WILTON — Western Maine now has local coordinators working to promote “public diplomacy” through the hosting of high school students from 45 countries. Wiltonites David Olson and Paula Widmer have been certified as coordinators by American Councils for International Education, a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C., which organizes and facilitates exchange programs funded by the […]
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Children’s grief program has training openings
WILTON — The Program for Grieving Children and Teens has announced its next seven-session volunteer training for individuals interested in being part of the team. Training will begin Saturday, Nov. 12. The training will include two Saturday sessions: Nov. 12 and 19 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and four evening sessions: Nov. 14, 16, […]
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Two named Commended Students
FARMINGTON — Principal Monique Poulin of Mt. Blue High School has announced that Colton Hall and Derek Hoyt have been named Commended Students in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented by the principal to the […]
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Bowling results
WILTON — Shiretown League bowling results for Oct. 26 at Meadow Lanes were: Team standings: C & T Catering 123 1/2, 76 1/2; F & E Builders 119, 81; Rif-Raf 108 1/2, 91 1/2; North Builders 106, 94; Webster Heating 96, 104; Pinsetters 89 1/2, 110 1/2; Mt. Blue Agway 79 1/2, 120 1/2; Jack’s […]
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Beulah C. Mosher
FARMINGTON — Beulah Christine Mosher, 92, a resident of Webb Avenue, Wilton, went to be with the angels on Wednesday, Nov. 2. She passed away peacefully at Franklin Memorial Hospital, following a brief illness. She was born May 15, 1919, in Durham, the daughter of Herdman and Corabell (Ackley) Ross. Beulah attended school in Lisbon […]
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Bowling results
WILTON — Shiretown League bowling results for Oct. 19 at Meadow Lanes Bowling were: Team standings: F & E Builders 112, 63; C & T Catering 105 1/2, 69 1/2; Rif-Raf 100 1/2, 74 1/2; North Builders 88, 87; Pinsetters 82 1/2, 92 1/2; Webster Heating 79, 96; Mt. Blue Agway 73, 102; Jack’s Plumbing […]
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Woman to serve two years in prison in connection to her daughter’s death
FARMINGTON – Justice Michaela Murphy ordered a Wilton woman Tuesday to serve two years of a four-year prison sentence for furnishing methadone to her daughter last year, leading to her death. Valarie Webb, 48, sobbed and visibly shook, sometimes rocking in her seat in Franklin County Superior Court, during the nearly two-hour sentencing hearing on […]
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Well-known Wilton piano duo to perform at Colby
WATERVILLE — A well-known piano duo from Maine is bringing a program of thundering, melodic, and humorous Slavic works to Colby College on Friday, Nov. 4. The husband-and-wife two-piano team of Steven Pane and Yuri Funahashi, who live in Wilton, returns to the stage for the first time in 12 years, playing the music of […]
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Roselee Marie Stanley
WILTON — Roselee Marie Stanley, 47, of Wilton died Friday, Oct. 28, at her home in Wilton. She was born in Rumford, Jan. 10, 1964, a daughter of Edward and Janet Carey. She is survived by her husband, Artie of Wilton; a son, Andrew “Drew” Shattuck Jr. of Pennsylvania; her mother of Shapleigh; three sisters, […]
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A. Vestena Perkins Backus
FARMINGTON — A. Vestena Perkins Backus of Wilton passed away on Oct. 27 at Franklin Memorial Hospital. She was born on Dec. 16, 1919, in Fredericton, N.B., Canada, the youngest daughter of Percival J. and Cora S. Lovely Perkins. The family moved to Wilton in May 1922, where she attended school, graduating from Wilton Academy […]