33 more kids need gifts FAYETTE — There remain 33 unanswered Christmas Giving Tree Ornaments or gift requests for Fayette kids at the Fayette Central School. The ornaments are now at the Fayette Town Office. Requests include a 10-year-old boy asking “for winter boots” or a 9-year-old girl hoping “for warm stockings.” Contact the office […]
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Ted Wade Holland Jr.
AUBURN — Our beloved Ted Wade Holland Jr., 41, of Fayette, died Dec. 1, at the Androscoggin Hospice House. Ted was born in Columbia, S.C., Dec. 8, 1970, the son of Ted and Faye Catoe Holland. Ted graduated from Airport High School in 1988. He was a graduate of the University of South Carolina in […]
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Groups held Living Rosary JAY — On Oct. 13 a Living Rosary was held. Sister Vice Regent Dorothy Morgan from the Daughters Of Isabella Circle 677 headed the Rosary. Everyone met at the Parish Hall to find out where each person was to be in the Rosary. Morgan attends both St. Rose in Jay and […]
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Men’s Breakfast set for Dec. 1 NEW PORTLAND — On Saturday, Dec. 1, the Western Mountains Baptist Church will host its monthly Men’s Breakfast. Men of all ages and all spiritual stages are welcomed to meet at the church at 8 a.m. for food, fellowship and a study from the Bible. Show up on Saturday […]
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Masons offer free Thanksgiving meal FARMINGTON — For the 10th year the Augusta Valley Scottish Rite Masons will be furnishing a free traditional Thanksgiving dinner to the Franklin County Area on Thursday, Nov. 22, at the Mt. Blue High School Cafeteria from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Everyone is welcome. The group will also be […]
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Benefit scheduled to help offset medical expenses
JAY – People are rallying around Donald Simoneau of Fayette, holding a supper Dec. 1 to raise money for his mounting medical bills. Since February, Simoneau has had multiple surgeries and hospitalizations in Maine Medical Center in Portland and Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Following the last major surgery in August, Simoneau said he […]
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Veterans Day services to be held Sunday
Veterans Day services around the area will be held Sunday, Nov. 11. In the Livermore Falls area, veterans will begin services at 8:45 a.m. at the Livermore Falls Memorial Bridge, Jocelyn Mosher-Collins, commander of the American Legion Post 10 in Livermore Falls, said. Traditionally, a wreath is tossed into the Androscoggin River during the ceremony to […]
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Benefit supper for fire victims FAYETTE — There will be a benefit supper for the Tim and Meredith Pepper family at the Fayette School from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3. The Pepper home was damaged in a fire. The supper is being sponsored by the Fayette Fire Auxiliary. To contribute a dish or […]
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Cindy Lu Cole
LEWISTON — Cindy Lu Cole, 58, born Aug. 29, 1954, to Harold and Lillian (Tibbetts) Cole of Strong, died due to complications relating to a stroke on Oct. 26, at Marshwood Nursing Home. She lived in Fayette with lifelong partner, Alton Brown. She had two wonderful daughters, Spring and husband, Nathaniel Dowse, of Vancouver, Wash., […]
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200 hay bales stolen from Fayette horse barn
FAYETTE (AP) — Police in Maine are investigating the theft of up to 200 bales of hay from a horse barn. The hay was probably stolen late Tuesday night and was reported missing Wednesday morning when Roxanne Turner, whose parents own the barn in the central Maine community of Fayette, went out to feed the […]