TURNER — The Trustees of Leavitt Institute recently awarded scholarships totaling $95,800 to area students. The Edgecomb-Knight and Young scholarships are open to Turner, Leeds and Greene graduating seniors who have attended Leavitt Area High School for all four years. Rita D. Young established the Young Fund in 1999 in the name of her parents, […]
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How a WWII pilot proposed
GREENE — When World War II pilot Jim Paradis, 94, spoke to Greene Central School students Tuesday about Pearl Harbor and his life, his friend and school education technician Maureen Calcagni coaxed Paradis to share a bit about his late wife. Or rather, his unusual marriage proposal. “He met his future wife in the sixth […]
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Leavitt skiers to hold bottle drive
TURNER — The Leavitt Nordic and downhill ski teams will hold a bottle drive on Saturday, Nov. 30, from 8:30 a.m. until mid-afternoon. Skiers will be driving door to door across Turner, Leeds and Greene to collect returnables. Folks donating returnables will be entered into a raffle for a night at the Inn by the […]
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Pearl Harbor vet brings history to life for students
GREENE — Pushing a walker, Pearl Harbor survivor Jim Paradis came into a classroom at Greene Central School on Tuesday. “Good-looking group,” the retired Air Force major, 94, said with a smile as he sat down to share his story with fifth- and sixth-graders and answer questions. Principal Pam Doyen invited the World War II […]
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Carolyn F. Bennett
1941 – 2013 LEWISTON — Carolyn F. Bennett, 72, of Rumford, died Friday, Nov. 8, at Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston. She was born in Rumford on Oct. 8, 1941, the daughter of Samuel and Estella (Walker) Swett. She graduated from Deering High School in Portland, Class of 1959. Carolyn worked for the City of […]
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New group on tolerance GREENE — A new group will be forming for racial healing, cross-cultural understanding and explaining your religion to each other in mixed company to promote tolerance, acceptance and change. For more information contact 240-9342 or treskalion@gmail.com. Feral Feline bake sale AUBURN — Tommy’s Feral Feline Friends of Greene needs bakers for […]
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Bob Marley at Lewiston High LEWISTON — The Lewiston High School Cheer Boosters are hosting a comedy show featuring Maine’s own Bob Marley on Sunday, Nov. 10, at Lewiston High School. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 7. Tickets are on sale now; $15 in advance and $20 at the door. […]
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Free dental care on Nov. 8 LIVERMORE FALLS/AUBURN — More than 30 dentists around Maine will volunteer their time this Friday, Nov. 8, to provide teeth cleanings, fillings and extractions to people who cannot afford regular dental care and are not covered by dental insurance. The program, Dentists Who Care for ME, offers one oral […]
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Election Day 2013: Early voting low
Turner Deputy Town Clerk Joyce Moulin didn’t have to think twice when asked how many voters requested absentee ballots in her town. “Not very many,” she said Friday. That’s 23. Last year, during the presidential election, 500 voters in Turner asked for ballots ahead of time. The statewide deadline for regular absentee requests closed Thursday […]
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Inside the historic Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial Building in Greene
John Marshall Sawyer was born in a Greene farmhouse in 1874. One of six children, he quit school at 16 to start working in Portland. Soon after, he moved west and landed in Montana, where he was a sheep rancher and started an empire of 28 dry goods stores. With his fortune, Sawyer moved back […]