Mary Delamater

Sun Journal

Mary Delamater has lived in western Maine all her life and started her career at the Sun Journal as a proofreader, freelance writer and photographer. Eventually, she moved to an editing position, reading staff-generated stories and laying out pages for the Oxford Hills region. With changes to the publication over the years, she has continued on the copy desk, ensuring stories reflect the paper's values of truth, fairness, excellence and compassion. She is a graduate of Oxford Hills High School in Paris and has attended and/or led workshops on reporting and editing. She's one of 14 children and aunt to dozens of nieces and nephews. She enjoys family gatherings, hosting the annual Merrill Family Christmas Open House, cooking, home decorating, reading, boating, daily walks and chairing the Sun Journal Fun Committee.

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Hundreds celebrate Independence Day in Farmington

by Emily McConville Special to the Sun Journal

FARMINGTON — As hundreds of people began to line the streets of downtown Farmington for the annual Fourth of July parade, people from many businesses, organizations, and walks of life gathered in a University of Maine at Farmington parking lot to put the finishing touches on their floats. There was the American Legion and the […]

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New Vineyard taxes to rise on spending plans

by Valerie Tucker Special to the Sun Journal

NEW VINEYARD — Voters at town meeting Saturday approved a budget that, together with county and school assessments, will increase the tax burden by more than $75,000. The $529,902 raised and appropriated for the municipal budget is an increase of $33,229 over last year. The recently approved Regional School Unit 9 and Franklin County budgets […]

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