Church yard sale HARTFORD — The Hartford Community Church will hold its annual yard sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 26, at Goodwin’s Well Drilling on Route 4. Rain or shine. All proceeds benefit Hartford Community Church Operating Budget. Memorial Day breakfast STONEHAM — The annual Memorial Day breakfast will be held […]
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Bethel Historical Society awarded grant for 2012 lectures
BETHEL — Bethel Historical Society Executive Director Randall H. Bennett has announced that the society received a $500 grant from the Maine Humanities Council to help support its 2012 lecture series titled “War, Wilderness and Wonder.” The next lecture in the series will take place at 1:30 p.m. July 7 with James Witherell, author of […]
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Of bulldozers, a stolen dog and ‘that girl’
A number of public works departments in Androscoggin County hosted a really cool event Friday in celebration of National Public Works Week. The departments jointly hosted a four-hour open house at the Auburn Mall, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., where families were “encouraged to bring their children to explore dump trucks and bulldozers,” play […]
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Rumford Elks award scholarships
RUMFORD — The Rumford Lodge of Elks 862 has announced its 2012 National Foundation Scholarship winners. Boys: first place, Adam Mahar, Telstar High School; second place, Erich Zurhorst, Mountain Valley High School; third place, Jason Haynes, Dirigo High School. Girls: first place, Jessica Sattler, Dirigo High School; second place, Hannah Lapointe, Mountain Valley High School; […]
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Historical Society meeting PARIS — The West Paris Historical Society will meet Monday, May 21, with a potluck supper at 6 p.m. and the regular meeting at 7 p.m. The entertainment will be Ted Jones speaking on the downtown portion of the village to see if there is enough interest in a historical block registration. […]
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Paris middle school students to help clean Androscoggin River May 22
BETHEL — As part of National River Cleanup, students from the Experiential Learning Team at Oxford Hills Middle School in Paris will help clean up a section of the Androscoggin River next week. Magic Falls Rafting Co. of West Forks will provide rafts and garbage scows, Wende Gray, alliance spokeswoman, said Monday in Bethel. The […]
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Lake front clean-up NORWAY — Fourteen people braved the hatching black flies to help pick up litter and rake at Lake Pennesseewassee Park during the annual spring clean up. The volunteers represented themselves, New Balance, Cub Scout Pack 130, Don’s Redemption, Oxford Hills Boosters, Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, Healthy Oxford Hills, Weston Chandler Funeral […]
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Bethel man gets six months for sexual abuse
PARIS — A sex offender charged with abusing a teen girl pleaded guilty Monday in Oxford County Superior Court and was sentenced to serve six months. Christopher Lee Sheldon, 27, of 23 Mason St., Apt. 18, in Bethel, pleaded guilty to three charges of sexual abuse of a minor. He received six months, as well […]
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Historical Society to present 33rd annual art show
BETHEL — The Bethel Historical Society will host its annual Faye Taylor Memorial Art Show, which features the work of students in grades one through six in SAD 44. The show will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 26. This year’s student art will be exhibited in the Molly Ockett Room […]
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Wildflower walk CASCO — A spring wildflower walk will take place at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 12, at Loon Echo’s Mayberry Hill Preserve. Jon Evans, Loon Echo’s stewardship and volunteer coordinator, will lead the 1.2-mile hike over easy terrain. Hikers should plan accordingly for weather conditions (trail may be slippery due to wet spring conditions) […]