OXFORD — The drag show is scheduled for Friday, April 28, 2017 from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. (with a rain date of May 5, 2017) Spectators can pre-purchase tickets at $5.00 each (100% of pre-purchased tickets will go to the cause; $1.00 of each ticket sold the day of the event will go to […]
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Trump poised to pass leadership baton to China
NEW YORK — We do not yet have the official agenda for next month’s meeting at Mar-a-Lago between Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. But after 75 years of American leadership on the world stage, we might be watching the beginning of a handover of power from the United States to China. President Trump […]
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Phillips Elementary School announces second trimester honor roll
PHILLIPS — The Phillips Elementary School honor roll has been announced for the second trimester of the 2016-2017 school year. High Honors Grade eight: Aliya Boyce and Patrick Storer. Grade seven: Haley Bate, Emily O’Neil and Wyatt Sieminski. Grade six: Madison Contreras. Grade five: Alexandria Tripp. Honors Grade eight: Matthew Mitchell, Jessie Quinonez and Hunter […]
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Face Time: Pam Ellis, arts pro and promotor
Pam Ellis is known to whip up press releases for the events that Rangeley Friends of Arts puts on. She can give each release just the right touch to attract people to the group’s performances and events because she is also a singer and a dancer and an artist and an actress. Name: Pam Ellis (artist […]
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One simple meal makes a world of difference
On any given week day, at about noon, a veritable army of volunteers fans out across our state on a mission. They are the Meals on Wheels volunteers, delivering simple Maine-cooked, nutritious meals to thousands of Maine’s most vulnerable older adults. While the act may seem simple, the benefits of the Meals on Wheels program […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Maine Poetry Central and Dennis Camire This week’s poem by Bruce Guernsey of Bethel sheds light on how we see, or fail to see, our world. The poem appears in the collection “From Rain: Poems, 1970-2010.” Ice Fishing By Bruce Guernsey When the doctor beams his line of light in the […]
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Chin inspired me to get involved
Two years back, I was deeply frustrated with the political leaders in Maine and Lewiston. Every time I read a local headline, I was embarrassed, saddened and shocked. Then, a young man who was running for mayor of Lewiston, Ben Chin, inspired me to get involved politically — for the first time in my life. […]
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Elizabeth P. Gagne
POLAND — Elizabeth Pearl Gagne, 73, of Poland passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 18, after a long illness. She was born in Poland on June 22, 1943, the daughter of Clarence R. and Florence H. (Berry) Thurlow. She attended local schools and as an adult earned her GED of which she was very proud. […]
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Working poor will suffer
The verdict on the Republican plan to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act is out. The Congressional Budget Office agrees with the Kaiser Family Foundation and other nonpartisan public health analyses that the Republican plan would cause millions of Americans, and tens of thousands of Mainers, to lose health insurance in its very first […]
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Constance L. Godin
STUDIO CITY, Calif. — Constance Lee Gurney Godin passed away on Thursday, March 9, in Studio City, Calif. She had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and in failing health for many months. Connie was born in Presque Isle on Jan. 24, 1933, the daughter of Alfred Benjamin Gurney and Esther Louise (Giberson) Gurney. She graduated from […]