This Buzz is getting right to it: Almost two years to the day that it opened, Ben’s Burritos on Lisbon Street is shutting its doors. A post on Facebook on Friday read: “It is with heavy hearts that we inform you that Ben’s Burritos will be closing its doors indefinitely December 21, 2018. Thanks goes […]
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Weird, Wicked Weird: Deserts, Mothmen, mustaches, goodbye weird 2018
There are new owners for the Desert of Maine, a new alien abduction documentary from Maine filmmakers, a new book with Mothman sightings in Camden, and looking ahead to 2019: the return of the storied Maine mustache pageant. Maine’s always good for wild and weird. This month, updates on Weird, Wicked Weird from the past […]
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Briefly: Well Done
NEW LONDON, N.H. — Colby-Sawyer College President Susan D. Stuebner declared Nov. 28, Resident Assistant Appreciation Day at the college. Chelsea Perry of Oakland, a member of the class of 2021 majoring in business administration, is one of 25 resident assistants being recognized and thanked for outstanding work supporting all students, developing communities based on individual responsibility […]
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Women's club donates to Livermore Fire Department
The GFWC/Livermore Falls Women’s Club donated a portion of the proceeds from its election bake sale to the Livermore Fire Department. From left are club President Ellen Young, Livermore Fire Chief Don Constonguay and club Treasurer Christine Fournier.
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Lions complete elementary schools vision screening
MEXICO — Vision screening for students at Mexico and Rumford elementary school has been completed, thanks to two area Lions Clubs. The Mexico Lions Club, working in conjunction with members of the Jay-Livermore Falls Lions Club, provided the screening through a Welch/Allyn SPOT vision screening machine that detects six eye diseases. Of the 408 students […]
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Veterans home holds mitten drive for students
The staff at the Maine Veterans’ Home in South Paris as part of their Community Involvement Committee recently took up a collection of mittens for the school children at the Agnes Gray Elementary School in West Paris. The school has expressed an ongoing need for mittens (as well as other warm clothing like hats and […]
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Healthy Androscoggin receives grant from Maine Cancer Foundation
LEWISTON — Healthy Androscoggin has announced it has received a $94,800 Maine Cancer Foundation Grant — Preventing Youth Smoking Through Community Education: The Tobacco 21 law. Through this grant, Healthy Androscoggin will create a mass-reach health communication intervention that provides information to the community at large about the Tobacco 21 law and how it prevents youth […]
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Auburn names Tim Cougle as new deputy police chief..
AUBURN — Police Lt. Timothy Cougle was promoted to deputy chief of police, the department announced Friday. Cougle, a life-long resident of Auburn, is a 21-year veteran of the department. He has served as a detective, patrol sergeant and lieutenant. He has served as commander of all three divisions of the department: patrol, support services […]
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2018-19 girls' basketball preview: Leavitt Hornets
Often times, it’s not the immediate results that come from a scoreboard that catch a coach’s attention. Leavitt coach Dave Gerrish wants his team to win games this season and expects that it will. But with no seniors at his disposal as the Hornets start the grind of a tough KVAC schedule, he’s more interested […]
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Class C girls' basketball preview: Monmouth, everyone else chasing Boothbay
Kaeti Butterfield of Monmouth Academy grabs a pass over Kathryn Ross of Winthrop High School in Monmouth last season. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) The past few years, Boothbay and Monmouth have been setting the standard in Class C South. The Mustangs emerged the past few season as region champions and then went on to win back-to-back […]