Painting by Deidre Blair Submitted Get ready to hit the road for one of Western Maine’s most scenic and creative fall outings! The 5th Annual Mahoosuc Art & Agriculture Tour, a family-friendly, self-guided tour of working farms and local artists, returns on Sunday, Sept. 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Attendees will enjoy barnyard […]
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Norway library nonfiction/AV additions
Biography: Andrés, José– Change the Recipe: Because You Can’t Build a Better World Without Breaking Some Eggs Barry, Dave – Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up Carter, Graydon – When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines Jong-Fast, Molly – […]
Rangeley library seeks community input for strategic planning
Rangeley Public Library board of directors announced the launch of a strategic planning campaign during the library’s Summer Celebration Thursday, Aug. 14. “We’re excited to share that we have taken the first steps to develop a strategic plan to ensure that we are meeting or exceeding the needs of the Rangeley region far into the […]
Rangeley Friends of the Arts closes summer season with “The Mousetrap”
The cast of Rangeley Friends of the Arts production of “The Mousetrap”: Carolyn Smith, Anne Bower Crump, Timmy Straub, Dan Simonds, Rylan Böttger, Stella MacFawn, Raoul Silver, David Silver. (Courtesy of Dave Hathaway) The theater lights are down. You hear the stillness of the audience, their shuffling feet and occasional coughs, waiting for the show […]
September hikes and paddles with Trails for Rangeley Area Coalition
Trails for Rangeley Area Coalition members paddle to Flagstaff Lake via the North Branch of the Dead River Tuesday, Aug. 12. (Courtesy of T.R.A.C.) Trails for Rangeley Area Coalition, or T.R.A.C., is an informal gathering of like-minded people who share the desire to hike, paddle and bike in the healing environs of our surroundings. The […]
Livermore Falls school board member pleads guilty to driving to endanger in Auburn
Roger Moulton, a Regional School Unit 73 director, had a second, unrelated driving to endanger charge dismissed as part of a plea agreement.
Local author offers workshop series in Norway
“All of us are descended from people who experienced the world as alive. We have the capacity to give life to that way of thinking, feeling, and being again. And this holds the potential to heal our planet, our culture, and our lives.” This philosophy guides the work of Sumner’s Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue, and lies […]
Rumford will be first in Maine to offer a ‘Baby Box’ for parents in crisis with newborns
The town gave final approval to enter into a contract with Safe Haven Baby Boxes for the climate-controlled, padded box to be ready to use by as early as this winter.
Thorman graduates summa cum laude from UMaine Orono
The Bethel native received a bachelor’s degree in social work.
A resting place
A bird rests in the weeds in South Pond in Greenwood. (Rose Lincoln/Staff Writer)