PERU — Tiasha Burgess loves animals. The 10-year-old Dirigo Elementary School fourth-grader owns and helps care for Cody, a yellow lab, kittens Dusty and Precious, two hens named Buddy and Cottontail, and a fluffy, gray and black rabbit named Smokey. She plans to get a guinea pig soon. Tiasha particularly likes her pets because she […]
Carthage
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Mathers — Ellis
Ben Ellis and Jodi Mathers CARTHAGE — Bruce and Doris Spencer of Jay are announcing the engagement of their daughter, Jodi Spencer Mathers of Carthage, to Ben Jonson Ellis, son of Herman and Melanie Ellis of New Vineyard. Miss Mathers is a 1994 graduate of Mt. Abram Regional High School and received a bachelor’s degree […]
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Celtic Cottars will perform in Carthage, Unity
CARTHAGE — Canadian Celtic group The Cottars will perform Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 22-23, at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center and Unity College Center for the Performing Arts in Unity, respectively. The Cottars have come a long way, starting as children performing to a hometown audience, through their teen years when they toured the world […]
Posted inConnections, The Franklin Journal
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Red Hat Tea MEXICO — The Red Hat Mommas of Maine held their January meeting at the “Green Church” with a meal served by the church women. Poems were read and games were played with prizes awarded. Birthdays were acknowledged and the teapot exchange was made. One new member was welcomed to the group. A […]
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Irish band Goitse will play Maine venues
CARTHAGE — The five-piece band Goitse, all students at Ireland’s University of Limerick, will perform traditional melodies, modern rhythms and new compositions Wednesday, Feb. 15, at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center. The group will also play at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, at The Rack in Carrabassett for the annual Carrabassett Valley “Dirt-bag Prom;” and […]
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Fire destroys Carthage camp along Webb River
CARTHAGE — Fire gutted the vacant camp of Dan and Linda Hallock early Friday afternoon on Webb River Acres Road. The Hallocks live in Dixfield. The cause has yet to be determined, but fire investigators with the State Fire Marshal’s Office will return on either Saturday or Monday to continue working on the case, Carthage […]
Posted inRiver Valley, The Franklin Journal
Carthage town meeting voters OK $516,519 budget
CARTHAGE — Thirty-eight people at Monday night’s town meeting approved a budget of $516,519 to be raised through taxes, First Selectman Steve Brown said Wednesday morning. The budget includes assessments from Franklin County and RSU 10. “The school and the county assessments were both up a little for very understandable reasons,” Brown said. “The school […]
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A. Barnett: Step up to the plate
When it comes to industrial wind, Gov. Paul LePage knows the facts. So do the people of rural Maine. The Legislature also knows the facts, though it seems more interested in catering to the wind lobby, then in protecting the people and lands of Maine. At a recent town hall meeting in Salem Township, the […]
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Audit woes push Carthage town meeting from March to Dec. 19
CARTHAGE — On Friday, Carthage selectmen were going door to door in town handing out copies of the new annual report for 2010. They were also notifying residents that the annual town meeting, which is normally held in March, is rather late this year. It will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19, at […]