After dropping supplies to hikers stranded on the Knife Edge Trail on Saturday, a Maine Forest Service helicopter returns Monday to evacuate a hiker who had fallen 10 to 15 feet on the Hamlin Ridge Trail.
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Labor shortage forces Maine Huts and Trails to close 2 of its 4 lodges for the season
The nonprofit says it doesn’t have enough workers to run the entire operation and complete the maintenance and improvements it needs on its trails and backwoods retreats.
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Just a concept 25 years ago, the International Appalachian Trail now crosses continents
What started as an idea by three Mainers to link their state to Canada with a hiking trail became a collaboration among more than a dozen countries in North American and across the Atlantic.
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Benefit motorcycle ride July 15 MEXICO — Exiles MC Mexico Chapter will host a benefit motorcycle ride and cookout for Carolyn Brann’s family farm, which recently burned. Registration will be held from 9:30 to 10 a.m. Sunday, July 15, at 1531 Main St., Route 2. The ride will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Music and […]
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Gregory W. Gallant
RUMFORD — Gregory W. “Grampa Greg” Gallant, 61, of Rumford, passed away Wednesday, May 23, at his residence following a brief illness, with loving family by his side. He was born in Rumford on July 10, 1956, a son of Sylvester J. Gallant and Laura Giambattista. Greg was educated at Rumford schools and a graduate of […]
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Judy Faye Benoit
AUBURN — Judith Faye (Edgecomb) Benoit of Manchester passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 24, at Clover Health Care, in Auburn, where she received exemplary, attentive care for 40 months, challenged 15 years by Alzheimer’s and five years of kidney failure. She was a 36-year breast cancer survivor after surgery. Before her demise, the family gathered at […]
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Lois P. Sawyer
NASHUA, N.H. — Lois Eileen (Parker) Sawyer, 80, of Nashua, N.H., died peacefully on Sunday, April 1, at Aynsley Place in Nashua, N.H. She was born in Auburn on Jan. 5, 1938, the daughter of Walter E. and Etheleen G. (Foss) Parker. She was a graduate of Edward Little High School Class of 1956 and the […]
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Norman E. Bilodeau
NAPLES, Fla. — Norman E. Bilodeau, our beloved husband, father and grandfather, of Naples, Fla., passed away Monday, April 2, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. He was born in Lewiston on April 9, 1941. Norman graduated from Lewiston High School. After high school, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. In 1960, he began working […]
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Brianna Marie Belisle
AUGUSTA — Brianna Marie Belisle, 25, of Harrison and the Rangeley Lakes area, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, Jan. 21. She was born in Farmington on June 5, 1992, the daughter of Marie McIntosh & Brian Belisle and was educated in the Oxford Hills and Rangeley Lakes school districts, receiving her diploma in 2012. Brianna was a […]
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Colleen Weston
AUBURN — Colleen Weston, 87, of Auburn died Dec. 31, 2017, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. She was born July 19, 1930, to Herbert and Harriet (Waite) Libby in Millinocket, Maine. Colleen graduated from Stearns High School in 194, where she was active playing cello, piano and bass drum in the school orchestra and […]