BETHEL — The Grace Note Inn Book Club celebrated its one year anniversary in December. The book club is open to all, with no sign-ups or commitments required. The club recently voted on books for 2024. There are two book club meetings each month. The library is happy to help people check out the books […]
A.M. Sheehan
Staff Writer
A.M. Sheehan has been in the news business for 40 years, including time as an editor at the Chatham Courier in N.Y., Kitchenware News, Beachcomber and Dover Community News in N.H., and the Summerville Journal Scene, Georgetown Times, Waccamaw Times and Inlet Outlet in S.C. In Maine she has been an editor for the
Advertiser Democrat, Bethel Citizen, Franklin Journal and Livermore Falls Advertiser, and is currently managing editor for the Sun Journal's group of western Maine weeklies. She is a former journalist of the year in Maine, a Pulitzer finalist and winner of the Michael Kelley Award, the Polk Award and the Casey Medal Award. A.M. enjoys reading, theater, cooking and gardening.
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Region 9 Adult Ed launches Plumbing and HVAC
BETHEL — Dave Murphy, the Region 9 Adult and Community Education director, recently announced the creation of a new program that will be designed to provide interested community members with information about various career opportunities in the area. These sessions will begin in January and will be free to the public, although participants will be […]
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What I’ve Learned
A googol – 1 with 100 zeros after it – is a number so large that there is not a googol of anything on Earth. Not grains of sand. Not drops of water in the oceans. Not even atoms.The search engine, Google, was meant to be named Googol (to represent the vast amount of information […]
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Honors
Husson BANGOR — Husson University is pleased to celebrate the academic achievements of students recently named to the President’s List, Dean’s List and Honors List for the Fall 2023 semester of the 2023-2024 academic year. Jennifer Leach of Anson
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Dean’s List
Husson BANGOR — Husson University is pleased to celebrate the academic achievements of students recently named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2023 semester of the 2023-2024 academic year. Katelyn Daggett of New Vineyard
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Remembering Jannine Buck
To the Editor: I was saddened to hear the news of the passing of our friend Jannine Buck. I have a lot of fond memories, laughter, and friendship with Jannine as do so many others. I would like a little of what Jannine was to me. I knew Jannine from a very young age when […]
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Oxford first responders save kayaker
Firefighters pulled the kayaker out of the water after he tipped his boat.
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Christmas in Livermore
Chapter One: Cousins As the train gently rocked along, Maisie looked at her map. She touched a finger to Baltimore, where her trip had started, and ran it along the small track up to New York City, where she had met her cousins, Trudy and Matt. Their compartment had two double seats that faced each […]
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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 […]