JAY — Spruce Mountain High School in Jay and the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center in Livermore are one of five Maine community “teams” recently selected to receive a Local & Legendary: Maine in the Civil War grant. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and awarded by the Maine Historical Society and the Maine […]
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Spruce Mountain announces week’s events
JAY — The following things are taking place this week at Spruce Mountain High School. College visits Representative from the following colleges or branches of the military will be at SMHS to meet with any interested seniors. Tuesday, Oct. 7, University of Maine at Orono and University of Maine at Farmington; Wednesday, Oct. 8, University […]
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Today’s agenda
Franklin Kingfield: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Livermore: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Mount Vernon: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall River Valley Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Library Trustees, 3 p.m., Library Rumford: Implementation Committee, 7 p.m., […]
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Surveys available for Town Office hours in Livermore
LIVERMORE — Residents are being asked what Town Office hours would best meet their needs. A survey is available at the Town Office listing five scenarios, including keeping the hours as is, Town Clerk Renda Guild said Tuesday. “I think scenarios are very good,” and one of them should work, she said. “I want to […]
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Celebrates 100th birthday
Dorothy Hiscock celebrated her 100th birthday at the Victorian Villa in Canton with her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Also present for the Sept. 17 gathering was her only living sibling, Roger Gammon. Hiscock was born on Sept. 17, 1914, in the old homestead on Gurney Hill in Hartford. The fifth of 10 children born […]
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Livermore joins the school challenge
LIVERMORE — The town is participating in the School Spirit Challenge by collecting canned goods and monetary donations that will benefit the Good Shepherd Food-Bank. The Spruce Mountain High School in Jay challenged the town to get involved. The challenge is a friendly competition between schools to show school pride and spirit, all while helping […]
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Group to hold meeting on saving Livermore building
LIVERMORE — Friends of Livermore will hold a meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, at the Brettuns Community Building on Church Street in regard to the group trying to save the building. The meeting is open to anyone interested in helping to preserve the nearly 100-year-old building. Voters approved leasing the building for 99 […]
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Livermore changes to Zero-Sort recycling operation
LIVERMORE — Residents will be able to recycle more items and do it quicker beginning Tuesday at the Transfer Station. People will no longer have to separate recyclables. Instead, items will be placed in a roll-off container as part of the new Zero-Sort recycling operation. Among the new items that can be recycled are Nos. […]
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Police release names from double fatal accident in Livermore
LIVERMORE — New details were released Sunday by the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department in the deadly head-on collision on Federal Road (Route 4) on Saturday. In the 12:07 p.m. accident that occurred about three-tenths of a mile south of the intersection of Norton Road, the release stated a 2000 Dodge Caravan driven by Thomas Ryan, […]
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Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls Apple Pumpkin Festival attracts crowd of hundreds
LIVERMORE FALLS — Hundreds of families and people of all ages attended the 17th annual Apple Pumpkin Festival for Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls on Saturday at the Livermore Falls Recreation Field. Temperatures topped 85 degrees Fahrenheit by noon under a cloudless sky, prompting a run on grape, root beer and cherry snocones, along with […]