1926 – 2015 SOUTH PARIS — Gilman Bertrand Whitman, 88, passed on peacefully on Tuesday, March 17, at the Veterans’ Home in South Paris. He was born in Portsmouth, N.H. on Oct. 26. 1926, to Gerald Bertrand and Jessie Veasey Whitman. He was attending school at Essex Agricultural Institute in Danvers, Mass., majoring in floriculture […]
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Reception for Bryant Pond artist
The Main Street Gallery, 426 Main Street, Norway, continues its winter season with a First Friday Reception, Feb. 6, from 5-7 p.m. The works of Francoise Lagoutte Fetchko, the gallery’s Artist of the Month, will be featured. Francoise paints landscapes, seascapes, and still lifes in oils. She writes, “Each day I look forward to going […]
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Oxford County Gem and Mineral Association holding open house
WOODSTOCK — The Oxford County Gem and Mineral Association will host its second open house at 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at the Franklin Grange to appraise and identify gems and minerals. Members with experience in identifying and appraising gems and minerals will be in attendance, President Ken Briggs said. “We have about 130 members […]
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Christmas sing-a-long at library BRYANT POND — There will be a Christmas sing-a-long at the Whitman Memorial Library at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11. Jim Burke is back by popular demand and will be on the keyboard. Members of the newly formed Oxford Hills Ukulele Group will be playing and singing. Janet Willie of Bethel […]
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Library program is on Safe Passage project in Guatemala
BRYANT POND — Greenwood resident Pat Stewart will speak on the Safe Passage project in Guatemala at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, at the Whitman Memorial Library. Since 2007 Stewart and her husband, Henry, have travelled to Guatemala annually to work with the program in varying capacities, including sponsoring students, raising funds for an adult […]
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GROWing Through Organizing weekend in Bryant Pond on Sept. 26-28
BRYANT POND — Many local communities in Maine are faced with serious problems — a struggling economy, environmental threats, inequality, lack of health care and many more. Local grassroots groups are meeting the challenge and working toward solutions to those problems. The 11th annual GROW (GrassRoots Organizing Workshops) weekend, Sept. 26-28, at Bryant Pond 4-H […]
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Purr-severance: Bryant Pond company building pet furniture for a nation
BRYANT POND — Like their rescued stray cats and one dog, Brenda and Randy Malms have had their share of ups and downs. Owners-operators of Classic Pet Furniture, the Malms have been crafting luxury hardwood furniture for pets for more than a decade from a custom workshop overlooking Maine’s western mountains. Pieces range from four-poster cat […]
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Keith P. Swan
1948 – 2014 BRYANT POND — Keith P. Swan passed away in Lewiston on Thursday, Sept. 11, after a brief illness. He was born Dec. 15, 1948 in Rumford, a son of Porter and Verna Swan.
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Whitman Library announces speaker, new books
BRYANT POND — A group of ladies has made a quilt to raffle in honor of the upcoming 200th birthday of the town of Woodstock in 2015. Tickets are available at the library and at the Town Office. This is a lap quilt featuring scenes representing Maine. Another quilt will be made featuring themes of […]