Coach: Colin Griggs (fifth season) Conference: MAISAD Last year: MAISAD runner up Returning players: Seniors — Rachel Jurek (MF), Olivia Grimmer (FB), Grace Lawson (G); Junior — Kiana Melvin (MF). Key losses: Olivia Brown (G), Charlotte Middleton (MF), Brittany Myrick (FB), Lexie Stefekos (MF) Promising newcomers: Junior — Emma Byrne; Freshmen — Eliza Beaudin, Avery […]
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Woman injured after striking Hebron utility pole; second vehicle damaged
HEBRON — One person was transported to Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway early Wednesday morning with unknown injuries after a car struck a utility pole along Route 119. A second vehicle later drove through downed guy wires near the scene. Paris fire Chief Brad Frost said crews reported to the scene of a two-car accident […]
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Warren family reunion held
HEBRON — The 29th annual reunion of the Warren family was held at Hebron Pines on July 20. This was a gathering of the descendants of the late F. Milton and Verlie Warren. There were 188 people in attendance from Auburn, Augusta, Bath, Buckfield, Chesterville, Gardiner, Gorham, Gray, Greene, Hallowell, Hebron, Hollis, Jay, Leeds, Lisbon […]
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SAD 17 off the hook for cost of oil spill cleanup
HEBRON — While the cost to clean up more than 1,500 gallons of oil that leaked out of the Hebron Station School basement tank last December is unknown, the SAD 17 school district is not picking up the tab. SAD 17 Superintendent Rick Colpitts and Jessamine Logan, spokeswoman for the Department of Environmental Protection, both […]
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DEP: Hebron school oil recovery ends; monitoring continues
HEBRON — Recovery of the remaining heating oil spilled at the Hebron Station School last winter has ceased, according to a spokeswoman form the Department of Environmental Protection. “We’ve reached the point where the little remaining oil is not recoverable by sorbent materials. We’ve decided to allow the wetland area to continue its recovery on […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Bethel: Airport Authority, 6 p.m., Town Office Hartford: Selectmen, ordinance and road committee workshop, 7 p.m., Town Hall Paris: Planning Board, 7 p.m. Sumner: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Bethel: Board of Assessors, 8 a.m., Town Office Sumner: Selectmen, executive session, 6 p.m., Town Office Thursday Buckfield: Historical Society, 6 p.m., Municipal Center […]
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Briefly
Ladies/Community Breakfast OQUOSSOC — The next Ladies/Community Breakfast will be held from 7 to 9 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, at Gingerbread House on Main Street. If anyone has a special dietary need, please call in advance so they can try to accommodate your needs. Historical Society membership meeting DIXFIELD — The Dixfield Historical Society will […]
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Mud and merriment: Rednecks rule in Hebron
Oland Easler’s enormous, mud-dripping 1947 truck sat poised at the entrance of the pits only long enough to ensure every eye was glued to it. Then it tore through the gully, screaming through the pits in a single, breathless moment. The mud-covered onlookers at the Redneck Blank roared their appreciation. Saturday was the last evening […]
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Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice: Volunteer training offered
LEWISTON — Volunteer support has been an integral part of Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice’s services for 40 years. The program is now widely recognized as one of the most extensive, nonprofit, home health care volunteer programs in Maine. For example, two new people completed the General Volunteer training held in February of this year. […]
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‘Fourth annual Redneck ‘Blank’ this weekend will feature ‘unbridled fun’
HEBRON — Thousands of people from all over the country are expected to descend upon an otherwise quiet stretch of Route 124 for the fourth annual Redneck ‘Blank’ beginning Thursday. Several hundred would-be Olympians, a word the International Olympic Committee has twice threatened to sue over should organizer Harold Brooks ever use it to promote […]