HARTFORD — Four people are running for road commissioner next week in a town where deteriorating roads is an issue. The term is for two years. Candidates are former selectman and Code Enforcement Officer John Plumley, former Selectman David Bowen and Alan McNeil and Harley Swanson. Plumley is retired. He worked at Boston Sand and […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m.,Town Office Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office New Sharon: Jim Ditzler Memorial Library Board of Trustees, 7 p.m., public hearing on updated Internet Safety policy Paris: Conservation Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Board of Assessors, 3 p.m., Municipal Building Salem Township: SAD 58 Board of Directors, 7 p.m., […]
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Spring drought, beavers keeping Canton Lake level down
CANTON — Selectmen said Thursday night that it’s time to start doing rain dances to fill Lake Anasagunticook in Canton and Hartford. All the nearly 2-mile-long lake needs is runoff from 3 to 4 inches of rain in one or two storms in the watershed and a beaver dam removed from lake inlet Sparrow Brook. […]
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Nettie M. Frechette
1916 – 2015 BUCKFIELD — Nettie Mahala Stetson Frechette, 98, of Norway, fell asleep to be with her Lord on Monday, May 25, in Buckfield after a joyous life filled with love for God, her family, farm animals, pets and cooking. Born on her family farm in Hartford, on Dec. 12, 1916, she was the […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Hartford historian memorializes War of 1812 soldiers
HARTFORD — Daniel Parsons. Chesley Leighton. Job Shaw. Hartford historian Lorraine Parsons wants to make sure these men are remembered as more than a simple footnote in history. That’s why she made sure a plaque honoring the town’s 78 soldiers from the War of 1812 was erected — with the help of resident Richard Dyer […]
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Hartford man accused of robbing Livermore Falls store; three others face charges
LIVERMORE FALLS — Four people face criminal charges in connection with the robbery of oxycodone pills on Saturday from the Rite Aid Pharmacy on Main Street. Shawn Francis, 48, of Hartford, was arrested on a felony charge of robbery. A conviction on the robbery charge carries up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 […]
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Lisa R. Galgay
1962 – 2015 FARMINGTON — Lisa Robertson Galgay, 53, of Turner, died on May 19, following a long illness, at the Sandy River Center in Farmington, where she had been a patient for the past three years. She was born on March 25, 1962, in North Attleboro, Mass., the daughter of John and Judith (Erickson) […]
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Eric C. Griffey, MD
1943 – 2015 LEWISTON — Eric C. Griffey, MD, 71, of Auburn, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 29, at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center. Known to many in our community simply as Dr. Griffey, he was born in Mobile, Ala., on Oct. 25, 1943, to Bernard and Hazel Griffey. He enlisted in the United […]
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Animal Tales: Horsing around to help kids
HARTFORD — A year ago, Carlos Michaud wouldn’t have listened to anyone, wouldn’t have followed directions, wouldn’t have looked anyone in the eye. And he certainly wouldn’t have been happy about being asked to. But on a recent afternoon, the 10-year-old bantered with an aide and giggled as he rode miniature horse Mr. Tom around […]
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Hartford-Sumner honors listed
SUMNER — Hartford-Sumner Elementary School Prinicpal Ryan Wilkins has announced the honors list for the second trimester as follows: Grade five High honors: Olivia Buswell, Abigail Ellis. Honors: Acadia Arsenault, Hadley Blodgett, Lydia Boutot, Elizabeth Corson, Ruby Cyr, Cameron Durgin, Kayden Haylock, Ruby Haylock, Lukus Hartmann, Kassandra Keough, Ashja Lavasseur, Jaydan Levesque, Alyssa Litchfield, Michaela […]