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Angus L. Graham

GLENDALE, Ore. — Angus Leslie Graham, 35, of Carbondale, Colo. died in a car accident on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017 near Glendale, Ore. Originally from Bethel, Angus graduated from Gould Academy with honors and received his BFA from the New York State College of Ceramics, School of Art and Design, Alfred University and a post-baccalaureate certificate […]

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American Legion baseball: Bessey Motors swipes sweep of Locke Mills

Bessey Motors catcher Wyatt Williamson tags out Locke Mills’ Josh Eliot while Zachary Hill looks on during the second game of an American Legion baseball doubleheader in Paris on Saturday. PARIS — Bessey Motors had to wait three hours to start its American Legion baseball doubleheader against Jackson Silver Post of Locke Mills due to […]

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College Golf: Sense of state pride at the NCAA DIII Championship

There were several local connections at the 2017 men’s NCAA Division III Golf Championship at the Mission Inn Resort & Club in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida, this May. St. Joesph’s College and Husson University earned their invitations as a team by winning their respective conferences. The Monks won the Great Northeast Athletic Conference, and the Eagles won […]

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Sunday River names Snow Sports School director

NEWRY – Sunday River Ski Resort has hired a Gould Academy alpine coach as the director of its new Snow Sports School, spokeswoman Darcy Lambert said. Erickson has worked in the ski industry for more than 35 years. He served as a Professional Ski Instructor of America examiner, an alpine coach at Gould Academy, and […]

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Helen L. Mawhinney

1926 – 2016 AUBURN — Helen L. Mawhinney, 89, of Auburn and Machias, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 2. She was born in Auburn on July 21, 1926, to her parents, Bancroft H. and Winifred Olfene Wallingford. Helen grew up on the farm with her brother, Otto Wallingford, with whom she first attended a […]

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Sailors to share stories about Caribbean voyage

BETHEL – Residents Dutch and Elaine Dresser will present photographs and stories about their 10-month, 7,000-mile round-trip voyage from Maine to Puerto Rico at the McLaughlin Auditorium at Gould Academy on Wednesday. The event, sponsored by the Western Mountains Senior College, will take place from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the […]

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Gould Academy names snow programs leader

BETHEL — Gould Academy has promoted Kurt Simard to direct all of its snow sports. He has been Alpine skiing director and head Alpine coach since 2007. Darcy Lambert, director of Marketing and Communications for Gould Academy, said Simard served as interim director of snow sports programs since August, when the school began looking for […]

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Gould Academy senior growing kidneys from skin cells

Gould Academy senior Demetri Maxim is working on using skin cells to grow kidney tissue, taking steps toward a new treatment for kidney disease. He is among 40 U.S. teenagers who have been named finalists in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search, which recognizes rising stars who have done notable original research. All 40 will […]

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Nancy J. Lincoln

BETHEL — Nancy J. Lincoln, 74, died peacefully at home in the morning on Tuesday, Oct. 27, after suffering various illnesses over the past few years. She is survived by her sister, Louise Lincoln Poisson and her husband, Roger; and two children, Scott and Glen; her brother, Arthur (Fred) Lincoln and his wife, Karen; and […]

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Mary S. Billings

1920 – 2015 PARIS — Mary S. Billings, 94, of Bryant Pond died Tuesday, Sept. 29, at Market Square Health Care Center. She was born in Hanover on Nov. 6, 1920, the daughter of Arthur and Una Roberts Stearns. She graduated from Gould Academy in 1938 and the University of Maine (Normal School, Farmington) in […]