BRYANT POND — Dressed in black and sporting several stud earrings and a narrow, black-lace neck choker, 15-year-old Sage Webber looked like anything but a primitive Maine woodswoman Thursday morning at Split Rock Campsite atop Mount Christopher. Until, that is, you looked down at the Cape Neddick girl’s feet and saw her black-polished toenails and […]
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T. Fallon: Embrace the silence, the peace
After all the fear and trembling of television news reports and monster storm pronouncements in the newspapers, I would like to say that I like snow. I was in my yard here in Rumford on Friday with snow falling slowly around me, a single crow calling way back in Blue Heron Swamp behind my home, […]
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Board learns about outdoor opportunities for students, discusses emergency evacuation plan
STRONG — Young people are spending more time in front of the computer, television and other entertainment media and less time learning about their environment, RSU 58 directors were told Thursday night. Directors, who met at the Strong Elementary School, learned about opportunities for students to learn about wildlife, to master survival skills and to […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Musician seeks solace in the creation of handcrafted violins
A stick-figure drawing hangs on Leo Beaule’s refrigerator in Lewiston. Drawn by his great-granddaughter Ava, it shows her, her little sister and himself holding hands. Sometimes Ava comes over to play with the violins — the many violins that Beaule has crafted over the years. Beaule, who recently turned 87, said much of his life […]
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Churches to aid in McMahon nature trail development
LEWISTON — On Saturday, Oct. 26, community churches will once again provide welcome assistance to the City of Lewiston’s Public Works Department. The faith community will work together behind McMahon School to build an outdoor classroom and help establish the McMahon School Nature Trail. The project is being funded by a $10,000 Project Canopy Grant […]
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Mahoosuc Land Trust to kick off nature-themed book discussion group
BETHEL — The Mahoosuc Land Trust will kick off their Conservation Book Group at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, at the Mahoosuc Land Trust Office on 18 Mayville Road. Development Associate Jolan Ippolito said in a news release that the first discussion book will be “The Changing Nature of the Maine Woods,” written by Andrew […]