“Moxie … it’s Maine in a bottle!” is the 2011 Moxie Festival theme. The Moxie Festival committee decides on a theme each year based on an annual contest. Close to 70 entries arrived from Maine, California, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas. This year’s winner is Jeff Moxcey of Waterville. And who created […]

The answer is Frank Anicetti and The Kennebec Fruit Company located on Main Street and Route 196 in downtown Lisbon Falls, Maine. Anicetti’s grandfather opened the Kennebec Fruit Company in 1914 to sell fruits and vegetables and in 1919 began selling his own special-recipe ice cream. Over the years, the Anicetti family collected Moxie memorabilia. […]

The 28th annual Moxie Festival starts Friday, July 8, in Lisbon Falls, Maine. At 9:30 a.m., the Spirit of the Wolf Pow Wow opens behind Lisbon High School on Rte. 196, with a full day of Native American activities. From 4-8 p.m., browse through the “Friends-of-the-Library” Book Sale at the MTM Center on School Street […]

Dear Moxie Festival organizers, I thought I would write to share my first experience at the Moxie 5K and where it has taken me since. In July 2009, on a routine “summah” visit to my hometown of Brunswick, my wife and I decided on a whim to sign up for the Moxie 5K race. We […]

MISSION: The Franklin County Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit 501(c)(6) organization of business and civic leaders. It exists to promote its members and their services, and to provide a voice for the interest of area businesses. Through partnerships with others, the Chamber seeks to promote economic growth, job creation and retention, tourism, civic pride […]

Director’s Dish: Each day, we are offered the opportunity for a new begin­ning – a fresh start. I’ll not soon forget the day that I was honored by being chosen to serve as the new Executive Director of the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce. This is indeed a new beginning – a fresh start – […]

Things to consider while contemplating whether the release of our strategic oil reserve is a harbinger of a Pat Riley coaching comeback: • Everyone seems to be living vicariously through Andrew Marchand’s debaucherous Stanley Cup Celebration Tour. But I wonder what the reaction would be if Glen Davis or Rajon Rondo painted the town the […]

Add another name to the list of the tri-county region’s homegrown, Division I athletes. The University of Maine announced Friday that Brianna Hammond of Greene is one of four recruits to join the women’s soccer program. Hammond, a graduate of Leavitt Area High School, is one of three in-state players to join the Black Bears. […]

Sifting through random thoughts that don’t fit into an epic Sunday column, while adapting to life without having a game to cover every day … — Three weeks ago I was prepared to mail Hank Steinbrenner a thank-you card for giving up on Alfredo Aceves. Now, No. 91 scares me to death. Ace singlehandedly threw […]

NEW GLOUCESTER — The sixth annual “Maine Festival of American Music: It’s Roots and Traditions,” to be held July 6-9, promises a first: a steel band performance in the historic Sabbathday Lake Shaker Meeting House. The celebration of music, presented by the United Society of Shakers of Sabbathday Lake in collaboration with the Portland String […]