Susan Conley, writer and Winky Lewis, photographerspeaking at Bailey library WINTHROP — The Bailey Public Library in downtown Winthrop will host writer Susan Conley and photographer Winky Lewis for a slideshow presentation and reading from their new book “Stop Here, This Is the Place” at 6:30 p.m Tuesday, Aug. 22. The event is part of […]
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Winthrop author reads to Norway children
NORWAY — A Winthrop children’s author read excerpts from her new book geared toward middle school students Wednesday afternoon at Books N Things. Lynn Plourde, a Skowhegan native who has written children’s books for nearly 20 years, read excerpts from “Maxi’s Secrets,” which follows the travails of a deaf Great Pyrenees dog. Plourde said the […]
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GiGi Guilmette
1929 – 2015 READING, Mass. — GiGi Guilmette, 86, of Reading, Mass., died peacefully at home under hospice care on Wednesday, Sept. 16. She was born April 26, 1929, in Lewiston, to Berthe (Lebel) Bilodeau and Gustave Bilodeau. GiGi is the beloved wife of the late Louis P. Guilmette, to whom she was married for […]
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Massachusetts man dies in New Vineyard accident
NEW VINEYARD — A Massachusetts man died Sunday night when his car went off Route 27, rolled over and crashed into a stonewall and trees, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said in a release Monday. Jonathan Daellenbach, 29, of Reading, Mass., died at the scene, Nichols said. Daellenbach had family in the area. Franklin […]
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Longley and Tree Street: Learning, doing the funky chicken in joint summer program
LEWISTON — Summer school counselor Isaiah Teague, 14, got the crowd of students pumped with his performance in the Longley Elementary School gym Wednesday morning. “Left, left, left, right, left,” he chanted as 290 elementary students marched and chanted along. “Are you ready?” he called. “Let me see your funky chicken!” His audience clucked like chickens […]
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Library announces summer reading program
MECHANIC FALLS — The Mechanic Falls Public Library is announcing its Summer Reading Program, Book A Trip: Travel the World Through Books. The program will run June 29 – Aug. 3 with a finale party on Aug. 10. It is open for ages two-to-17 and a variety of programs will take place on Mondays. Registration […]
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Author of book on Maine tree farming to talk at Farmington book store on Nov. 18
FARMINGTON — At 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, the public is invited to a reading and book signing with , author of “Hard Chance: Tree Farming in Troubled Times,” at Devaney Doak & Garrett Booksellers. “Hard Chance” seeks to explain both the how and the why of becoming an independent tree farmer in northern Maine. […]