TURNER — Overnight on Thursday someone stole a 9-foot papier-mache Statue of Liberty from the corner of Routes 4 and 117 and left a note on the ground: “I guess Christians aren’t moral after all.” It was, Carolyn Viger believes, retribution gone awry. For almost two weeks the Lady Liberty had stood next to a […]
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D. Danforth: Went beyond the call of duty
Larry Sirois is running for the Maine House Representative for District 96, which includes Hebron, Minot and Turner. While campaigning door-to-door he stopped at my house. Learning I am a disabled homeowner, he asked if he could help me with anything. My concern was a huge dead maple tree that needed to come down before […]
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Turner teacher honored
The 2013 Maine Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher of the Year Award was presented by Maine’s first lady, Ann LePage, recently at the Maine State Grange. Sharon Hathaway received the award in recognition of her work at Leavitt Area High School where students explore agriculture as a possible career choice and its impact on the […]
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Leavitt teacher takes class to Turner farm
TURNER — For 40 years, Sharon Hathaway taught home economics to hundreds of students at Leavitt Area High School. At noon Wednesday, the children of several of those SAD 52 students arrived with Hathaway on a school bus at Brigeen Farms Inc. The 9th- and 10th-generation family dairy farm at 590 Upper Street is run […]
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Adult ed to offer exercise classes, hospice training
TURNER — MSAD 52 Adult and Community Education has announced classes that will start the week of Oct. 29. Registration can be completed online any time at msad52.maineadulted.org. For more information call the Adult Ed office at 225-1010. Tumbling Session 2 for Tiny Tots: Students ages 3-5 will be introduced to basic mat skills in […]
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Turner Bicentennial Bell stolen; police seek help from public
TURNER — A rash of recent metal thefts from the transfer station totaling thousands of dollars rang personal on Monday night when someone stole the town’s beloved Bicentennial Bell, Maine State Police Trooper Ricci Cote said Wednesday afternoon. The 3-foot-tall brass bell, which weighs 300 pounds, was unbolted from its metal stand atop a cement […]
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Barry Wood, Jerry Ellis will perform at Turner church
TURNER — The Turner Center Community Church will host two concerts. The first, at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, will feature well-known local pianist Jerry Ellis. Then on Saturday, Nov. 3, Barry Wood will perform a mix of old pop classics, soft rock and traditional country music, playing electric guitar and doing vocals and instrumentals, with […]
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Turner native set to begin grueling ultratriathlon event in Mexico
Then there are elite athletes like Turner native Kale Poland, 29, who this weekend will begin a race equal to 10 Ironman-equivalent triathlons at once. In a traditional Ironman — or “ultradistance triathlon” — athletes swim 2.4 miles, bicycle 112 miles and run a full marathon of 26.2 miles. In the upcoming World Cup Ultratriathlon Challenge in […]
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W. Van Tassel: A straw argument
Though Barak Obama and his sordid band of czars consistently abuse freedom of speech to apologize for America’s excellence and dispense their endless stream of lies and half-truths, it is still a blessing that freedom still exists. Maine voters will soon decide whether to redefine the word and concept of marriage. I think it necessary, […]
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Norton — Swan
Amanda Norton and Kaleb Swan NEW GLOUCESTER — Daryl and Birgit Norton of New Gloucester are announcing the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Nicole Norton, to Kaleb Peter Swan, son of Peter and Rebecca Swan of Turner. The wedding will be held at 4 p.m. on May 11 at All Souls chapel in Poland Spring.