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Bringing the seashore to the mountains

February 19, 2019February 19, 2019

Nearly 70 children, parents and grandparents learn about the ocean creatures that dwell along Maine’s rocky shoreline.

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‘All kinds of fun’ on ‘Killer Hill’ in Wilton

by Daryn Slover Sun Journal February 18, 2019February 19, 2019

Jed and Bekah Malcore of Wilton sled Monday with their children Sarayah, 4, Hudson, 7, Lincoln, 9, and Braxton, 13, at a Temple Road dairy farm in Wilton. Bekah Malcore said she grew up playing on what was nicknamed “Killer Hill” by neighborhood kids when the farm was owned by her grandfather. “We had all […]

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Snowshoes at the ready

by Daryn Slover Sun Journal February 18, 2019February 19, 2019

John Nutting of Leeds carries his snowshoes to the Titcomb Mountain Nordic venue in Farmington on Monday. Nutting attended the Class B Nordic State Ski Championship classical race to watch his granddaughter, Cambelle Nutting, compete for Maranacook High School. (Sun Journal photo by Daryn Slover)

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UMF purchases Front Street property for new child care center

by Rachel Ohm February 18, 2019February 19, 2019

Officials hope to move the Sweatt-Winter Child Care and Early Education Center into 274 Front St., a former medical call center, by the end of the summer.