The public hearing is the final step in preparation for the June 10 annual town meeting.
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Five to vie for two Oxford select board seats
Selectman Caldwell Jackson, who has served as a selectman for 19 years since 1993, is not running for reelection.
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Livermore Falls seeks input on vulnerability to natural hazards
Surveys seeking resident input will be available during the annual town meeting vote April 29 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Livermore Falls Town Office.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Extension announces community garden map
STATE — University of Maine Cooperative Extension has launched an updated community garden map to help connect Mainers looking for an opportunity to plant, tend, and harvest vegetables and flowers in a communal space. The Community Garden Map includes information about local community gardens that allow individuals to have their own garden plots […]
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Winona Davenport, local celebrity, roasted at PACC
PHILLIPS — It was a full house at the Phillips Area Community Center on Sunday afternoon, April 6, as many, many townspeople and others gathered to honor Winona Davenport at a surprise “roast” in recognition of all the work she does for this community and its people. Nona was escorted into the “Old Gym” by […]
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Kids’ Book Review: ‘Swimming with Spies’
Swimming with Spies By Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger Swimming with Spies, a junior historical fiction selection, is a timely read as it is related to the current war between Ukraine and Russia. The author, Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger, was born to Ukrainian parents who immigrated to America. This page-turning, highly emotional novel took place in 2014 at a dolphinarium […]
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Guest Column: The Quarter Millennial of Paul Revere’s ride and the advent of the American Revolution
The 250th or Quarter Millennial of Paul Revere’s famous ride – which marked beginning of the American Revolution – is now almost upon us. It’s one that occurred in the overnight hours from April 18 to April 19 in 1775 though since the early 1970s observed as the third Monday of the month, which this […]
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Extension announces community garden map
STATE — University of Maine Cooperative Extension has launched an updated community garden map to help connect Mainers looking for an opportunity to plant, tend, and harvest vegetables and flowers in a communal space. The Community Garden Map includes information about local community gardens that allow individuals to have their own garden plots […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Chamber offers SS Fairness Act seminar
NATION — On January 5, the Social Security Fairness Act, authored by Senator Susan Collins and Senator Sherrod Brown, was signed into law. The SSFA will restore Social Security benefits for millions of teachers, school cafeteria workers, custodians and other school employees, law enforcement officers, fire fighters, and other public servants by repealing two provisions […]
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USC associate receives Presidential award
PARIS — In honor of National Volunteer Month this April, UScellular is recognizing its associates who go above and beyond to support their communities. Valerie Foss of Paris was one of 10 UScellular associates who have been awarded the prestigious President’s Volunteer Service Award by the Office of the President of the United States for […]