BETHEL — The Telstar Middle School JV girl’s basketball team opened up its season with a win at Telstar 20 to 14 over Dirigo. Lucy DeCato led the rebels with 12 points. Meredith Lapoint played a great defense game, shutting down Dirigo’s best ball-handler. Also scoring for Telstar were Hope Heath, Jozzy Robinson, Addy Mosher, […]
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Calendar celebrates farming, land and sea
STATE — The Maine Agricultural Mediation Program (MAMP), which is part of University of Maine Cooperative Extension, has released its 2024 wall calendar. The theme of this year’s calendar is ‘Farming and Tending to the Land and Sea Throughout the Seasons’. It features twelve charming images from Maine-based artists that capture the essence of […]
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Catholic Charities ‘Wall of Warmth’ giveaway
PORTLAND – Thanks to the generosity of many knitters statewide, Catholic Charities Maine celebrated Giving Tuesday, November 28, 2023, with a free winter hat, mitten, and scarf giveaway in Portland. To celebrate the global day dedicated to giving, staff and volunteers sorted, packaged, and distributed 900 handmade scarves, mittens, hats, and blankets for anyone who may need extra […]
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Maine’s public universities offer free tuition to shooting victims, families
LEWISTON — Those who were physically injured and surviving family members of those killed in the Lewiston mass shooting last month will be able to attend the University of Maine System for free. Gov. Mills, Chancellor Dannel Malloy, and the Board of Trustees announced today a new Lewiston Strong Tuition Waiver for eligible victims who choose […]
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Truly thankful
To the Editor: Today I began to walk again! Really walk! More than two months ago I fell and broke my hip. I am still adjusting to the reality that I can wander down to my brook, visit the field and meander into the forest even as the snow begins to fall … I am […]
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Calendar celebrates farming, land and sea
STATE — The Maine Agricultural Mediation Program (MAMP), which is part of University of Maine Cooperative Extension, has released its 2024 wall calendar. The theme of this year’s calendar is ‘Farming and Tending to the Land and Sea Throughout the Seasons’. It features twelve charming images from Maine-based artists that capture the essence of […]
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OH Rotary and Interact selling cheese
PARIS — Oxford Hills Interact Club has been busy helping the Oxford Hills Rotary Club sell its Cabot cheese wheels at the OHCHS DECA craft fair. Shown is Interact President Dakota Morgan with some of the 150 cheese wheels they sold that day. Each wheel is two pounds of Cabot sharp cheese, comes in a […]
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Movie Review: ‘Napoleon’
Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” did rather well for itself over Thanksgiving weekend, opening in the #2 position at the domestic box office behind the second weekend of the new “Hunger Games.” A debut at #2 behind a not-particularly-beloved returning champion may not sound impressive, but my prediction was that it wouldn’t even finish in the top […]
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Andover leaders discuss $16,858 payment to fix fire truck
Planning Board member Peggy Madigan objected to a payment to fix one of the town’s fire trucks because the fire chief did not get bids as required by a town policy, she said.
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Franklin County Commissioners approve interviews to find a contractor, open sealed fee envelopes
Six complete proposals from contracting companies have been received for project manager of emergency operations building.