OTISFIELD — A major archival donation of town documents, some dating back to the late 18th century, have been saved using a turkey roasting pan, bricks, a cookie cooling rack and some wet towels. Otisfield historian Jean Hankins said the Historical Society recently received about 250 individual Otisfield town documents, dating from 1797 to 1849, […]
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Program on Haiti NORWAY — A public presentation by Ken Jones, “Haiti: (Not) Building Back Better,” will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, at Fare Share Commons, 443 Main St. Refreshments will be available at 6 p.m. USM teacher Ken Jones gained a first-hand view of what’s happening in Haiti when he joined […]
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Food pantry OTISFIELD — The Food Pantry will be open from from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Dec. 6, at Spurrs Corner Church, Route 121. The pantry is open the first and third Tuesdays of each month from 10 a.m. to noon, and the second Monday evening of each month from 5 to 7 p.m. […]
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Crystal M. Ackerman
PORTLAND — Crystal M. Ackerman, 34, of Otisfield, passed away Saturday, Nov. 19, at Maine Medical Center. She left us the same way she lived, surrounded by family and friends. Crystal was born in Middletown, Conn., Sept. 16, 1977, the daughter of Betty and James. Crystal was brought up in the Oxford Hills region. She […]
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Gordon Peaco
OTISFIELD — Gordon Peaco, 79, of Otisfield died Sunday, Nov. 20, at his home with his loving family by his side. He was born in Otisfield, April 23, 1932, the son of Linley D. and Pearl Haley Peaco. He graduated from Norway High School in 1950, and from Bates College in 1954, with a major […]
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Students escape injury when car hits bus on Route 26 in Gray
GRAY — An Otisfield man suffered a minor injury and a new bus had to be called after a car rear-ended a school bus on Route 26 on Tuesday afternoon. The bus was hit from behind by a Honda Accord driven by Henriette Taft, 76, of Otisfield, as it stopped to let children off at […]
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H. Hamilton: A bad idea
I find comments by Peter Robinson, Lewiston Mayor Larry Gilbert and others on the losing side of the Lewiston casino question to be offensive and insulting to Maine voters. Maine voters did not vote against the casino because of propaganda or comments by Gov. Paul LePage. In their wisdom, Maine voters turned it down because […]
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John R. Raymond
OTISFIELD — John R. Raymond, 91, of Otisfield, passed away at his home on Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11, with his loving family by his side. He was born in Lynn, Mass. on March 13, 1920, the son of George and Annie H. Raymond. On March 28, 1942, he married Hazel Miller in Everett, Mass. John […]
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The blame game
All my life, I’ve heard people blame politicians for all kinds of things. But I’ve never heard people blame themselves for electing the politicians. The votes of the recent elections weren’t even counted and the blame game was running rampant. Lewiston Mayor Larry Gilbert was blaming the media and the governor for losing the casino […]