 held its annual Open House on May 17 in East Dixfield. A large crowd turned out to honor community members. Grangers and guests enjoyed a nice meal, and were entertained by the Merry Plinksters, a ukelele group. The Grange’s Community Citizen of the Year award was deservedly […]

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    June 5, 2019

    North Livermore Falls Baptist Church news

    NORTH LIVERMORE FALLS — The message for Sunday, June 2, was titled “Easter is Over,” and the scripture was Acts 1:3-11. Last Thursday was the official end of Easter; it was 40 days after Jesus arose from the grave that He ascended to a Godly cloud in the sky to join His father in heaven. […]

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    June 5, 2019

    Abortion compromise?

    Readers who believe that the Supreme Court has settled the political conflict over abortion should consider Professor John Hart Ely’s essay, “The Wages of Crying Wolf,” in the Yale Law Journal. He condemned Roe v. Wade as “a very bad decision. Not because it will perceptibly weaken the Court – it won’t; and not because […]

  • Published
    May 31, 2019

    Explore Wilson Lake with scientists

    AREA — Friends of Wilson Lake invites the public to view beneath Wilson Lake on Saturday, June 8. Take a narrated tour of Wilson Lake with lake scientists from the Maine Lakes Society on the Melinda Ann floating classroom. There will be three separate trips – each lasting just over an hour – on Saturday, […]

  • Published
    May 30, 2019

    What You Need to Know/Buckfield selectmen meeting

    BUCKFIELD — The following action was taken by the Buckfield-Sumner Solid Waste Committee Board of Selectmen at the May 21 meeting: Budget What happened: The Buckfield-Sumner Solid Waste Committee passed the proposed $210,614 budget for fiscal 2020. What it means: The budget is $4,375 less than the current spending plan, which is a 2% decrease. […]

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    May 30, 2019

    Youth Field Day is June 22

    PARIS — The Norway-Paris Fish & Game Association will host a Youth Field Day for people ages 9 to 15, on Saturday, June 22, beginning with check-in from 8:30 to 9 a.m. Safety instruction will be given at all activities: Basic Map and Compass, Archery, 22 Rifle, Basic First Aid, Soft Air Rifle, Trap Shooting […]

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    May 30, 2019

    Scribner’s Mill events underway for the season

    HARRISON — The 2019 season at Scribner’s Mill and its Homestead began Memorial Day, May 27, and will continue the first and third Saturdays of the month through September, including Labor Day, from 1 to 4 p.m.  The blacksmith will be in the shop working at the newly reconstructed wooden hearth, and shingle mill demonstrations […]

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    May 30, 2019

    Carolyn Costanzi awarded Rural Teaching Award

    NORWAY — Gregory Hardy, MD, FACOG, clinical assistant professor, Tufts University School of Medicine and LIC Site Director, TUSM-Maine Track, has announced that Carolyn Costanzi, MD, FACOG, Western Maine OBGYN, was presented with the Roger A. Renfrew, M.D., Rural Teaching Award on May 14. This distinction was awarded as voted by the Maine Medical Center/Tufts […]

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    May 30, 2019

    Poland man serves half a world away

    YOKOSUKA, Japan — Petty Officer 2nd Class Ra Chhay, a native of Poland, Maine, was inspired to join the military because his godfather served in the Marines and his stepfather served in the Navy. He wanted to keep the proud family tradition going. Now, nine years later and half a world away at Fleet Activities […]