AUBURN — Auburn Public Services Director Dan Goyette has announced there are several options for the disposal of Christmas trees. Trees can be dropped off by Auburn residents at the following locations: • Public Works Garage, 296 Gracelawn Road (behind the community sand shed); • Mid-Maine Waste Action Corp./MMWAC, Goldthwaite Road, 7 a.m. to 4 […]
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Holiday tradition
Michael and Deborah Stufflebeam, and their daughter, Samantha, of Monmouth cut their Christmas tree at Mason’s Tree Farm in Wales on Sunday. The family has had the same tradition for the past 26 years: put on their fun holiday sweaters, stop at the South Monmouth Market for hot chocolate and head to Mason’s. “We have […]
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Auburn selects Christmas tree
Roger Begin of Cote Crane & Rigging lowers the Auburn Christmas tree onto a trailer at the home of Catrina Bonney on Alderwood Road in Auburn on Monday. Auburn Public Works arborist Noel Skelton cut the top half of a 60-foot fir before the tree received a police and fire department escort to Festival Plaza. […]
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New venue for Otisfield tree-lighting ceremony a ‘success’
OTISFIELD — Administrative Assistant Anne Pastore said that the Christmas tree-lighting ceremony Dec. 3 at the Otisfield Community Hall was a success and went off without a hitch. Pastore said she updated the Board of Selectmen Wednesday evening on how the ceremony went, since it was the first year that the ceremony was held at […]
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Lewiston squirrels face shocking holiday surprise
LEWISTON — Note to the squirrels in Kennedy Park: This year, the city kicked it up a notch. Lewiston had to yank its Christmas lights from the city tree last year after gnawing squirrels threatened to ruin the new $3,500 LED lights. This week, a local pest control company installed a nearly $1,000 anti-squirrel system […]
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Squirrels vs. Lewiston city Christmas tree: Squirrels win
LEWISTON — They are the squirrels who stole Christmas. Lewiston has ditched its 50-foot Christmas tree because Kennedy Park squirrels were gnawing through $3,500 worth of new LED lights, fully ignoring the city’s squirrel-proofing efforts. Trouble started right after the tree lighting at the annual Parade of Lights, according to Mike Bernier, Public Works district […]
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A quick guide to cutting your own Christmas tree
For many families, piling everyone into the car and driving to a local farm to cut down a Christmas tree is a tried and true holiday tradition. For others, it can be a comedy of errors that does’t quite meet up with hopes of chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Here are a few tips […]
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New Christmas tree to be dedicated to Jay police, fire chief
JAY — Town officials and employees will dedicate a new Christmas tree to police and fire Chief Larry White Sr. at the beginning of the selectpersons meeting Monday, Sept. 22. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. at the Town Office. White, who lives in Jay, is on medical leave while receiving treatment for cancer. The […]