CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Vera Farmiga, 45; Geri Halliwell, 46; M. Night Shyamalan, 48; Michelle Yeoh, 56. Happy Birthday: Keep a close watch on your spending habits and when dealing with important relationships this year. Don’t let anyone take advantage of you. Use your creative imagination to negotiate better deals in both your personal […]
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Around the Track: Weekly racing a full plate for teams
Most causal race fans probably think once a local team has its car built (or rebuilt) and ready for any given season, all that’s left is to haul it to the track every week, unload and give it your best shot. Nothing could be further from the truth. Especially if you have any hope whatsoever […]
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Racing Roundup: Deane dashes to checkered flag at OPS
OXFORD — He knew the long trips to western Maine would pay off in time. What he didn’t realize was how far into the season it would be before those dividends would become available. Ryan Deane chased down and passed one of southern Maine’s most respected racers before pulling away to claim the 50-lap Super […]
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Janet T. Rose
LIVERMORE FALLS — Janet T. Rose, 92, a lifelong resident of Livermore Falls, passed away Sunday, Aug. 5, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Sept. 10, 1925, in Livermore Falls, the daughter of Alfred B. Tardy and Theo (Bailey) Tardy. Janet was a 1944 graduate of Livermore Falls High School and […]
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This week's agenda
Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Livermore: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Bethel: Recreation Board, 6 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Buckfield/Sumner Solid Waste Committee, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Casco: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., […]
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L-A adult ed courses include cooking, budgeting and belly dancing
For the first time, fall adult education courses for Lewiston and Auburn are listed in one brochure, the result of rising tariffs on Canadian paper. Bill Grant, adult ed director for both programs, said the single brochure will save about $1,600, or 40 percent of the $4,000 it would cost to print 38,000 copies. Every […]
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Visitors flock to Harmony parrot sanctuary
HARMONY — Dozens of cars lined a dirt road here Saturday, as visitors made their way through pouring rain into a tropical oasis filled with flowers, multicolored parrot paraphernalia and birds — lots of birds. Welcome to the Siesta Sanctuary, where “retired” parrots come to live after their owners move to nursing homes or assisted […]
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Racers pedal in Auburn-Lewiston Rotary Club Criterium
Steven Edwards, front, Ron Bourgoin and Eric Weinrich lead the pack in the over-50 men’s race Sunday as it loops around Kennedy Park in Lewiston during the the Auburn-Lewiston Rotary Club Criterium. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Bike racers zoomed down Park Street, looping around Kennedy Park, pushing up the hill on Spruce Street and then pedaling around the […]
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The Hot Corner: Slicer’s point shouldn’t be lost in American Legion controversy
Yes, I was 1,000 miles away from the Maine American Legion baseball championship round Wednesday at Husson University. The too-obvious joke is that Bessey Motors coach Shane Slicer’s view of the semifinals from over the left field fence after his one-pitch ejection wasn’t much closer. Maybe it was a slow sports day in Central Kentucky […]
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Body found on Saco River beach
FRYEBURG — Police are investigating a body found Sunday morning along the Saco River. Police said they discovered the body as they were responding to a 911 call involving a canoer. Fryeburg police said a 28-year-old man from Nashua, New Hampshire, was found near mile 14 of the river at 7:45 a.m. Sunday. Officers had […]