SUMNER — Following in Buckfield’s footsteps, a group of Sumner residents is circulating a petition to withdraw from RSU 10. Lana Pratt, a retired educator and Sumner resident, said she and other residents have gathered about 30 signatures and she knows of about 20 more people interested in signing. If the petition gets enough signatures, […]
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Tibbetts to lecture on growing herbs PARIS — Cindy Tibbetts will make a return visit to the McLaughlin Garden and Homestead lecture series on Wednesday, March 27. Known for her presentations on clematis, given at many locations in Maine, Tibbetts will discuss another of her interests in her talk. “Delightfully Herbal: A Simple Plan for […]
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Man arrested in Sumner road dispute
SUMNER — Just days after a Sun Journal story about the war over Abbott Pond Road, someone on one side was charged Wednesday with threatening someone on the other side with an ax. Benjamin Stewart, 26, the son of Nicole Lutz, was charged with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon. Police say he threatened Richard […]
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Sumner neighbors at war over road access
SUMNER — In rural Sumner, there’s an old dirt road that winds past a few homes, up a hill and through the woods. It’s not pretty, not vehicle-friendly, and is barely passable half the year. Its single saving grace: It connects the area to Redding Road, a paved street that looks like a highway in […]
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Annual CSA Farm Fair is March 2 at Fare Share Commons
NORWAY — A local CSA Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at Fare Share Commons, 443 Main St. Oxford Hills is home to a growing number of small farms. One of the ways that local farmers and producers make their goods available to people locally is to offer […]
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University of Maine at Presque Isle names dean’s list
PRESQUE ISLE — Two hundred and ninety-seven students at the University of Maine at Presque Isle have been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2012 semester. Local students include the following. Highest honors Industry: Sarah Emily Taylor Lisbon: Renee A. Moore Lisbon Falls: Angel Leigh Strout New Gloucester: Cody Alan Humphrey Rumford: Andrew […]
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Church plans public supper SUMNER — A community supper at the Congregational Church of East Sumner will take place at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 2. The menu will include chicken and gravy on biscuits. Donations. For more information call 388-2263. Church sermon on body image NORWAY — Join the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Norway […]
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Lecture on woodland plants PARIS — Mike Murphy of West Paris will present an illustrated lecture on woodland plants on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at the McLaughlin homestead on Main Street near the Oxford County Courthouse. Because the diversity of perennials available to gardeners is at an all-time high, Murphy will make suggestions for shady places. […]
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Lorraine Dunn Litchfield
1948 – 2013 BOSTON, MASS. — Lorraine Dunn Litchfield, 64, of Sumner, passed away peacefully on Monday, Feb. 18, with her family by her side, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, after a long period of ill health. She was born on March 29, 1948, in Livermore Falls, the daughter of Cora DeCoster and Bernard […]
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Sumner church to host World Day of Prayer event
SUMNER — Women, men and children in more than 170 countries and regions will celebrate World Day of Prayer on Friday, March 1. The women of France, this year’s writer-country, have chosen the theme “I was a stranger and you welcomed me.” The French WDP Committee looks for a Christian response to struggles concerning immigration […]