Rumford Riders meet today RUMFORD — The new Rumford Riders ATV Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27, upstairs at Sam’s. Supper will be served before the meeting. Everyone is welcome. Horseshoe tournament FARMINGTON — The sixth annual Donn Barker Memorial Horseshoe Tournament will be held Saturday, Sept. 1, at the Farmington Elks […]
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Eva L. Collins
1919 – 2012 AUBURN — Eva L. Collins, 92, a resident of Auburn, died Tuesday at Clover Manor with family by her side following a long illness. She was born in Hartford, Oct. 30, 1919, the daughter of Frederick and Lilla (Weston) Bryant. She was a great mother and grandmother who simply just loved all […]
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Hartford-Sumner Elementary School honor roll
SUMNER — Hartford-Sumner Elementary School has announced the third trimester awards. Grade five Principal’s Award: Nathan Cyr. First honors: Christian Austin, Jordan Bennett, Jenna Doucette, William Ellis, Mackenzie Heathco and Hunter White. Second honors: Shane Adams, Julia Dow, Hannah Shields, Zara Steward and Noah Wiley. Grade six Principal’s Award: Simon Burch, Seneca Jacobs and Norliyana […]
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Spiritualist events HARTFORD — Spiritual Healing Pinpoint of Light Spiritualist Camp will present Spiritual Healing, with Kenneth Green, MPI, at 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 12. Green recently completed the Morris Pratt course for spiritual healers and is in the process of obtaining certification as a commissioned spiritualist healer with the National Spiritualist Association of Churches. […]
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Butterflies emerging WEST PARIS — A dozen active and hungry monarch butterfly caterpillars were given to the West Paris Library on July 23. They came with a lifetime supply of their food, milkweed leaves. By July 25, all but the very smallest caterpillar had entered its chrysalis stage. A monarch chrysalis looks like a pale […]
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OCEA-R awards scholarships
OTISFIELD — The Oxford County Education Association – Retired announces the following recipients for the OCEA-R scholarships for the Class of 2012. Sylvia Brooks from Fryeburg Academy plans to attend the University of Maine at Farmington to major in elementary education. She is the daughter of Rodney and Jessica Brooks of Lovell. Adam Mahar from […]
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July 28 softball tournament BRIDGTON — The Bridgton Recreation Department and Western Maine Cheering will host an Adult Coed Softball Tournament on Saturday, July 28, at Stevens Brook Elementary School. The tournament has an eight team maximum, nine players per team minimum. All players must be 18 or older and each team must have three […]
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Maine camps receive campership funding
LEXINGTON, Mass. – The American Camp Association, New England has awarded eight Maine camps with American Camp Association Campership Funds. Overall, 64 ACA accredited day and overnight camps across all six New England states, plus one in New York, have received camperships on behalf of specific campers. The funds for each camper will go directly […]
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Hartford debates paying for fire service
HARTFORD — Selectmen and officials from Buckfield, Canton and Turner discussed a long-range solution to maintaining fire service in town at a special meeting preceding the regular selectmen’s meeting. At their 2012 town meeting, residents rejected the increased cost for fire protection from the three towns that serve Hartford. The town disbanded its fire department […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Bethel: Airport Authority, 7 p.m., Town Office Bethel: Water District, 7 p.m., Town Office Bethel: Committee for Sign Ordinance Reform, 7 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Public hearing on closure of Mountain Road and a portion of Sodom Road to winter maintenance, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Buckfield: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Casco: Selectmen, 7 […]