Mary Seaman sold her popular Pleasant Pond campground but found her way back to the water in style. Now she’s determined to also find a bathroom and a light that works.
Canton Lake
Posted inConnections
Canton Lake rafts compete in annual celebration
Uncle Donny is captained by Benjamin Nichols with crew members Dyana Nichols and their dog for the Lake Anasagunticook Association’s annual Lake Days celebration in Canton. Uncle Donny won the categories of fastest raft and funniest raft. CANTON — A raft race drew plenty of spectators during Lake Anasagunticook Association’s annual Lake Days celebration on […]
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Canton board names new fire chief
CANTON — Selectmen on Thursday accepted Fire Chief Sherman Bradeen’s letter of resignation and appointed volunteer firefighter Jason Vaughan to replace him. Bradeen wrote that he and his family are moving to Carthage so he would not be able to give 100 percent of his time or dedication to the town or Fire Department. He […]
Posted inOxford Hills, River Valley
Canton Lake couple recognized for erosion control plantings
CANTON — Retirees Liz and Gerry Rothrock moved to Lake Shore Drive in Canton a year ago from the Washington, D.C., area and built a year-round home on Lake Anasagunticook. On Saturday morning, Diane Ray of Canton and the nonprofit Maine Lakes Society presented them with a LakeSmart program award for building their home with sustainable […]
Posted inLetters
L. Savarese: Better management needed
This is in response to the article about water levels in Lake Anasagunticook in Canton and Hartford (Sun Journal, May 30). The article blames everyone but the lake association and town officials. The dam should have been closed earlier and the beaver issue should have been identified. Home and camp owners use the lake, not […]
Posted inOxford Hills, River Valley
Spring drought, beavers keeping Canton Lake level down
CANTON — Selectmen said Thursday night that it’s time to start doing rain dances to fill Lake Anasagunticook in Canton and Hartford. All the nearly 2-mile-long lake needs is runoff from 3 to 4 inches of rain in one or two storms in the watershed and a beaver dam removed from lake inlet Sparrow Brook. […]
Posted inObituaries
Ben Taylor
NEWRY — Ben Taylor, 35, of Bethel and Hartford was pronounced dead on the mountain on the double black diamond trail “Black Hole,” as a result of injuries sustained while skiing at Sunday River Ski Resort in Newry on Wednesday, March 25. Ben was an expert-level skier and an employee of the resort since 2012 […]