FARMINGTON — Olive Toothaker will take a lot of history with her when she leaves the Franklin County Emergency Management Agency on July 31. She went through the Ice Storm of 1998, Y2K, flooding and the aftermath of tighter security after Sept. 11, 2001. Toothaker, 69, of Wilton is the deputy director of the county […]
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Bowling results
WILTON — Thursday Nite Summer Mix results for July 5 at Meadow Lanes Bowling were: High series scratch, women: Eunice Shurtleff 510, Gail Kennedy 482, Peggy Needham 480, Charlene Corbett 455, Fern Gordon 453; men: Tom Plante Jr. 586, Chris Maxim 568, Bob Eaton 565, Mike Collins 553, Gene Hyde 547. High game handicap, women: […]
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Wilton church will host ‘Concerts on the Lawn’
WILTON — The East Wilton Union Church will host its annual August “Concerts on the Lawn” series starting Sunday, Aug. 5. Performances of Christian music are at 6 p.m. every Sunday at the church at 1306 Main St. Chairs are provided, but listeners may bring a lawn chair or blanket. If it rains, the concerts […]
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Blueberries mostly ready for the picking
WILTON — Siblings from the Jay and Canton area arrived at a local blueberry farm Tuesday afternoon ready to pick berries. “It’s a yearly thing,” said Maryette Castonguay as she and sisters Lauri Anne Castonguay, Elaine Castonguay, Connie St. Pierre and brother, Bert Castonguay, prepared to enter the Wilton Blueberry Farm field of high bush […]
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Richard W. Armstrong
FARMINGTON — Richard William “Dick” Armstrong, 75, of Farmington, died Sunday, July 22, at Orchard Park Rehabilitation and Living Center, following a long illness, surrounded by family and friends. He was born Sept. 19, 1936, in Farmington, the second son of James W. and Muriel (Sanborn) Armstrong. Educated in Wilton schools, he was a 1955 […]
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Open Farm Day: Grass-fed beef one way small farms thrive
FARMINGTON — Farmers from across the state reunited their fellow Mainers with their food Sunday, opening barn doors and pasture fences for the 23rd annual Open Farm Day. A total of 110 farms took part in the daylong event, from McElwain’s Strawberry Farm in Caribou to Sea Hill Farm Alpacas in Kittery Point. Organized by […]
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Students named to dean’s lists
STORRS, Conn. — The University of Connecticut recently announced the students who attained the dean’s list for the spring 2012 semester. Brunswick: Amelia Wise Gray: Tyler Holmquist Naples: Sarah Hale Winthrop: Bennett Doughty PORTALES, N.M. — Mohamed Hussein Noor from the Lewiston area has been named to the dean’s list at Eastern New Mexico University […]
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UMaine-Machias announces dean’s list students
MACHIAS — The following local residents were among more than 300 students from the University of Maine at Machias who were named to the dean’s list for the spring 2012 semester. Lisbon Falls: Brianna Woods. Livermore: Randall Berry, Darlene Rollins. Mechanic Falls: Brenda Parent. Poland: Deven Pendexter. Turner: Nichole White-Matson. Gray: Katelynn Hartt. New Gloucester: […]
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Bowling results
WILTON — Thursday Nite Summer Mixed league bowling results for June 14 at Meadow Lanes Bowling were: High game scratch, women: Eunice Shurtleff 179, Beth Hooke 178, Roxanne Archer 175, Fran Viles 169, Gail Kennedy 168; men: Pat Wheeler 256, Mike Collins 234, Mike O’Donal 217, Gil Barnaby 214, Tom Plante Jr. 206. High series […]
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Elks Lodge yard sale July 28 FARMINGTON — The Farmington Elks will hold a yard sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 28, at the lodge, 120 School St. Tables available to rent for $10. For information call Barb at 778-6761. Cary Library silent auction WAYNE — Cary Memorial Library will hold a […]