1960 – 2016 AUBURN — Jeanne Cynthia Emery of West Gardiner passed away on Saturday, Jan. 9, surrounded by her loving family. Jeanne was born Dec. 6, 1960, to Harold and Cynthia Hobart of Bowdoinham. She attended Bowdoinham schools and graduated with honors in three years from Oak Hill High School in 1978. On June […]
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Rough snowmobile rides inspire JUDGED Gear
BOWDOINHAM — Walter Beesley takes his snowmobiling seriously. Won’t-reveal-where-he-snowmobiles-because-it’s-such-a-sweet-spot seriously. During rough and tumble off-trail rides in the winter, he and friends would rip through gear. They fogged up goggles, tore clothes and frequently had to modify sleds. Three years ago, Beesley, a computer programmer, reached out to a factory on a lark: Could he […]
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Wilfred C. Haley
1930 – 2015 BOWDOINHAM — The Rev. Wilfred C. Haley, 85, died Sunday, May 10, at a local hospital. He was born in Phillips on Feb. 21, 1930, a son of Wilfred H. and Helen White Haley. He married Nelly E. Jones in Phillips in 1948. Mrs. Haley died Aug. 3, 2009. The Rev. Haley […]
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Kenneth E. Hutter
1957 – 2015 SABATTUS — Kenneth E. Hutter, 58, of Bowdoinham, was suddenly taken from us Monday, May 4, in an automobile accident in Sabattus. He was born in Providence, R.I., on Jan. 18, 1957, a son of Ernest and Noreen (Gladding) Hutter. He was educated in Cranston and graduated high school from Cranston West […]
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Students honored by colleges
KINGSTON, R.I. — The following students were named to the University of Rhode Island’s dean’s list for fall 2014. Sydney Grace Charles of Fryeburg. Joshua Wayne Harper of Gray. Emma Catherine Walker of Naples. Cameron Ernest Olson of Durham. Madeline Wiegman of Leeds. Kelynn Herlihy Laliberte of Norway. — STORRS, Conn. – Tyler Holmquist of […]
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Meet the new farmers: Nate Drummond and Gabrielle Gosselin, Six River Farm
BOWDOINHAM — Nate Drummond and Gabrielle Gosselin were in New York, looking to start a vegetable farm somewhere in New England when they found land for lease through the Maine Farmland Trust’s Maine Farm Link program. That worked for a while, and successfully. Then, Drummond said, came the, “Now what?” “We’ve developed these really great […]
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Esther D. Bragdon
1920 – 2014 AUBURN — Esther D. Bragdon, 94, of Auburn, died on Tuesday, Oct. 14, in Auburn. She was born in Bowdoinham on May 24, 1920, to parents Esther and John Darling Sr. Esther was married to Donald Bragdon in 1938. They were married for 64 years, before Donald passed away in 2003. She […]
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Massachusetts angler wins the 2014 Upper Andro 2–Fly Contest
BETHEL — Pete Bilafer of Mansfield, Mass., won the trophy for the biggest trout caught during the annual Upper Andro 2-Fly Contest in Bethel on Sept. 21. Bilafer netted a 14 3/4-inch brook trout. Second place went to Todd Richard of Farmington, Maine, with a 14-inch brown trout, and third place to Dan Reader of […]
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Scouts to conduct food drive
LEWISTON — The Pine Tree Council Boy Scouts of America will participate in the annual scouting for food event. The scouts in the Abnaki district will distribute door hangers with the information about the food drive on Saturday, March 22, and Sunday, March 23. They will return to the homes they left the door hangers […]
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N.H. man sentenced for attempted kidnapping in Bowdoinham lot
BATH (AP) — A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to just over five years in prison for trying to kidnap a 2-year-old boy at a Maine park-and-ride lot. Foster’s Daily Democrat reported (http://bit.ly/1hHy2Au) that 30-year-old James Graham of Newmarket, N.H., was convicted in Bath Superior Court of attempted kidnapping and assault and sentenced to […]