1947 – 2013 TURNER — John “Jack” V. Strong of Hebron, 66, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 3, at his Turner home, surrounded by family and friends. Jack was born in Lewiston on May 15, 1947, the son of the late Vivan E. and Madora (Gagnon) Strong. He was raised on the family farm […]
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Stewart-Reed family reunion HEBRON — The descendants of Mary Elizabeth Stewart and Charles Franklin Reed will hold their annual reunion on Sunday, Aug. 11, at the home of Rich and Jane Hatch. Arrival time is before noon with a potluck lunch at noon. After lunch the annual business meeting will take place along with the […]
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Redneck and Wife: Nuptials take center stage as Hebron festival closes
HEBRON — Lucretia Blais is a bona fide city girl, born and raised in Lewiston-Auburn; she’s only redneck by marriage. And that’s official. Blais officially tied the knot with Jeffrey Gould of Lewiston on Saturday night on the stage at Hebron’s Redneck “Blank.” “They are not really giving us a lot of details on what’s […]
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Redneck Blank opens tonight in Hebron
HEBRON — The trek toward Hebron’s third annual Redneck Blank Pig Roast and Music Festival has begun. “There’s one guy from Florida who is driving all the way up the East Coast (to Hebron) and picking up people as he goes along in his RV,” said event organizer Harold Brooks. Brooks was setting up tents […]
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Barbershop chorus takes show on the road
OXFORD — Members of the Mollyockett Chorus entertained over 300 people with the close harmony of barbershop style music July 12 and 13 with two shows at the Sawyer Memorial and one at the Denmark Arts Center. The 18-member, all-female vocal group presented “The Ockett Family Plans a Vacation” as its annual road show. The […]
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Free lunches for children BRIDGTON — Free lunch is available for children Monday through Friday from approximately noon to 1 p.m. at the Bridgton Community Center as well as these locations during fair weather: Highland Beach, Junior Harmon Field, Woods Pond and Sawyer Circle. Bethel community blood drive BETHEL — A community blood drive will […]
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Dancing at medieval ‘war’ site in Hebron
People have come from all over New England and Canada to the Hebron Pines Campground to dress in Middle Ages garb, eat, drink, buy and sell crafts and beat the tar out of each other with Bamboo and Rattan swords.This is the 27th year the local group, Malagentia, has hosted the War.This year, they’ve declared […]
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Hebron selectmen seek solution to school bus turnarounds
HEBRON — Selectmen decided this week to seek an alternative to school buses turning around in residential driveways, because of reported damage. Selectman Jim Reid noted at Monday’s board meeting that a school bus turns around on Townsend Road during the school year and, over time, has crushed a culvert, which now needs to be […]
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Hebron schedules public hearing to discuss budget shortfall
HEBRON — An August public hearing to give residents a chance to voice their concerns about a $15,000 reduction in revenue sharing was scheduled by the Board of Selectmen this week. The hearing is set for 7 p.m. Aug. 12 at the town office. At town meeting in March, voters approved a $694,137 municipal budget, […]
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Getting medieval in Maine
Now there were lords of Malagentia and among them was one who this same lesson learned: Lay not thy boffer upon the head of thy foe. When the folks at Portland’s recent comic convention offered Kevin Muske one of their foam weapons and a chance to spar, he took it. “I looked at that little […]