NEWTON, Mass. — The following local residents were among 409 students honored for outstanding academic achievement by being named to the dean’s list for the 2011 fall semester at Mount Ida College. Fryeburg: Anna Gamwell Waterford: Leslie Grover Bethel: Amanda Coolidge
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Poland Spring donates for VFW defibrillator
LOVELL — Poland Spring Water Co. has donated $1,200 for the purchase of an automated external defibrillator for the Fryeburg/Lovell VFW Post on Smarts Hill Road. The defibrillator will be used in case of cardiac arrhythmia emergencies at community events held at the VFW Post building serving area veterans. The AED donation was the result […]
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Icy roads, outages expected in Western Maine Thursday night to Friday morning
GRAY — The National Weather Service is warning of sleet and freezing rain in Oxford and Franklin counties tonight, into Friday morning. Icy roads and power outages are a possibility. The winter weather advisory goes into effect at 7 p.m., with snow on the forecast until around midnight, when it turns to freezing rain and […]
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Agreement protects more than 500 acres in Fryeburg
FRYEBURG — A cooperation between the Upper Saco Valley Land Trust and the Nature Conservancy will preserve 524 acres of habitat on the Saco River and Pleasant Pond. According to the land trust, the purchase will protect a rare tract of floodplain forest along the Saco River from development. The area is a habitat for […]
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Bitter cold creeps over northern New England
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Northern New Englanders awoke to bone-chilling temperatures Monday with the mercury falling to well below zero across much of the region. The National Weather Service said some of the cold spots in Maine at 6 a.m. were Fryeburg, which was minus 20, and Sanford, where the temperature was 13 below zero. […]
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Couple plead guilty to breaking into Fryeburg home
PARIS — A husband and wife, who were caught stealing from a man’s house before leading him on an 18-mile chase, pleaded guilty to burglary, theft and criminal mischief Tuesday in Oxford County Superior Court. Jason Sanborn, 34, and Misti L. Sanborn, 31, both of Saco, pleaded guilty to breaking into the Fryeburg home of […]
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Erna Clifford Hicks
BRIDGTON — Erna Carlene Clifford Hicks, 84, formerly of Fryeburg, and Zephyrhills, Fla., died Jan. 9, at the Bridgton Health Care Center surrounded by her loving family and loving caregivers. She was born March 22, 1927, in Lewiston, the daughter of the late Charles and Anna Clifford. She attended Minot and Auburn schools and graduated […]
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CMCC registration FRYEBURG/BETHEL — Oxford County residents interested in taking Central Maine Community College courses in the spring semester are invited to attend one of the registration nights to be held Wednesday, Jan. 4, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Fryeburg Academy, or Thursday, Jan. 5, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Telstar High School. […]
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Vehicles slide on icy Oxford County roads
Vehicles went sliding off of Oxford County roads at a brisk clip Tuesday night as freezing rain and glare ice conspired to make for dangerous driving. “I wouldn’t dare guess how many accident calls we’ve had in the last four hours,” Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant said at 8:30 p.m., shortly after responding to an […]
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Susan Thompson
AUBURN — Susan Thompson, 55, of Fryeburg, passed away after a long struggle with diabetes and kidney failure Dec. 20, at the Androscoggin Hospice House. She was born Jan. 26, 1956, in Lewiston, to Carl Alden Pulsifer and Jeanne Philipon Pulsifer. Susan was able to bring the landscape to life with a paintbrush and paint, […]