STRONG — The town will celebrate its history and honor its military veterans Friday evening with a parade, music and food. According to parade organizer Bill Birden, the theme is “Women Can Do Anything Men Can Do.” Judges will award cash prizes to winners. At 6 p.m., resident Eloise Stevens will start the parade down […]
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Bates students bring Viking battle to life
LEWISTON — It was a bloody battle and a disastrous one for the nobles, but the lessons from Maldon in Essex, England, more than a 1,000 years ago have not been lost to history. Students from Bates College on Monday brought the battle to life for about 400 history students at Lewiston High School. Dressed […]
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Livermore Falls board OKs pump purchase
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen on Tuesday unanimously approved the purchase of a new sewer pump for $38,036 to replace a broken one on Souther Road. Sewer Superintendent Greg Givens said the town highway crew last week discovered both pumps had failed. One is working again and the other has been removed and will be replaced […]
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Bill names Houlton stream for American Indian war hero
AUGUSTA — It may not be a big stream, but for John Bear the renaming of B Stream in Houlton has big meaning. Bear, who grew up in Lewiston, is a nonvoting member of the Maine House, representing the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians. He said Friday that a resolution passed by the Maine Legislature […]
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Hebron students go to class on Mount Washington
PINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. — The wind was howling at nearly 65 miles per hour and blowing snow across the mountaintops. Despite the brilliant midmorning sun, the temperature had dropped to 17 degrees below zero. “It was awesome,” Hebron Station School student Arianna Durepos as she climbed out of one of two Mt. Washington SnowCoaches at […]
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Crescent Park School fifth-graders portray history through Wax Museum characters
BETHEL — History came alive during Crescent Park Elementary School’s annual Wax Museum program as performed by 37 fifth-grade students for kindergarten through grade four children. But first, one had to get past Alexander the Great, Eric the Red and Marco Polo, who were guarding SAD 44’s version of the “Night at the Museum” movies. […]
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Bethel Library to host Civil War book discussion Jan. 7
BETHEL — The Bethel Library is hosting a book discussion at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, as part of the “Local and Legendary: Maine in the Civil War” project lead by the library, Gould Academy and the Bethel Historical Society. The project began after the town of Bethel received a $2,000 grant from the Maine […]
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Shearman sworn in as register of deeds in symbolic ceremony
BUCKFIELD — Circled by the graves of her ancestors, Patricia Shearman was sworn in as Register of Deeds for eastern Oxford County in a symbolic ceremony Friday morning. In a small ceremony at the Buckfield Village Cemetery on North Buckfield Road, Shearman took the oath of office with one hand on a history novel, the thesis […]
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‘Christmas at Victoria Mansion: 100 Years Past’ tours in Portland
PORTLAND — Escape from the hustle and bustle of today’s holiday season by experiencing Christmas at Victoria Mansion: One Hundred Years Past. Venture back in time and marvel at the wonder of Christmas in 1914. This season’s Christmas décor will reflect how Edwardian elegance graced the Mansion’s interiors as the First World War in Europe […]
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‘Glad Tidings: The Merry Friendship of Longfellow and Dickens’ tour in Portland
PORTLAND — Through Sunday, Dec. 28, celebrate the season with the Maine Historical Society’s “Glad Tidings: The Merry Friendship of Longfellow & Dickens Henry Wadsworth Longfellow & Charles Dickens.” This holiday season, MHS explores the friendship between the man who is said to have “invented America” and the man who is said to have “invented […]