A float by Maine Line Products turns a corner near the town common as a float by Savage Auto passes behind it in the Molly Ockett Day parade in Bethel on Saturday. The theme was “50th Anniversary of Telstar & 250th Year of the Founding of Bethel.” The town of Newry won the float contest […]
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Garage, cars destroyed in Harrison fire
Travis Cummings looks out at what was once a three-bay garage where he works on friends’ vehicles. He was restoring an ’88 Oldsmobile where his father, Nelson Cummings, who owns the property, once operated a car repair business. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) HARRISON — A late-night fire destroyed a garage and four cars at 178 Plains Road […]
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Classic cars displayed at Paris Hill Founders Day
Joe Simeone, background, came from Massachusetts on Saturday morning to check out the cars on display at the 40th annual Founders Day & Classic Car Exhibit on Paris Hill in Paris. This 1934 Packard Super 8 Convertible Sedan was driven to the event by a private collector who came to show off his vintage automobile. […]
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Telstar High School celebrating 50th anniversary
BETHEL — A class of 91 high school seniors walked through the doors of a new school for the first time on Sept. 19, 1968. Nearly 50 years later, they’re coming together to lead the annual Molly Ockett Day parade at 11 a.m. Saturday. The class will have two convertibles in place of a float […]
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Horse talk at Waterford World's Fair
Ellie Winslow, 8, talks to her horse, Faith, at the Waterford World’s Fair on Friday afternoon, as her father, Jeff Winslow, adjusts the saddle. Ellie has been riding horses for five years, starting on a pony led around the yard. The agricultural fair continues through the weekend with crowd favorites, including pig scrambles, draft horse […]
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Otisfield beach reopens after water test comes back clean
OTISFIELD — Less than a week after closing the town beach on Pleasant Lake because of E. coli bacteria in the water, Administrative Assistant Anne Pastore said the beach is open again. Pastore wrote on the town’s website that Friday morning’s test of Pleasant Lake “came back clean,” and that the beach would be reopened […]
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Marshall Tucker Band to play Oxford County Fair
OXFORD — The Oxford County Fair has booked the multi-award-winning Marshall Tucker Band as its main act this fall. The free concert at the fairgrounds on Pottle Road is to begin at 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15. Jackie Young, president of the Oxford Agricultural Society, said the same anonymous donor who stepped up six years […]
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Norway board tasks town manager with researching tree warden position
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen asked Town Manager Dennis Lajoie on Thursday to look up the official definition of “tree warden.” Tish Carr, who has served as the town’s tree warden for the past 18 years on a volunteer basis, said during a June meeting with Lajoie and Parks and Recreation Director Deb Partridge that […]
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Enjoying outside dining in Norway
Amanda Ilsley and her sons, Nathan, center, and Bobby Ilsley, sit at a picnic table at Ari’s Pizza and Subs on Main Street on Thursday enjoying the sights and sounds of early evening. (Matthew Daigle/Sun Journal)
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Otisfield beach area closed because of bacteria
OTISFIELD — Administrative Assistant Anne Pastore told selectmen Wednesday evening that that the town beach on Pleasant Lake will be closed until further notice because of E. coli bacteria in the water. Pastore said she recently was notified by residents that children swimming in the lake were getting sick after getting out of the water. […]