HARRISON – An elderly couple who lost their 1806 farmhouse to fire from lightning early Friday morning returned there in the afternoon to salvage items from the property on Town Farm Road. There wasn’t much to pick up. “We were lucky to get out alive,” Robert Boole said as he slowly walked toward the front […]
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Fire crews battle Harrison barn blaze
The homeowners, Robert Boole and his wife, awoke to the smell of smoke at 2:20 a.m. and were able to safely leave their home and call 911, according to town manager George Finch. Firefighters arrived at the scene and discovered the large barn and ell fully involved, with flames spreading to the home, Finch said. […]
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Harmonizing in Harrison
, which specializes in four-part harmony a cappella, will give a concert Saturday, Aug. 11, benefiting Deertrees Theatre in Harrison. The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, $15, call 583-6747 or purchase them early at the door. The theater is at 156 Deertrees Road.
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Auburn crash sends two people to hospital
AUBURN — Police on Saturday night were investigating a two-vehicle crash that sent two people to a local hospital. Brenden Giambra of Lewiston and Teresa Bennett of Harrison were taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston following the 5:31 p.m. crash at the intersection of Hotel and Stevens Mill roads. Giambra was not listed […]
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Back to the Past celebration aided by old-time barn board ads
HARRISON — For 20 years, Scribner’s Mill Preservation, Inc. has relied on the generosity of local businesses to help put on their Back to the Past celebration. For its 21st annual event Saturday, Aug. 4, organizers are doing something different than simply placing ads in their program booklet. They’re creating hand-painted barn board signs, designed […]
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Jones Dance Band at Legion PARIS — Jones Dance Band will perform old-fashioned dance music from 7 to 10 p.m. on Saturdays, Aug. 4, 11, 18 and 25, at the Legion Hall. The cost is $5. Historical Society sale Aug. 4 WEST PARIS — The West Paris Historical Society will have another sale on Saturday, […]
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Businesses buying in to old-time barn board ads at Scribner’s Mill
HARRISON — For 20 years, Scribner’s Mill Preservation Inc. has relied on the generosity of local businesses to help put on its Back to the Past celebration. For the 21st annual event Saturday, Aug. 4, organizers are doing something different than simply placing ads in their program booklet. They’re creating hand-painted barn board signs, designed […]
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Scribner’s Mill celebrates Back to the Past this weekend
HARRISON — Scribner’s Mill on the Crooked River will celebrate its history as a bustling turn-of-the-century mill and homestead from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 4. Back to the Past, as the annual event is known, is celebrating the mill’s status as the only early industrial sawmill left in the United States. […]
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Paris woman gets suspended sentence in fatal crash
A Paris woman who crashed a sport utility vehicle on Waterford Road in Harrison in 2010, killing one of her passengers, won’t serve jail time for the incident. , 19, pleaded guilty Friday to lesser charges while a manslaughter charger was dropped. Kesseli pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated assault, and to counts of […]
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Military note – Bradlee Flagg
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Marine Corps Pfc. Bradlee A. Flagg, son of Tearesa Flagg of Waterford, Maine, and Andrew Flagg, of Harrison, Maine, recently completed the Basic Engineer Equipment Electrical Systems Technician course. During the classroom instruction and practical application at Marine Corps Engineer School, Marine Corps Base, Flagg received training on the operation, maintenance […]