NEW LONDON, Conn. — Seana Siekman of Bethel was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree from Connecticut College at the 95th commencement ceremony on May 19. Siekman graduated cum laude with a major in environmental studies and government. — BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College held its 208th Commencement exercises on May 25. Anna Chase of Dixfield […]
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74 graduate from CMMC CONHP
LEWISTON — The Central Maine Medical Center College of Nursing and Health Professions graduated 54 nursing and 20 radiography students recently in a ceremony at the Lewiston Middle School. Having successfully completed the college’s education programs, the graduates were awarded associate degrees in the applied science of nursing or radiologic technology. A number of graduating […]
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Carrabassett Valley Academy offering three summer camps
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Carrabassett Valley Academy will offer three camps on their campus this summer for athletes of all sports, not just skiing and snowboarding. Featured camps will be Human Performance Camp, Trampoline and Skate Camp, and Mountain Bike Camp. The Human Performance camps focus on fun and overall development of athletes where they can […]
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Volunteers sought to blaze new bike trail near Sugarloaf
CARRABASSETT VALLEY (AP) — Volunteers are being sought to help create a new mountain biking trail in western Maine. The Carrabassett Region New England Mountain Biking Association is teaming up with Maine Huts and Trails — an organization that’s developing a backcountry network of huts along 180 miles of trails in western Maine — to […]
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Prescription Drug Take-Back Day planned for Saturday
FARMINGTON — Area police departments are participating in Saturday’s statewide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, held in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Agency. The program gives the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April […]
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Weather changes, party stays the same as Sugarloaf celebrates 25 years of reggae
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The weather may be different every year, but the party pretty much stays the same at Sugarloaf’s annual Reggae festival. And for 25 years the faithful who, for various reasons, enjoy the eclectic combination of the music of the Caribbean and spring snow conditions have flocked to Maine’s tallest ski mountain. “Everyone […]
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Six-year-old injured Monday at Sugarloaf
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — A skiing accident at Sugarloaf USA on Monday morning sent a 6-year-old girl to the hospital with a serious injury. This is the second accident reported within two days. The young girl was skiing with her family Monday morning when, for some reason, she went off the King’s Landing trail and into […]
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Girl suffers head injury at Sugarloaf
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — A skiing accident at Sugarloaf has sent a 16-year-old girl to the hospital with a head injury. According to an Associated Press story, Sugarloaf spokesman Ethan Austin confirmed the girl suffered a head injury after striking a tree on the Candyside trail between 10 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday. According to Austin, the […]
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Carrabassett Valley re-elects town officials, backs Sugarbowl
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Townspeople passed all 59 articles and re-elected town officials during Wednesday’s annual town meeting and elections. Voters approved the town’s involvement in the application for a $300,000 Economic Development grant through the State of Maine Community Development Block Grant for a proposed family entertainment center called Sugarbowl. Resident Kerry Audet requested the […]