A.M. Sheehan has been in the news business for 40 years, including time as an editor at the Chatham Courier in N.Y., Kitchenware News, Beachcomber and Dover Community News in N.H., and the Summerville Journal Scene, Georgetown Times, Waccamaw Times and Inlet Outlet in S.C. In Maine she has been an editor for the Advertiser Democrat, Bethel Citizen, Franklin Journal and Livermore Falls Advertiser, and is currently managing editor for the Sun Journal's group of western Maine weeklies. She is a former journalist of the year in Maine, a Pulitzer finalist and winner of the Michael Kelley Award, the Polk Award and the Casey Medal Award. A.M. enjoys reading, theater, cooking and gardening.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2023
Current Events: Groundhog Day
In the United States and Canada, Groundhog Day occurs on February 2. It is a yearly tradition that predicts, with the help of a groundhog, if spring will be warm and pleasant or cold and yucky.It’s important to know something about the four seasons here in North America. It will help explain why Groundhog Day […]
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2023
How do you say that in ….
English: lunarFrench: lunaireSpanish: lunarGerman: MondItalian: lunareArabic: qamari قمريChinese: Yuèqiú 月球
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2023
Word of the Week
AristocratSomeone from the ruling class, usually those with nobility, money, or both.May always drank tea with her little finger sticking out, pretending to be an aristocrat.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2023
Current Events: Mozart
Mozart, who wrote some of the world’s most beautiful music, is about to have a birthday. On January 27 he will be 267 years old. Or would be if he were alive. He died in 1791.In his name, the z has a ts sound, so Mozart rhymes with ‘notes art’. We say Mozart, and everyone […]
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2023
Word of the Week
Lunar(Rhymes with sooner)Involving, caused by, or affecting the moon.Leslie got a telescope for her birthday. She aimed it at the Moon and looked at craters on the lunar surface.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2023
A New Year’s Reunion By Yu Li-Qiong Illustrated by Zhu Cheng-Liang This realistic fiction picture books illustrates a contemporary lifestyle that is supposedly nontraditional yet common for many families in China where family members live apart due to job conditions and meet one or two times a year during national holidays. New Year’s Day, as […]
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2023
Current Events: Lunar New Year
For many people, the Chinese, for example, January 22 of this year is New Year’s Day. Why? Because of the type of calendar they use.The calendar we use is based on the time it takes the Earth to circle the Sun. That time (365 days) is divided into 12 month. Sol is another name for […]
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2023
Knox named Paul Harris Fellow
OXFORD HILLS — The Rotary Club of Oxford Hills recently presented David Knox with a Paul Harris Fellow Award. A Paul Harris Fellow is an award with a $1,000 donation being made to The Rotary Foundation, the charitable arm of Rotary, and is named after the founding Rotarian, Paul Harris, in 1905, to someone who […]
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2023
Word of the Week
Tactile(Rhymes with pack pile.)Our sense of touch or how things feel when we touch them.Sarah picked up the woolen blanket and liked its fuzzy tactile quality.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2023
How do you say that in …
English: tactileFrench: tactileSpanish: táctilGerman: taktilItalian: tattileArabic: allams اللمسChinese: Chù 触
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