PARIS — Scores of area post offices, including some under consideration for closure, may have their hours cut under a plan to reduce the U. S. Postal Service deficit by nearly $500 million annually. The plan will keep post offices in Paris Hill, North Waterford, Danville in Auburn, Stoneham and East Livermore open, but cut […]
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Huddle Up: Football’s future rests with parents
The National Football League had one of its most turbulent weeks ever with the suicide of Junior Seau and the leveling of some of the most severe player penalties in the history of the league for the New Orleans Saints bounty program. Meanwhile, the league welcomed in 253 newcomers via the draft and hundreds more […]
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NFL: Hebron alum Gumbs signed by New Orleans Saints
Hebron Academy could have another alumnus to cheer for on autumn Sunday afternoons if Jose Gumbs’ dream continues to become reality. Gumbs, a 2007 Hebron graduate, was signed by the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent on Sunday, shortly after the completion the NFL draft. The 24-year-old native of Queens, NY was a […]
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Hebron Academy Career Connection Seminars offer value to all
HEBRON – On March 30 Hebron Academy led its first ever Career Connection Seminars, an afternoon of networking and discussion opportunities hosted by alumni and parents for Hebron seniors and postgraduates. The day consisted of three hour-long seminars running concurrently each hour, culminating in a lobster dinner and keynote address by notable alumni. Topics ranged […]
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Hebron Academy Middle School egg drop simulates concussions
Students were tasked with creating a protective enclosure for a raw egg that could sustain a 20-foot drop from Hebron Academy’s storied clock tower atop Sturtevant Hall. Designs incorporated different methods of cushioning, including packing peanuts, a foam football and a woman’s nylon suspended inside a cardboard box. The casings could not exceed more than […]
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Ride, barbecue, music to benefit NAMI
LEWISTON — Well over 200 motorcyclists are expected to kick-off the first NAMI-Maine Ride for Mental Illness on Sunday, April 29. The event which includes barbecue, music and refreshments at the Greenwood Mountain Inn in Hebron will benefit NAMI-Maine’s work with the one-in-five Mainers suffering from some form of mental illness. Registration, set at a […]
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Hebron Society to present wool processing history program
HEBRON — In period costume Marty Elkin, co-owner of A Wrinkle in Thyme Farm in Sumner, will present a program to the Hebron Historical Society about sheep farming and wool processing in Maine in the late 1800s. This will follow a short business meeting and will be held at the Hebron town office at 7 […]
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Historian discussed women working with gunpowder during Civil War
HEBRON — The Hebron Historical Society recently hosted Hebron resident Melissa Sheets, who spoke on The Washington D.C. Arsenal and Monument to its workers. Sheets, who is a graduate of Leavitt High School and University of Southern Maine, obtained her masters degree in art history from University of Nebraska, incorporating this subject as the basis […]
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Wine, chocolate event benefitted Hebron Historical Society
The Greenwood Mountain Inn recently held a Wine and Chocolate Tasting event as a fundraiser for the Hebron Historical Society. Innkeeper Daryel Duhaime arranged the event. Sam Brown of Pine State Distributors, pictured, directed the wine tasting with demonstrations in how to handle wines and how to enjoy the different varieties. Pat Hutter of Lindt […]