MANCHESTER, N.H. — Caitlin Forbes, an English major from Hanover, Maine, is one of 40 students who was recently inducted into Saint Anselm College’s TAU Chapter of the Delta Epsilon Sigma honor society, recognizing her for achieving academic excellence and providing noteworthy service to the college and surrounding community.
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Hanover: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Paris: Oxford County Commission, 9 a.m., courthouse Rumford: Northern Oxford Regional Solid Waste Board, 5 p.m., Municipal Building Rumford: Ordinance hearings, 6 p.m., Municipal Building Wednesday Dixfield: Recreation Committee, 6 p.m., Ludden Library Rumford: Special selectmen’s meeting, 6 p.m., Municipal Building Rumford: Historical Society, 7 p.m., Municipal Building […]
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Telstar senior making memory quilt from T-shirts
HANOVER — Hunter Verrill looks forward to attending college in the fall, but she also knows she’ll miss her hometown, friends and family. So, she decided to take a piece of home with her when she attends Vermont Technical College. Accumulated during the past 10 years are many memories, all in the form of T-shirts. […]
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Saint Anselm College dean’s list
MANCHESTER, N.H. — The following students that were named to the dean’s list for the first semester at Saint Anselm College. Alexander J. Lafreniere of Lewiston, a psychology major and a member of the class of 2012. Grace K. Reynolds of Lewiston, a biochemistry major and a member of the class of 2013. Lynn M. […]
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Sleepy Route 2 driver travels several hundred feet in drainage ditch
HANOVER — A local teen took a wild ride Thursday for several hundred feet in a muddy drainage ditch off Route 2 when he fell asleep at the wheel, police said. Matt Morin, 19, suffered a possible dislocated thumb in the accident that occurred at 1:14 p.m. a short distance from his parents’ house, Oxford […]
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Newry woman injured in Hanover crash
HANOVER — A Newry woman was hospitalized Monday after her vehicle and another collided on Route 2. Merlee Page, 81, of Newry, was taken to Rumford Hospital with cuts to her face and body and a possible broken leg, Maine State Police Trooper Dan Hanson said. As of 6 p.m., she was being treated in […]
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Oxford County Commission: Hanover boulder a town issue
PARIS — The Oxford County Commission will stay out of a disagreement over a large boulder in Hanover. Hanover residents on both sides of a controversial issue attended the meeting Tuesday morning. Some, such as Suzanne and Glen LaForest, whose home sits behind the 12- by 17-foot rock, want it removed. Others said the rock, […]
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Source to Sea Trek paddles through River Valley this weekend
HANOVER — The 16th annual Source to the Sea Trek entered the heart of the River Valley on Thursday with a leisurely 9.2-mile paddle from a Hanover public boat launch to Rumford. The trek is a 19-day, 178-mile journey sponsored by the Androscoggin River Watershed Council. The trek follows the entire course of the Androscoggin […]
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Hanover fractured, tumbling over glacial boulder
HANOVER — A 12- by 17-foot chunk of granite deposited by a glacier thousands of years ago in a small valley is driving a wedge between camp and homeowners along Howard Pond Road. The commotion, which began last year, has stirred emotions to the point where lawyers will enter the fray this month to represent […]
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Blustery snow causes few accidents
RUMFORD — State and municipal snowplows and sand trucks, along with private snowplowers, far outnumbered ordinary vehicles on Western Maine roads Monday. The blizzard, which started Sunday night, continued into most of Monday, bringing 5 to 10 inches of snow to parts of Western Maine — more in the mountains — along with wind gusts […]