To the Editor, In the hilarious movie “Weekend at Bernie’s” two employees discovered someone was embezzling. It was their boss: Bernie. To keep them close, Bernie invited them to his wild weekend beach house party. As it started, Bernie died but people thought he was drunk, so to continue the fun, the two employees propped […]
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Mt. Blue Regional School District Child Find
FARMINGTON — Mt. Blue Regional School District seeks to ensure that all children within our district who are school aged ( ages 5 – 22 ) and possibly in need of special education services as a result of a suspected or current disability, are located, identified and evaluated as part of our Child Find process […]
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4-H at Tanglewood accepting scholarship applications
LINCOLNVILLE — University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Tanglewood is currently accepting scholarship applications for youth in grades 6-8 to attend overnight summer camp for a week or a week-long Appalachian Trail trip. Session dates are July 21-26 or July 28-August 2. In addition to a full scholarship to camp, […]
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Mountain Valley Rec Basketball Tournament
REGION — The 23rd annual Mountain Valley Rec Basketball Tournament was held on April 5-7 with 24 teams competing in three divisions; A, B and Senior. All games were played at Dirigo High School, Mountain Valley Middle School and High School. All divisions were very competitive. This benefit tournament is run by The Mountain Valley […]
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Movie Review: ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’
“A Quiet Place: Day One” made a grave miscalculation with its advertising. Scenes were filmed with the intention of putting them in the trailers, but not the movie. This way, when people saw the movie, they wouldn’t be able to properly anticipate the surprises and story progression. To that end, the advertising succeeded, I was […]
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Four Livermore Falls men indicted in home invasion, robbery in Farmington
The homeowner at 234 Morrison Hill Road told police he was beaten, choked, threatened with a shotgun and had coins, guns and phone stolen, on Feb. 7, according to Farmington police.
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Farmington Community Center to get new roof over existing one
Officials felt not enough is known about a system that would melt snow and reduce weight on the Community Center roof.
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Blueberry season is starting locally, looks promising so far
One farm opened Wednesday, another plans to do so Monday.