Mastectomy fit event May 16 NORWAY — The Women’s Imaging Center at Stephens Memorial Hospital along with the Medicine Shoppe will host a special fit event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, at SMH, with certified mastectomy fitters. Call today to schedule a specialized fitting. No appointments are necessary to browse the […]
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Cryptogram contest winner PARIS — Randy Rosenberg is the $5 winner of Paris Public Library’s April Cryptogram Contest. May’s cryptograms are ready to pick up at the library’s front desk. This month’s focus celebrates and honors Memorial Day and those who sacrificed their all for our freedoms. May’s completed cryptograms need to be in on […]
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Evangeline A. Keniston
HOLLIS — Evangeline Audyne Keniston died at her home on Sunday, May 5 after a long illness. She was born Aug. 20, 1921, in Levant, to Everett and Zillah Rockwell. The Keniston’s were residents of Bryant Pond for 58 years. They have been residing at 214 Plains Road in Hollis for the past 2½ years. […]
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Norway road, park clean up NORWAY — The Norway Parks & Recreation Department will join with the Art Gouin Street Clean Up to hold the annual Community Spring Clean Up of town roads and Lake Pennesseewassee Park on Saturday, May 4. From 8 to 11 a.m. work will consist of picking up branches and raking […]
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Alida F. Blood
1922 – 2013 WEST PARIS — Alida F. Blood of South Lancaster, Mass. and recently of Bryant Pond, died April 24, at the age of 90, with her devoted daughter by her side. Born in Providence, R.I. on July 13, 1922, the daughter of the late Alton and Catherine (Keifer) Verrill, Alida moved to Andover […]
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Conference to focus on domestic and sexual violence
BRYANT POND — Making The Connection, a day long conference for individuals who work with families, women and children in Oxford County, is planned for Friday, May 3, at Crosstones Conference Center. Safe Voices, (Oxford County’s Domestic Violence Resource Center), REACH (Sexual Assault Prevention and Responses covering Oxford County and the Towns of Bridgton and […]
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April is the Month of the Military Child
STATEWIDE — There are more than 4,000 school-aged military connected children and youth in Maine. Operation Military Kids and its state team representing the military branches, local organizations and individuals are working together to provide educational, social and recreational opportunities to support military children and their families in Maine. In support of military youths there […]
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Texas hold’em at Lions Club HARRISON — The Harrison Lions Club will hold a Texas hold’em tournament from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at the VFW Hall, 176 Waterford Road. The entry fee is $80. There is a 100-player limit. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Proceeds will be used for community services. For […]
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Mountain Valley Middle School to host bingo night fundraiser
RUMFORD — Mountain Valley Middle School will be hosting a night of bingo Friday, March 22, to raise money for the seventh-grade class field trip to Bryant Pond in May. According to teacher Lindsay MacMillan, the idea for the bingo night came from her seventh-grade class from the previous school year. It had hosted a […]
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Norway author discusses impact of adoption
BRYANT POND — Norway resident Carol Lilleqvist Welsh read passages from her memoir, “360 Square,” Thursday afternoon at the Whitman Memorial Library, discussing the importance of adoption in her life and how she overcame a difficult childhood. Welsh’s memoir focused on her early years with her adoptive parents. “Adoption has woven itself through my life,” […]