WATERFORD – Hard to believe we are almost at the end of September I know it is a short month, but this seems too soon. Feels like I missed a week… Went to the EV event at OXHCHS. It was great to see all those electric cars and talk to people coming to drive them […]
Columns
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This week: Harvestfest and Hancock Mill tours probably ranked as the top items for the week; but the new sign on the Victoria Inn should also be noted. The Hancock mill tour I went on had seven guests and the tour was conducted by a mill supervisor—we went through the sawmill and then the planer […]
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East Bethel
EAST BETHEL – On Sunday I took a stroll up to the Common to check out the Harvest/Chowder Fest. The weather was perfect, so it was well attended. The line for the samples was quite long, so I skipped that part and browsed to see the various vendors and their wares. Last week Thursday Arlene […]
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Andover News
There are two important events coming up on Saturday, Sept. 22 here in town. A fund raiser for Hunter Pingree, who will be undergoing spina bifida surgery soon. The event will include games for children, music for all, and food. All this will happen at Hunter’s house on the Sawyer Notch Road beginning at 11 […]
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Locke’s Mills
Tony and I took Eli the Wonder Pup for a hike along the Sanborn River and around Overset Pond last Thursday morning. I never get tired of those trails, and neither does Eli, since he gets to take as many cool dips in the river and pond as he wants along the way. Tony’s brother […]
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Food doesn’t have to be Fancy to be Delicious and Nutritious
“One cannot think well, love well, and sleep well if one has not dined well. A lamp in the spine does not light on beef and prunes” proclaimed Virginia Wolff in the essay “A Room of One’s Own.” Usually, when someone in the food movement uses this quote, they begin with “one cannot” and end […]
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A Week of Weather- Sept. 2 to Sept. 8
A Week of Weather Sept. 2 to Sept. 8 By Dennis C. Pike FARMINGTON – This week, the maximum temperature was 87.8° and the minimum 46.0°. The average temperature was 65.8°. Total precipitation was 0.20 of inch. Last year at this time, the maximum was 74.4° and the minimum was 36.1°, with an average temperature of 59.1°, and precipitation of […]
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New Faces at Phillips Elementary School
Kathy Howard, Secretary, Phillips Elementary School. Melissa Galusha looks on as some of her students tackle a problem. She is not really a new face, but is in a new place. Another transition, she is a former second grade teacher, to the math classroom for students grades 5 – 8. This is Red Squirrel, the […]
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Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles, California is the final resting place of Harry S. Duffield, who attained fame as an actor after his Civil War drummer boy stint. A movie poster from Harry Duffield’s career as an actor for the movie “For Those We Love,” from 1921. Harry Duffield also appeared in the movie “Wise […]
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BETHEL – On Saturday, Sept. 8 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. there will be a Forgiveness Retreat held in the dining hall at the Bethel United Methodist Church on Main Street. Real forgiveness is deeply countercultural and some of the hardest work human beings do. It is easier said than done. In this day […]