HARTFORD — Fire destroyed the Main Street farmhouse and barn of town historian Lorraine Parsons on Wednesday while she was tending her cows. “In the three minutes that it took us to get on the scene, the fire had already spread from the barn to the house,” Deputy Chief Jason Vaughan of the Canton Fire Department […]
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Hartford considers bridge issue
HARTFORD — The state Department of Transportation has advised the town of Hartford to block off and close the bridge between Hartford and Sumner that runs across Abbott Pond Road in Sumner. Lee Holman, selectboard chair, recalls a, “previous select board that had wanted to tear it out.” She said, however, that a structural engineer who […]
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Hartford girl is Miss Maine Teen 2018
JAY — Spruce Mountain High School junior Erin McPherson of Hartford has been crowned Miss Maine Teen 2018. McPherson and 37 other teens competed in conjunction with the Miss Maine pageant at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland on Nov. 25 and 26. Miss Maine and Miss Maine Teen are part of the Miss […]
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Hartford man charged with sexually assaulting underage girl
PARIS — Bail was set at $2,500 cash for a Hartford man charged with sexually assaulting a juvenile girl inside his camper last month. Dylan Drake, 19, was arrested Friday, Sept. 29, and charged with Class A gross sexual assault, which is punishable by up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up […]
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Police identify men involved in Hartford shooting
HARTFORD — Police have identified the two men involved in a shooting Friday night that sent one man to Central Maine Medical Center with a gunshot wound. Richard Tracy, 52, was shot in the abdomen by Michael Beairsto, 33, both of Hartford, according to Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland. Beairsto lives in […]
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Meet Coral Ryder, 'spiritual fax machine'
Coral Ryder has drawn thousands of pictures over the past 12 years, yet doesn’t consider herself an artist. Instead, she jokingly refers to herself as a spiritual fax machine. “Marge is the one who draws through me,” said Ryder, 46. “She’s the artist, I just hold the pencil.” Marge is Marge Haimaii and Ryder’s not sure where […]
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Pinpoint of Light to offer spirit drawing presentation
HARTFORD — Pinpoint of Light Spiritualist Camp will offer a public presentation from 10 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3, at the Hartford Town Hall, 1190 Main St. Among presentations will be a demonstration of spirit drawing. Presenter will be Coral Ryder from the United Kingdom. Spirit artists work by linking with spirit and […]
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David Turner Gammon
SOUTH PARIS — David Turner Gammon was born May 14, 1926, in Hartford, son of the late Harold Gammon and Edith DeCoster Gammon. David passed away July 25 at the Maine Veterans’ Home in South Paris, where he had made many friends and received excellent care. David enlisted in the U.S. Army in World War […]
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Patrick 'Pat' Kelley Sr.
EKRON, Ky. — Patrick “Pat” James Kelley Sr., 28, of Ekron, Ky., passed away unexpectedly at home on Friday, July 7. He was born on Feb. 27, 1989, in Lewiston, the son of Charles R Kelley Sr. and Cynthia A . Owen of Hartford. He worked at A -1 Paving in Brandenburg, Ky. Pat enjoyed […]
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Hartford voters approve office, road changes
HARTFORD — Voters at the Saturday, June 17, annual town meeting agreed to change the town clerk position from elected to appointed, combine the winter and summer road budgets and reallocate money for social services, according to Board of Selectmen Chair Lee Holman. Action got underway at 9 a.m. at the Hartford Town Hall, where voters […]