String Quartet performs Haydn LEEDS — The Amarantos String Quartet will perform Franz Josef Haydn’s “The Seven Last Words of the Cross” in concert at 7 p.m. Friday, March 29, at the Leeds Community Church, 123 Church Hill Road. All are invited. Admission is by donation. Haydn is sometimes called the “father of the string quartet” […]
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‘See us shred’: Local snowboarders in New England boarding, filming competition
AUBURN — They’re getting air and they’re getting exposure. Three snowboarders who call Lost Valley their home mountain are in the third leg of a four-part New England competition called the 2013 Video Games that mixes two distinctly different skill sets: on the slopes and behind the camera. “It’s not just the riding and it’s […]
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Leeds Historical Society holds second Neighborhood Conversation
LEEDS — Almost 40 people took a break from winter recently to join the West Leeds Neighborhood Conversation. This was the second in a series of gatherings organized by the Leeds Historical Society to give people from Leeds the opportunity to share memories and ask questions about life in their part of town. It was […]
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Auction, entertainment will aid Rural Community Action Ministry
LEEDS — Work is underway for the third annual Rural Community Action Ministry Auction for Action. The auction will be held on Saturday, April 6, at the Leeds Community Church, 123 Church Hill Road. This will be a great evening of entertainment, refreshments and both a silent and live auction. Proceeds of the auction will […]
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Train derailment closes Route 219 in Leeds
LEEDS — A portion of Route 219 was closed Friday morning after five boxcars went off the track at routes 219 and 106. The cars were carrying chicken feed, according to Federal Railroad Administration spokesman Robert Kulat. No injuries were reported and no hazardous materials were aboard, he said. The cars did not overturn. His […]
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Helen Pettengill Wotherspoon
1925 – 2013 AUBURN — Helen Pettengill Wotherspoon, 87, passed away Saturday, Feb. 16, at Clover Health Care in Auburn, after a prolonged illness. Helen was born Dec. 11, 1925, in Leeds, to James and Ada Pettengill. She graduated from Monmouth Academy in 1943, and married her husband, John, in Lewiston on July 17, 1948. She worked […]
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Norman P. Waite
1918 – 2013 PORTLAND — Norman Philip Waite Sr., 94, died Feb. 14, at St. Joseph’s Rehabilitation & Residence, with his family by his side. He was born at home in Leeds, on Aug. 27, 1918, the son of Silas and Bertha (Grant) Waite. Norman grew up on a farm in Leeds. He graduated from […]
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Robert A. Sokolowski
PORTLAND – Robert A. Sokolowski, 69, a resident of Plains Road in Leeds, died Tuesday, Feb. 12 at Maine Medical Center in Portland with, all of his family surrounding him. He was born on June 21, 1943 in Flushing, N.Y., the son of William and Veronica Godomski Sokolowski. Robert attended school in New York. Robert […]
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Robert A. Sokolowski:
1943 – 2013 PORTLAND — Robert A. Sokolowski, 69, a resident of Plains Road in Leeds, died Tuesday Feb. 12 at Maine Medical Center in Portland with all of his family surrounding him. He was born on June 21, 1943, in Flushing, N.Y., the son of William and Veronica Godomski Sokolowski. Robert attended school in […]
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Well done
ONEONTA, N.Y. — The following area students have been named to the fall term dean’s list at Hartwick College. Ashley Hunt of Naples, daughter of Barbara and Darryl Hunt. Hunt, a senior, is majoring in biology and anthropology. Jennifer Foss of Livermore, daughter of Glen Foss and Sandra Foss. Foss, a first-year student, is majoring in anthropology. […]