HARRISON — Be ready in the spring! How to build a good compost heap, how it works, and how to use it. Meet a worm compost bin! Our tour guide is Robin Dunn, composter extraordinaire. Sponsored by Resilient Harrison Maine, this workshop will be held on Saturday, December 14, from 1-3 p.m. at the UCC […]
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Movie Review: ‘Wicked’
It was in the spring of 2004 that I first saw Idina Menzel and Kristen Chenoweth perform the showstopping “Defying Gravity” from the Broadway blockbuster “Wicked” at the Tony Awards. Since that moment was over 20 years ago, it means that I have waited literal decades for a big-screen version of “Wicked.” I’ve more than […]
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Rightstart thanks community
To the Editor: Rightstart’s Christmas for Kids and Christmas for Teens would like to thank Bennett Radio Group – WOXO for the recent fifth annual Radiothon to benefit these two programs. This successful event was a wonderful way to begin our Christmas season. The team of Stan and Alison Bennett, Corey, and Spencer, spent 13 […]
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Backyard Reflections: Northern White Cedar ‘Tree of Life’
Northern White Cedar ‘Tree of Life’. When I first came here, magnificent fragrant bell-shaped eastern white cedars lined the serpentine banks of my brook. Fortunately, all the older ones are still thriving. I am not sure when I first noticed that although all these cedars were healthy and full of cones, I rarely saw a […]
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Display celebrates Library/Museum collaboration
NORWAY — Myles Felch and his son Niall Taylor stand beside a glass case display containing sixteen tourmaline pieces and information from the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum in Bethel. Myles is the Curator and Staff Geologist at the museum. This display of gemstones in various shapes and colors will be on display through December […]
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Holiday activities and events
Holiday Arts & Crafts Fairs NORWAY — This year’s spectacular Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair at the First Universalist Church of Norway on Saturday, December 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Sunday, December 8, from noon to 4 p.m., will feature the creations of more than 20 local artisans. The First Universalist […]
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What I’ve learned
In high school football practice, there was a drill we particularly hated. It consisted of running up a short, steep hill and crashing into an ancient chain link fence. If you hit the fence hard enough, you would rebound, land part-way down the hill, and roll unceremoniously to the bottom – where you tried to […]
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In support of Gehring House project
To the Editor: I am writing to express my enthusiastic support for the Northern Forest Center’s redevelopment of the historic Gehring House at the end of Broad Street in Bethel. When renovations are complete, the building will provide nine new, high-quality, middle-market apartments for local workers and families, helping to address the critical shortage of […]