Jake Strait of Gardner, Massachusetts, gives his friend’s dog Beast a ride on his ATV at the 2018 Redneck Games in Hebron on Friday afternoon. The gathering is expected to draw more than 5,000 people this weekend with bands and competitions. Strait is surrounded by friends from Livermore with whom he had an accident last […]
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Hebron station 90 degrees closer to salvation
HEBRON — The only surviving building of the town’s once thriving railroad complex on Station Road is one step closer to being saved from demolition. The Board of Selectmen gave its go-ahead on July 23 to rescind a previous vote to move the building off town property and have agreed to let the Historical Society […]
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Animal rescuers: The new rock stars
There was an unsettling moment when I thought the pterodactyl-looking creature might rear up and pluck one of the eyeballs right out of my head. Just you never mind that the pterodactyl creature was no more than three inches tall or that it seemed unable to stand on its two comically large feet. This was […]
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Redneck festival helping veterans this year
HEBRON — Harold Brooks is changing his beer tent at the Redneck “Blank” Pig Roast and Music Fest to a veterans tent for a barbecue and fundraiser. The founder and organizer of the four-day festival has also replaced his traditional Confederate battle flag with a red, white and blue flag for the eighth annual event […]
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Redneck ‘Blank’ to help vets this year
HEBRON —Harold Brooks is changing his Redneck beer tent into a veterans tent. The founder and organizer of the Redneck “Blank” Pig Roast and Music Fest has not only changed out the beer tent, but he has replaced his traditional Rebel flag with a red, white and blue flag as he prepares for the 8th […]
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Hebron garage explodes in flames
Flames engulf a garage at 992 Station Road in Hebron late Monday night. Firefighters from several towns battled the blaze which reportedly involved multiple explosions from fuel and machinery. Attempts to obtain details from Hebron fire officials Tuesday were unsuccessful. (Charles Blaquiere photo) Flames engulf a garage at 992 Station Road in Hebron late Monday […]
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Panagore to speak in Hebron church
HEBRON — Reverend and author Peter Panagore will address the Hebron Community Baptist Church Sunday, June 24. With a Master of Divinity degree from Yale University, he has been a member of the First Radio Parish Church of America for the past 15 years. He has written the Daily Devotions TV segment viewed by millions […]
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Norlands’ Lawson addresses Hebron Historical Society
HEBRON — Carolyn Lawson, trustee president of the Norlands Living History Center, Livermore, spoke to the Hebron Historical Society on the medical history of treating the Union Civil War soldiers. The number of surgeons went to 98 at the beginning of the war to 11,000. The nurses were mostly men as well. Dorothea Dix of […]
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Catherine E. Saunders
LEWISTON — Catherine E. Saunders, 94, of Hebron died Friday, June 8, at d’Youville Pavilion in Lewiston. She was born July 4, 1923, in Norway, a daughter of Byron H.M. and Geraldine (McAllister) Woods. She attended local schools, graduating from South Paris High School. Catherine went on to attend beautician school and worked as such out […]
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Richard "Frenchie" Denis
LEWISTON — Richard Albert “Frenchie” Denis, 81, of Hebron died Monday, May 21, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Lewiston. He was born April 15, 1937, in Lewiston, the son of Philomene and Frank Denis. He participated in Boy Scouts as a youth and was altar boy several years for Saints Peters and Paul Church. He worked […]