NORWAY — The N. C. C. Ladies Golf Association has set up its annual silent auction and basket raffle before the 11th Annual Drive Out Cancer Golf Tournament, which will be on Thursday, August 8 at Norway Country Club. Proceeds from this event will be donated to the Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine. This […]
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Silent Auction, basket raffle to Drive Out Cancer
NORWAY — The N. C. C. Ladies Golf Association has set up its annual silent auction and basket raffle before the 11th Annual Drive Out Cancer Golf Tournament, which will be on Thursday, August 8 at Norway Country Club. Proceeds from this event will be donated to the Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine. This […]
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Paris Rec hosts free Movie Night for community
PARIS — The Paris Recreation Dept is hosting another free fun-filled event for the community, coming up on Wednesday, August 7. This week, it’s a free Movie Night for kids of all ages, generously sponsored by Oxford Federal Credit Union, and will feature the new Kung Fu Panda 4 Movie, starring Jack Black. The Movie […]
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Monarch Festival at Mahoosuc Land Trust Aug. 17, 18
BETHEL — Award-winning author Sy Montgomery is coming to Bethel. As part of Mahoosuc Land Trust’s 4th Annual Habitat For All Monarch Festival. Montgomery will speak in person at the Gem Theater on Saturday evening, August 17. She will discuss her latest book, Of Time and Turtles, which recounts her experiences working at a […]
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New books at Norway Memorial Library
NORWAY — Norway Memorial Library June and July 2024 Biography: Ciment, Jill – Consent: A Memoir Fauci, M.D., Anthony – On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service Franklin, Sara B. – The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America Handler, Daniel – And Then? And Then? What Else? McCarthy, Rebecca – […]
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Book Review: ‘The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra’s Needle’
I must confess. Until I read The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra’s Needle, a juvenile historical fiction book, I had no idea a 220-ton, 69-feet-high obelisk, carved from one piece of granite in Aswan, Egypt 3,500 years ago by thousands of slaves and free men … now stands in Central Park in New York […]
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What I’ve learned
You have five flavors of ice cream and plan to serve a different one each night for five nights in a row. In what order will you serve them? How many arrangements of five flavors are there, anyway? The first night, you have five choices. No matter which flavor you pick, the following evening there […]
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Meals on Wheels program seeks to serve more people
LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus is accepting applications for the Meals on Wheels program serving older adults and individuals with disabilities in Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford Counties. Meals on Wheels at SeniorsPlus has the capacity to serve more individuals in its tri-county service area. Meals on Wheels is a need-based rather than a financially-based program. Individuals are […]
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Music without Borders thanks the Bethel community
To the Editor: Tamara Poddubnaya, Artistic Director of the 18th Music without Borders International Piano Festival at Gould Academy, and I thank the people of Bethel – year-round residents and summer people, alike – for their warm welcome during the Festival season, which ended with a final concert in McLaughlin Science Center’s auditorium on Saturday […]
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Kostovick and Violette wed
BUCKFIELD — Shannon Eileen Kostovick and Scott Steven Violette would like to announce their marriage. The couple was married on June 15 at Faith Bible Chapel in Buckfield, Maine. The wedding was officiated by Pastor Dan Principe. A brunch reception immediately followed. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore an A-line wedding dress […]