DIXFIELD — A benefit dinner and auction will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 8, for a Regional School Unit 10 employee who has recently undergone lung cancer surgery. The benefit will support bus driver and custodian Linda Hamel, who has been out of work for a few months, said Julie Carlow, […]
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Baseball memorabilia from 1862 at auction in Biddeford
PORTLAND (AP) — An auction house that sold a 148-year-old baseball card is now selling even older baseball memorabilia that features a Union team decimated by a Civil War battle. Saco River Auction Co. in Biddeford has a scorecard, four tickets and three concession passes from an 1862 game featuring the Washington Nationals and 71st […]
Foreclosed mansion in Belfast to be auctioned off next week
BELFAST — The local version of the White House was built in 1840 and boasts marble fireplaces, spacious rooms and the oldest copper beech tree in Maine on its manicured acre of in-town land. When the imposing home at the corner of Church and High streets in Belfast was most recently listed for sale, the […]
Vermont arena interested in buying old Auburn rink equipment
HIGHGATE, Vt. — The town of Highgate, Vt., sees a solution to replacing its 40-year-old cooling system at the local ice arena coming from Auburn’s Ingersoll Arena. But Auburn, which recently opened a larger dual surface ice rink, said the old equipment is not for sale quite yet. “So we are very glad that community […]
Black Mountain to hold first auction Sept. 13
RUMFORD — The Friends of Black Mountain of Maine fundraising committee will hold an auction at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, to help raise money for the mountain. Committee member Judy Collette said the idea for the auction was the result of a collaborative brainstorming effort by the entire committee, adding that she and Co-chairwoman […]