REGION — Tammy Schmersal Burgess of Mexico today announced that she is running as a clean election candidate for the Maine House of Representatives District 77. District 77 comprises the towns of Canton, Dixfield, Hartford, Mexico & Peru. Tammy owns and operates TaDah, a hair salon on Main Street. Tammy is a second-generation barber. Her […]

BERLIN, NH — The Berlin & Coos County Historical Society will again host barn sales this year. The first one will be held on Saturday, May 28, at the historic Brown Company barns on the East Milan Road in Berlin, NH. This our 20th season of barn sales! A barn sale will be held every […]

For the past few weeks, the Rotary Club of Bethel has been meeting at the new Grace Note Inn. Owner and Rotarian Brenda Blond has graciously invited the club to use her beautiful business as “home base.” At the last meeting, Rotarians enjoyed an update from Abby Borron, the communications manager for Sunday River Resort, […]

AUGUSTA — Inflation relief checks in the amount of $850 for Maine residents are one result of the Maine State Legislature’s approval of the supplemental budget signed into law by Gov. Mills on April 20. The relief payments are to help with higher-than-usual costs due to inflation. Checks will be mailed through the U.S. Postal […]

LOCKE MILLS — American Legion Auxiliary Jackson Silver Unit 68 is pleased to announce the 2022 Poppy Girls, Lily and Madeline Lewis. Lily is a fourth-grader at Woodstock Elementary School, and Madeline is a second-grader at Crescent Park Elementary School. They are the daughters of John and Tonya Lewis of East Bethel. Lily and Madeline […]

ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer a short-term online 4-H club for youth ages 13–18 about basic adult life skills from 4–5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, June 22–July 27. Required registration closes June 6. The “4-H Adulting 101 Series” will introduce basic adult life skills by exploring a different topic each week, […]

Finnish-American WEST PARIS — The monthly meeting of the Finnish-American Heritage Society of Maine will take place at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 15, at the FinnAm Center at 8 Maple St. Following a brief business meeting, there will be a showing of “Fire and Ice,” the 2014 BBC documentary on the Winter War of […]

WEST PARIS — Judith Clements Packer has offered to match individual donations, up to $8,000, to help raise funds for the First Universalist Church of West Paris stained-glass restoration project. The donation match time period is May 5 to Sept. 1. Clements Packer is a sister of the late Nicholas Clements of Bryant Pond and […]

NORWAY — The Friends of Norway Memorial Library will be holding used book sales on the lawn of the Gingerbread House at 500 Main St. Book sales are from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays, May 14, June 11, July 9, and Aug. 13. Rain may cause cancellation. Shoppers may park in the municipal lot on […]