JAY — On Tuesday evening, Oct. 16, local Realtor Kathleen Szostek will hold a class on “The Pluses and Pitfalls of a Reverse Mortgage” with RSU 73 Adult Education. The class will run from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Spruce Mountain Middle School. Call Adult Education at 897-6384 to register. “Clearly a reverse mortgage […]
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N. Bourgoin: Media show political bias
The broadcast and print media shamefully make no bones about their leftist alliance. They think that people have to just accept their reporting as the gospel truth. Most of their articles are either flavored, made up, distorted or omitted in order to enhance the advancement of their agenda, or to mask the encouraging results of […]
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Tri-Town Area Seniors to meet Oct. 15
LIVERMORE FALLS — The Tri-Town Area Seniors met Oct. 1 at Murray Hall with 19 members present. President Fernande Doiron opened the meeting with a prayer, salute to the flag and a moment of silence for the men and women serving in our armed forces. George Doiron led the group in singing “Autumn Leaves” to […]
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Robotics program to kick off fundraising
LIVERMORE FALLS — Spruce Mountain High School’s SMART robotics will kick off its fundraising for the 2012-13 season at the Apple Pumpkin festival.The Apple Pumpkin Festival has been rescheduled for Saturday, Oct. 13, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Livermore Fall recreation fields. The team needs to raise $6000 to meet its financial […]
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Audubon program on salmon FARMINGTON — Western Maine Audubon will present its monthly program at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, on “Salmon Restoration.” The Sandy River watershed is the focus of the biggest salmon restoration effort in the Northeast. The Sandy and its tributaries have perfect Atlantic salmon habitat and the first returns of fry […]
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Maine College Challenge classes FARMINGTON — The Finance Authority of Maine’s Maine College Access Challenge Grant program will provide weekly classes to help adults prepare to enter or re-enter college. Understanding that distance is a real issue in accessing higher education in rural communities, this month four College Ready sites are being established throughout Franklin […]
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L. White Sr.: Will get things done
I have known Paul Gilbert for many years and know him to be a man of integrity who has always cared about the well-being of the citizens that he represents as a state legislator. He also once served the town of Jay as a selectman and, again, at that time, served the community with pride […]
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LeBlanc family reunion held
CASCO — The descendants of Jude and Alice LeBlanc held their annual family reunion on July 28 at Sebago State Park. There were 60 members in attendance from Rumford, Mexico, Peru, Bangor, Dixfield, South Casco, Naples, South Portland, Raymond, North Jay, Windham and Jay; Derry, Concord and Wolfeboro, N.H.; Cambridge and Rochester, Mass.; Watervliet and […]