LIVERMORE FALLS — A donation bucket to help raise money for repairs to the World War I cannon and buy new flags for Main Street will be set up Saturday, Sept. 27, near the sand pile, in the parking lot behind the Police Station. People who come down the hill to attend the Livermore Falls […]
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Great Falls Balloon Festival grounded Friday night, but there’s plenty to eat
“It’s the lime rickeys,” said Dan St. Pierre, commander of the William Rogers Post for American Legion Post 153 — which, coincidentally, is the only group selling lime rickeys at the festival. “We get people that come up here from Portland, not to see the balloons,” he said. “They come up, buy two at a […]
Fayette man gets permission to repair Livermore Falls cannon
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen gave veteran Don Simoneau of Fayette permission this week to repair the World War I cannon and raise money to fix it and replace 120 flags that line Main Street in Livermore Falls and Jay. The entire project is expected to cost between $5,000 and $6,000. Selectmen also voted to put […]
Civil War era cannon in Livermore Falls refurbished
LIVERMORE FALLS — Don Simoneau had a goal of refurbishing a Grand Army of the Republic cannon to look as it did decades ago. He didn’t know how to get it done, but he knew the cannon at the Old Pleasant Hill Cemetery needed to be cleaned and painted. “It was not one of those […]