Sermon topic: ‘Fig Trees’ PARIS — The First Universalist Church on Pine Street welcomes Anita White as their guest speaker on Sunday, March 17. White’s sermon topic for the 10 a.m. worship service is “Fig Trees.” Music is under the direction of Donna Hurd and Sunday School is under the direction of Renee Wales. Coffee, […]
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REACH conference topic to be, ‘Are You A Safety Net?’
BRYANT POND — REACH, Oxford County’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Services, also covering the towns of Bridgton and Harrison, will host a local conference, “Are You A Safety Net? Prevention & Intervention with Sexual Trauma and Mental Health.” The conference will be held on Wednesday, March 27, at the Crosstones Conference Center with a […]
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Harry Eugene Goll
1915 – 2013 SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. — Rev. Harry Eugene Goll, 97, died on Feb. 27, at Bridgton Health Care. Born in Beaver, Pa., on May 14, 1915, Rev. Goll was the son of Harry Ellsworth Goll and Malissa Blanche Goll, and the younger brother of John Edward Goll. His father served in the Pennsylvania State […]
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Loon Echo awards environmental education grants
BRIDGTON — Loon Echo Land Trust recently announced the three local schools and four libraries that are the recipients of its 2013 Environmental Educational Grant Program. This year the organization funded six programs with the Naples, Harrison, Casco and Raymond public libraries, as well as Sebago and Harrison elementary schools. These awards are a great […]
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‘Invisible War’ documentary to be shown
BRIDGTON — Tri-County Mental Health Services and the Maine VISTA Program will host a free viewing of the 2013 Oscar-nominated documentary “The Invisible War” at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 11, at Stevens Brook Elementary School. Family Crisis Services and Rape Education & Crisis Hotline/Sexual Assault Prevention & Response Services are collaborating with Tri-County and the […]
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Annual CSA Farm Fair is March 2 at Fare Share Commons
NORWAY — A local CSA Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at Fare Share Commons, 443 Main St. Oxford Hills is home to a growing number of small farms. One of the ways that local farmers and producers make their goods available to people locally is to offer […]
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Mary’s Firemen: Ski event to raise awareness, funds for breast cancer
BRIDGTON — Mary’s Firemen for a Cure announces that Shawnee Peak Ski Area will again host the organization’s annual breast cancer awareness fundraiser on March 2. Over the past 10 years, Mary’s Firemen has raised nearly $100,000 for the Maine affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Aimed at raising awareness for breast cancer […]
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Iris F. Osgood
PORTLAND — Iris F. Osgood, 71, of Bridgton passed away suddenly on Feb. 22, at Maine Medical Center. She was born in Bridgton, Jan. 2, 1942, the daughter of Edward and Ruth Powers Robbins. A lifelong resident of Bridgton, she graduated from Bridgton High School in 1960, and married her long-time sweetheart, William L. Osgood, […]
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Church plans public supper SUMNER — A community supper at the Congregational Church of East Sumner will take place at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 2. The menu will include chicken and gravy on biscuits. Donations. For more information call 388-2263. Church sermon on body image NORWAY — Join the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Norway […]