According to the calendar, it’s March. And if it’s March, the International Maple Syrup Institute says it’s Maple Syrup Month. Celebrated in the United States and Canada, the monthlong tribute coincides with the crescendo of the sugaring season. This year, a series of warm days in February had some people worried the maple trees would […]
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Fallen Angels shine at 4Leaf Clobber
Androscoggin Fallen Angels’ Amanda “DeManda Ransom” Comeau counterblocks a hit from Maine Roller Derby’s Judy “View Grinder” Beedle at the 4Leaf Clobber bout at the Lewiston Armory on Saturday. The newest women’s roller derby league on the state is based is Lewiston and played before a packed house of over 500 enthusiastic spectators. Please tease […]
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Mainers cannot afford proposed health care replacement plan
As a practicing family medicine physician in Lewiston, I am concerned about the fate of the Affordable Care Act. The repeal of the ACA and its replacement by the proposed Republican Healthcare Bill would be extremely detrimental to the citizens of Maine, particularly those in central Maine. Maine has the oldest population in the country, […]
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Central Maine Dart League results
Standings as of March 6: A Division 1. Schmengees Darts on Fire 54-23 2. 20M Notorious crew 52-25 3. 20M Sitting Ducks 52-36 4. Lefty Screamin’ Eagles 48-18 5. 20M Screamin Pigeons 35-31 6. Those Guys 15-62 6. Trippin B’s 8-69. 5B’s Division 1. LHC Leftovers 47-41 2. NASC Rolling Stoners 47-30 3. Carlton Club […]
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Hebron voters approve 3 percent raise for town employees at town meeting
HEBRON — Voters approved an approximate $785,000 municipal budget Saturday as about 40 voters turned out for annual town meeting at the Hebron Station School. The approved municipal budget includes about a 3 percent raise for town employees. Voters re-elected incumbents Selectman Dan Eichorn, Moody Library Trustee William Clough and Budget Committee member James Trundy’s, […]
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Inside Abijah Buck's charmed walls
Couple renovating a Buckfield landmark discover secrets left by the town’s founder. For some, the bundle of bones might have been too much. Wrapped tightly in a small cocoon of tattered cloth, the random fragments were discovered deep within the walls of the Abijah Buck House on Buckfield Road. By the time those old bones […]
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Crowds filled 'lower church' opening in 1906
Celebrating the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul Of the many dates in the chronology of the basilica, 1905 and 1906 represent the death of the old church and the birth of the new. The grand structure, conceived as early as 1890, would not open to the public until Christmas Eve 1906. Like the Basilica, […]
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Town agrees with selectmen to revaluate properties
ANDOVER — Residents at the annual town meeting Saturday backed a townwide property valuation by approving $17,000 to add to a $63,000 account. Resident Wayne Delano’s article to use the money saved in the revaluation account to offset town taxes did not pass. He said his concern was that the town did not know what […]
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Lewiston places second, Lisbon 10th at New England cheer competition
Lewiston High School punctuated its 2016-17 competitive cheering season Saturday with a second-place finish at the New England cheerleading championships in Providence, R.I. Lewiston, which won the Maine Class A state title this season and was the defending New England champion, finished behind last year’s New England runner up, Fairhaven High School of Fairhaven, Conn. Bangor […]
