Holiday events SUMNER — Pastor Howard MacMullen invites the public to join the members of the Congregational Church of East Sumner in their holiday events. On Wednesday, Nov. 23, there will be a Thanksgiving Eve service, with a light supper at 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. worship. On Dec. 3, the church will have a […]
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Bethel, Woodstock students take field trip to study energy sources
WOODSTOCK — Students from Bethel and Woodstock received a hands-on lesson about wind energy Thursday. Fourth-grade classes from Woodstock Elementary School and Crescent Park School in Bethel were invited on a tour of Patriot Renewables LLC’s wind turbine facility on Spruce Mountain in Woodstock. Tom Carroll, project coordinator for Patriot Renewables, visited with the class […]
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Olive Rose Rein
WEST PARIS — Olive Rose Rein, 88, passed away on Nov. 10, at Ledgeview Living Center, where she has been a resident for the past three years. Rose’s loving and feisty nature will be missed by those who knew her. She was the kind of person who, if you told her you liked something she […]
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LePage team networks with business owners in Bethel
BETHEL — Members of Gov. Paul LePage’s administration networked with local business owners and community members during a breakfast Wednesday. The Bethel Area Chamber of Commerce hosted the event at the Bethel Inn Resort. Guests John Butera, LePage’s senior economic policy adviser, and George Gervais, commissioner of Department of Economic and Community Development, spoke to […]
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Songwriters club BRIDGTON — Songwriters Club registration deadline is Friday, Nov. 18. The program is for grades 6 and up. Young songwriters will meet for five Mondays, Nov. 21 through Dec. 19, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. The program will allow young songwriters and poets to immerse themselves in their art with like-minded kids their […]
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40 vendors to participate in Bethel’s Local Wares Fair Nov. 25
BETHEL — Hundreds of mostly handmade, one-of-a-kind items from 40 crafters and producers of local products will be sold Friday, Nov. 25, during the Local Wares and Crafts Fair. On what is traditionally the busiest shopping day before Christmas, Bethel kicks off its Country Christmas Celebration with the 15th annual fair. It will be held […]
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Plays feature Dracula, ditsy broads, gamblers, mime and more
BETHEL — The Senior College Players of Western Mountains Senior College, based on the premise that participation does not require memorization of scripts, will return for its sixth year with a weekend of theater in early December. “All but one of the 16-member troupe, Cayte Vogt, are veteran Senior College Player thespians,” said director Lynn […]
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Man pleads guilty to Bethel burglaries
PARIS — A Norway man pleaded guilty Wednesday in Oxford County Superior Court to five Bethel burglaries. Joshua McAllister, 21, pleaded guilty to the break-ins in the summer and fall of 2010. Five charges of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer were dismissed. The burglaries took place in three different dwellings between July 30 and […]
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Joseph W. Croteau Jr.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Joseph W. Croteau Jr., 50, 0f San Diego Calif., passed away on Nov. 2, at his home, of a heart attack. He was born March 8, 1961, to parents, Isabelle and Joseph Croteau Sr. Joseph attended First Assembly of God Church in Lewiston, participated in community service for the homeless youth […]
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Newry officials dissatisfied with road work
NEWRY – Town officials Monday expressed their displeasure with a recent paving job on the Skiway Access Road. The work was done by Pine Tree Paving Inc., on a section of road that had been repaired by D.A. Wilson Co. Wilson had fixed areas along a .3-mile section where sink holes have periodically developed. While […]