Electric bills will be increasing again on July 1. Just when ratepayers thought they could breathe a sigh of relief based on last winter’s decrease in the Standard Offer [SO] price, here we go again with more increases. For a typical CMP residential customer [using 550 kWh per month], the monthly bill is expected to […]
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North Livermore Baptist Church
LIVERMORE — Pastor Bonnie is on vacation this week. The congregation was welcomed in by Rev. Dr. Susan Crane at 9:30 a.m. to begin the service. The Invocation/Lord’s Prayer were recited. The hymns that were sung were “The Comforter Has Come”, “Great is Thy Faithfulness” and “Be Still, My Soul”. The service ended with “Go […]
When habits become character traits
My son and his girlfriend are here for the week to escape the blistering heat of the city. They love Boston for many reasons – fabulous restaurants, various entertainment options, easy travel to other areas for recreation, and so on. However, as cities do, they collect heat, and it’s not fun. It’s been a great […]
Spruce Mountain High School Honor Roll
JAY — The following students at Spruce Mountain High School were named to the honor roll for the fourth quarter. Seniors Highest Honors Bryce Marston Faith Maurais High Honors Hunter Bibeau Leah Burgess Makinlee Holt Brooklynn Kemp Julia Mercier Jaydn Pingree Jazmine Pingree Connor Roy Honors Griffin Achorn Kasey Burns Darian Chapman Mary Hamblin Mia […]
Spruce Mountain Middle School Honor Roll
JAY — Students recognized for academic achievement for the last trimester. 6th Grade High Honors: Ella Adams, Elle Belanger, Sophia Brown, Barrett Bryant, Brody Chretien, Austin Churchill, Isabelle Cordes, Evangeline DiPasquale, Jaa’Liyah Fields, Harlee Foss, Jaden Gibbs, Lexus Hebert, Benjamin Irving, Noah Johnson, Cloe Judd, Mason Knowles, Crystal Mitchell, LIly Niedner, Ashlyn Rowley, Madelyn Rowley […]
Well Done
UHartford WEST HARTFORD, CT — Molly McGrail of Readfield has received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from the University of Hartford’s College of Arts and Sciences. She is one of 964 students who received graduate and undergraduate degrees this spring as part of the Class of 2024. Emmanuel BOSTON, MA — Emmanuel College in […]
Youngsters shine at 2024 Pre-K graduation ceremony in Mexico
MEXICO — Dressed in their caps and gowns, five youngsters marched one by one down the gymnasium at the River Valley Rec Center, past the audience and onto the stage for Munchkin Manor Early Learning Center’s first pre-kindergarten graduation ceremony Saturday afternoon. Heather White, owner of the early learning center in Rumford, said she wanted […]
Fire chief raises safety concerns with toll bridges in Dixfield
DIXFIELD — Fire Chief Scott Dennett addressed the issue of toll bridge donations frequently set up on Main Street/Rt. 2 in Dixfield at the Select Board meeting on June 17. “We have been an above normal number of organizations that have set up toll bridges in the area of the Main Street and High Street […]
Rumford starts forming a Charter Commission
RUMFORD — At Thursday’s meeting of the Select Board, Vice Chair Frank DiConzo announced that voters at the annual poll meeting in June approved to establish a Charter Commission for the purpose of revising the Municipal Charter or for the purpose of establishing a new Municipal Charter. He was people have signed up for the […]