CANTERBURY — Cynthia “Cindy,” 65, formerly of Rumford passed away Sunday June 24, in Auburn. A celebration of life and time of sharing and remembering will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 6, at the Rumford Eagles Function Hall. Arrangements are under the care and guidance of S.G. Thibault Funeral Home, Cremation […]
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Funeral notices for Friday, June 15
BABB — Arlene R., 76, passed away Saturday, June 9, in Portland. Arlene was extremely proud that she donated her body to the University of New England for medical science. There will be no memorial service or burial. The family will gather at John and Staci Warren’s home for a barbecue and to remember Arlene […]
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Funeral notices for Friday, June 8
BACHELDER — Karlene C., 90, of West Paris died Tuesday, June 5. A celebration of her life will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 22, at the Newry Grange, 71 Bear River Road, Newry. Interment will be at the Head of Tide Cemetery, Newry. Arrangements are under the care of the Meader & Son […]
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Funeral notices for Friday, June 1
AUSTIN — Allan H., 88, died Thursday, May 31, in South Paris. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, June 4, at the Farrington Morton Cemetery in Mexico. Arrangements are under the direction of the Meader & Son Funeral Home, 3 Franklin St., Rumford. CLOUTIER — Wilfrid A., 96, passed away Monday, March […]
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Poland potluck, winter driving
DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Friends of the Library are sponsoring a person-to-person potluck supper Sunday, Jan. 21, in the Community Room of the A.B. Ricker Memorial Library in Poland. Everyone is welcome. Supper is from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. with Linley Turking giving a talk from 6:30 to 7:30 about her family travels. We’re asking […]
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Jay's Thursday curbside pickup moves to Friday for holiday
JAY — Curbside trash and recyclables collection for this Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, will be moved to Friday. If your trash is normally picked up Thursday, you should put out trash and recyclables for Friday pickup. The Wednesday route will remain the same. Thursday collections will resume next week.
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Animals, 4-H auctions draw people to Fryeburg Fair
Friday morning, Cameran Fitch of Chesterville sits with the Hereford steer he caught at the Fryeburg Fair calf scramble last year. He raised it, showed it in 4-H and later sold it in the 80th annual beef steer sale. Jason Bagley of Farmington stands with his market lamb at the Fryeburg Fair on Friday. This […]
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Cider pressing, meetings and school budget votes ahead in Weld
For those of us in Maine (and Massachusetts) Monday, Oct. 9, is the Columbus Day holiday and probably the last weekend for leaf-peeping at peak color in our neck of the woods. Maine Extension Homemakers Council Fall Meeting at the University of Maine Farmington is on Oct. 20-21, and a number of Weld Extension members […]
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October is Fairtrade Month – Conscious Consumerism Matters
The big news in my world this week is from Migrant Justice and Ben and Jerry’s, CEO. They signed the “Milk with Dignity” agreement in front of Ben and Jerry’s flagship ice cream store. Migrant Justice is a non-profit organization for Human Rights and Justice for Vermont farm workers and based in Burlington, Vermont. Besides […]
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Head-to-head: You want class. We got class
Lee: So I finally gain some familiarity with the classifications of the football teams within the Sun Journal’s coverage area towards the end of last season … and the MPA goes and changes just about everything. It might actually make things easier, since about half of the teams we cover are now in Class D. […]