TRI-TOWN — Members of the three veterans’ organizations, along with their auxiliary members, held services throughout the area on November 11 to honor and recognize all veterans on Veterans Day. The first service was held at the Livermore Falls Memorial Bridge at 8:45 a.m. Services were held at the Livermore monument, Union Park in Livermore Falls, the […]
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Kennebec Land Trust seeking to create ‘green’ cemetery
FAYETTE — Kennebec Land Trust members learned, at the conservation group’s 30th annual gathering, of trust plans to create a new cemetery for conservation burials where the deceased could take their desire to protect nature to the grave with them. The Winthrop-based nonprofit land conservation organization is close to a deal with an as yet […]
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Kennebec Land Trust to honor donors for 371 acres donated at annual meeting
FAYETTE — Kennebec Land Trust will celebrate 30 years of land conservation and honor donors at its annual meeting Sunday, Aug. 19, at Camp Winnebago on Echo Lake. Founded in 1988, the Trust has conserved 6,200 acres and has constructed 44 miles of trails on KLT lands. The meeting will start s with KLT’s popular […]
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Stephen Gould named full-time Livermore Falls town manager
LIVERMORE FALLS — Stephen J. Gould of Fayette is now the full-time town manager. Gould has served as interim town manager since Aug. 14, 2017, after Kristal Flagg left to take a job as business manager at Regional School Unit 73 in Livermore Falls. Following an executive session Aug. 7, selectmen unanimously voted to approve […]
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Elmer "Unc" Nichols
AUBURN — Elmer “Unc” Nichols, 75, a resident of Minot, formerly of Fayette, passed away Tuesday, June 5, at Hospice House of Androscoggin in Auburn, following a brief illness with his family by his side. He was born Oct. 30, 1942, in East Livermore, the son of Harry H. Nichols and Clara B. (Robinson) Nichols. He […]
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Girls’ State delegates from Spruce Mountain announced
By Pam Harnden, Staff Writer JAY — Eight juniors from Spruce Mountain High School have been selected as delegates to attend American Legion Auxiliary Department of Maine’s 72nd Annual Dirigo Girls’ State, June 17-22, at Husson College in Bangor. Dirigo Girls’ State is a non-partisan opportunity for young women to learn about responsible citizenship in […]
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Jon L. Crimmel
AUBURN — Jon L. Crimmel, 79, of Fayette, passed away Wednesday, April 11, at Hospice House of Androscoggin in Auburn. He was born Aug. 19, 1938, in Port Royal, Pa., the son of George “Pete” Crimmel and Frances (Kauffman) Crimmel. He was a graduate of Port Royal High School. On July 14, 1969, in Las Vegas, […]
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Fayette farm among those gearing up for Christmas tree season
FAYETTE — When Leigh Stevens headed to Moose Hill Farm earlier this week, he knew just what he was looking for – a short, fat balsam fir Christmas tree to sit in the bay window in the living room of his Livermore Falls home. As the only one trekking up the hill with a saw on Tuesday, […]
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Flags held high
Veteran Don Simoneau of Fayette sits Monday in the wind and rain in front of Richardson Cemetery on Main Street in Livermore Falls. It was the second-to-last Monday of the Flags Held High program, which runs from the first Monday in May through the Monday before Veterans Day. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal)
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Percis M. Crimmel
AUBURN — Percis M. Crimmel, 75, of Fayette, passed away peacefully Sunday evening, Sept. 17, at Hospice House of Androscoggin in Auburn, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Sept. 19, 1941, in North Jay, the daughter of Arthur Brown and Methyl (Wilkins) Brown. She was a 1959 graduate of Livermore Falls High School […]