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Boy Scouts plan Chinese auction March 21 PARIS — The leaders of Boy Scout Troop 130 in South Paris will host a Chinese auction on Saturday, March 21, at Oxford Hills Middle school. Doors open at 4 p.m. Auction starts at 6 p.m. Spring Fling Fair is March 28 in Hartford HARTFORD — The Hartford […]

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Buckfield selectmen debate town ownership of library

BUCKFIELD — Selectmen decided to table making a decision on acquiring the Zadoc Long Free Library from its Board of Trustees after questions arose about the library founder’s intent when they examined the original trust deed that established the library in 1901. At Tuesday’s selectmen’s meeting, Buckfield Town Manager Cindy Dunn and Selectmen Chairwoman Martha Catevenis […]

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This week’s agenda

Tuesday Bethel: Budget Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Hartford: Road Committee, 7 p.m., Town Hall Jay: RSU 73 public forum on teacher evaluations, 6 p.m., Spruce Mountain High School Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Mexico: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Roxbury: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Hall Rumford: RSU 10 Buildings Forum, 6:30 p.m., […]

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Women’s basketball playoffs: Hawks drop Bears, 65-54

VESTAL, N.Y. — All season, the University of Maine women’s basketball team has generated confidence and momentum by making shots. On Sunday afternoon, the University of Hartford’s gritty defense made sure most of those shots came from the perimeter and the Black Bears could not find the range. Top-seeded UMaine’s NCAA season came to an […]

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This week’s agenda

Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Eustis: Eustis School Department Board of Directors, 5:30 p.m., Stratton School Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Newry: Annual town meeting, 7 p.m., Grange Hall Rumford: Board of Assessors, 3 p.m., Municipal Building Wednesday Livermore Falls: RSU 73 Board of Directors budget workshop, 6 p.m., Central Office […]

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Donald Hinson

1957 – 2015 HARTFORD — Donald Hinson, 57, of Auburn, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, Feb. 21. He was born March 1, 1957, in Brockton, Mass., to Charles W. Hinson and Anita Y. Hinson (Pomerleau). He graduated from Edward Little High School in Auburn in 1975. He then served in the U.S. Army from 1975 to […]

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Today’s agenda

Franklin Jay: Selectmen, workshop, 5 p.m., Municipal Building Kingfield: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills Bethel: Comprehensive Planning, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall Sumner: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office River Valley Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Library trustees, 3 p.m., Rumford Public Library Rumford: Selectmen, joint […]

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Hartford-Sumner Elementary School honor roll

SUMNER — Hartford-Sumner Elementary School has announced the first-trimester awards. Grade five Honors: Hadley Blodgett, Olivia Buswell, Elizabeth Corson, Abigail Ellis, Ruby Haylock, Kassandra Keough, Ashja Levasseur, Jaydan Levesque, Jamie Richardson, Zachary Shields. Grade six Honors: Kylie Carrier, Olivia Darling, Caleb Hill, Siana Jacobs, Rick Kraske, Shyloe Morgan, Jozie Smith, Maxwell White.